The Stockport Garland - Song collection from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
A collection of four LOYAL CHESHIRE SONGS.
The songs are political in nature and are entitled;
RULE BRITANNIA
With modified verses.
GOD SAVE THE KING
With modified verses.
CEASE YOUR FUNNING
With ...
The Swings. Trentham Gardens. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the children's play park at Trentham Gardens, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Trentham Gardens estate was home and pleasure gardens to the Dukes of Sutherland from the seventeenth to the ...
The Tams family in Lindwall Road, Normacot
Mrs. Clara Tams and four of her six children.
The Traveller's Rest, Cheadle. Photographed by William Blake.
The Traveller's Rest public house on Ashbourne Road, Cheadle. The long low building behind the pub was a rope walk.
The TRUCK Man's Wife on a Saturday Night - Broadside ballad sheet from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Broadside ballad entitled The TRUCK Man's Wife on a Saturday Night.
The Devil take the TRUCK!!!!!
Sung to the tune Washing Day, the wife of a man working for truck complains about the goods he ...
The Truck Master - Broadside ballad sheet from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Broadside ballad entitled The Truck Master.
Sung to the tune of The Washing Day, the song is about the then-common practice of paying workers in Truck.
It is cynically written form the point of ...
The Viaduct, Monsal Dale. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape including a steam train crossing the Monsal Dale Viaduct, Nr. Bakewell, Derbyshire.
The viaduct, spanning the River Wye, was built in the 1860s and carried passengers on the Midland Railway ...
The Vicarage, Barlaston. Photographed by William Blake.
View of The Vicarage, Barlaston, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The Views, Penkhull
The Views is an early 19th century house in extensive grounds, just to the south of Penkhull New Road close to Penkhull Green. A grade II listed building, it was the birthplace of Oliver (later Sir) ...
The Village Cross, Sheen. Photographed by William Blake.
Sheen village cross dates from the 15th century but only the top stone of the base appears to be old. The village school can be seen behind.
The Waiting List, Longton Park and Paddling Pool. Photographed by William Blake.
Informal group photograph of dozens of children and some adults during the holiday period. Taken at Longton Park, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The park is very busy. Judging by Blake’s title for ...
The Way to Strike Home - Broadside ballad sheet from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Broadside ballad entitled The Way to Strike Home.
The song is set under the banner A General meeting of the Truck Masters and sung to the tune Washing Day.
It portrays a group of businessmen planning ...
The Wedgwood Tombs, Barlaston Cemetery. Photographed by William Blake.
The Wedgwood Tombs, Barlaston Cemetery, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The Weir, Danebridge
Landscape with a view of a weir on the River Dane at Danebridge.
Photograph: William Blake of Longton.
The West Doorway, Croxden Abbey. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the west doorway ruins at Croxden Abbey, Nr. Alton, Staffordshire.
The West Doorway, Croxden Abbey. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the west doorway ruins at Croxden Abbey, Nr. Alton, Staffordshire.
The West Doorway, Croxden Abbey. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the west doorway ruins at Croxden Abbey, Nr. Alton, Staffordshire.
The West Font, Croxden. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the west font ruins at Croxden Abbey, Nr. Alton, Staffordshire.