Chancery Lane, Longton
Photograph taken looking north-west from the Empire Theatre. Harvey's chimney is in the distance.
Chelson Street potworks, Longton
These are the backs of properties on Chelson Street (was Bagnall Street until the 1950s) in Longton as seen from St James' Churchyard. The ovens and chimneys belonged to the Stanley Works operated until ...
Chemical works and iron works, Ravensdale, Tunstall
Looking south down the Fowlea Brook valley in the Ravensdale area of Tunstall. The photograph was taken off Ravensdale Road. On the right is the National Benzole petroleum plant and on the left Talke ...
Child Pottery Worker. Photographed by William Blake.
A child pottery worker hand jiggering for a bowl or dishmaker who is "jollying" the ware.
Jollying is the process of shaping ware inside a mould with a combination of shaping tools and centrifugal ...
China Basket Making.
Pottery factory interior showing female workers, china basket and china flower making.
The women are using a combination of extrusion presses, plaster moulds and hand tools to make the ware.
The ...
China Dippers. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing two pottery workers dipping china.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small ...
China thrower making cups, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior showing a china thrower and his assistant making cups. It is a two-stage process.
Firstly the thrower throws rough linings, which can be seen on the bench in front of him.
He ...
China Turning, Sutherland Works, Longton.
Pottery factory interior with a view inside a turning shop. The turner is shaping the foot of a cup on a turning lathe with an attendant standing by. The attendant would hand a cup to the turner who fastened ...
China Warehouse
Postcard with a scene from a china warehouse. Photographed by William Blake.
On the reverse of the post card it is stated that the image was taken in 1875. However, this date is far too early. Blake ...
Church Bank Pottery, Bank Street, Tunstall
The imposing chimney of Church the Bank pottery. The original Church Bank works was built by Robert Beswick in 1842 and passed through several hands before becoming Thomas Booth took over in 1868, manufacturing ...
Clay Preparation.
Pottery factory interior with a view of a man recycling clay.
If the clay has not been fired it can be used again, by grinding the dry clay into small pieces and mixing it with water.
Taken from ...
Clay Wedger. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide of a pottery worker known as a clay wedger at work.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A ...
Clay Wedger. Photographed by William Blake.
Portrait of a pottery worker known as a clay wedger at work.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small ...
Clementson's Potters and Millers, Hanley
This is a view from Broad Street along the lane to Clough Street. Halfway down was Clementson's Phoenix Mill. Until demolished in the 1930s, the car park on the left was a part of the Phoenix earthenware ...
Clough Street, Hanley
The view along Clough Street towards the centre of Hanley. On the right hand edge is the greyhound racing stadium and next along, the tall chimney and three bottle ovens of George Ashworth's Broad Street ...
Coach and Horses Inn, Oldcourt Street, Tunstall
The Coach and Horses Inn is towards the north end of Oldcourt Street, near then junction with Roundwell Street, in Tunstall. To the left, the tall building is the Oldcourt Pottery and behind the inn on ...
Coal Strike, March 1912. "Digging Coal out of Old Pit Mounds". Photographed by William Blake.
"Digging Coal out of Old Pit Mounds". People forage for coal during the strike during March 1912.
Coalbrook and Washington Potteries, Shelton
This photograph was taken from Lawrence Street and shows the rear of the Coalbrook and Washington Potteries which fronted onto College Road in Shelton. The buildings date from the 1880s.
Here the bottle ...