Old Longton Cottage Hospital
Photograph taken during demolition. The original Longton Cottage Hospital was built in 1868 on Mount Pleasant (now Lawley Street). In 1879 it moved to a new building on the north side of the same street. ...
Old Longton Cottage Hospital
Photograph taken from near Mount Pleasant Mission. The original Longton Cottage Hospital was built in 1868 on Mount Pleasant (now Lawley Street). In 1879 it moved to a new building on the north side ...
Old Longton Cottage Hospital, Longton
Photograph taken at the time of demolition. The original Longton Cottage Hospital was built in 1868 on Mount Pleasant (now Lawley Street). In 1879 it moved to a new building on the north side of the ...
Old Longton Cottage Hospital, Normacot
The hospital in the process of being demolished. The original Longton Cottage Hospital was built in 1868 on Mount Pleasant (now Lawley Street). In 1879 it moved to a new building on the north side of ...
Old Longton Cottage Hospital, Normacot
The hospital in the process of being demolished. The original Longton Cottage Hospital was built in 1868 on Mount Pleasant (now Lawley Street). In 1879 it moved to a new building on the north side of ...
Operating theatre, Longton Cottage Hospital
The new operating theatre at Longton Cottage Hospital, photographed in 1907.
Longton Cottage Hospital was built in Upper Belgrave Road in 1889-90 on land given by the Duke of Sutherland. It replaced ...
Orthopaedic Hospital, Hartshill.
Children with bone deformities being treated by nurses at Hartshill's Orthopaedic Hospital. Casts of the children's deformed feet can be seen hanging around the wall, these were made so that the right ...
Orthopaedic Hospital, Hartshill.
Children in the early part of the twentieth century were still prone to disabling diseases such as Polio and Rickets. This was mainly down to a poor diet, and many working class children found themselves ...
Parish Hospital, Stoke workhouse, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent
This plan is of the parish hospital at Stoke workhouse. It was built in 1842, in response to the increasing number of ill people who came to the workhouse, and held about 80 patients.
Diagrams (clockwise ...
Portrait of Robert Garner. Photographed by William Blake c. 1900-1940
Portrait of Robert Garner, (1808-1890) surgeon, naturalist and social reformer of Stoke on Trent. He was a founder member and a President of the North Staffordshire Field Club.
Prince's Road, Hartshill and the Royal Infirmary, Stoke-on-Trent
The main entrance to the Royal infirmary is on the right. In the centre,beyond the entrance is the Outpatients Hall, dating from 1911, and the later King Edward II Memorial extension. Further down Prince's ...
Public Baths, Moorland Road, Burslem
This is an overall plan of the public baths on Moorland Road in Burslem. It shows the position of the various pools and the different entrances for first class men, second class men and ladies. Rooms ...
Public Baths, Moorland Road, Burslem
This plan is of the public swimming pool in Moorland Road, Burslem. In the late Victorian period baths were seen as an important move towards improved public health and many were built across Stoke-on-Trent. ...
School block, Stoke workhouse, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent
This plan is of the new school block at Stoke workhouse which was built between 1866 and 1868. The school accomodated about 250 students and was open until around 1899 when it was decided that the children ...
School block, Stoke workhouse, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent
This plan is of the school block of Stoke workhouse. The block was constructed in 1842 at the smae time as the hospital.
Workhouses began in the 17th and 18th centuries as places where the poor worked ...
Selwyn House, Longton Road, Hem Heath, Stoke-on-Trent
Selwyn House on Longton Road in Hem Heath was the King George V Memorial Home for the Blind. Now the site of a care home, the original buildings have been demolished.
Social Centre for the Blind, City Road, Fenton
This social centre was built in the early 1960s adjacent tom the city workshops for the blind on City Road. The building still stands but is now a day nursery.
South Shore Baths, Blackpool. Circa 1920
This is a postcard of South Shore open air swimming baths in Blackpool. The image was taken between 1920 and 1930. Many people in the Potteries spent their holidays in Blackpool and Rhyl, often visiting ...