29 Lichfield Street, Hanley
This is the Adam's Sewing Machine (sales and repairs) shop at 29 Lichfield Street in Hanley. Bert Bentley thought this must have been the smallest shop in The Potteries. The shop was in the northern part ...
An Aerial view of Burslem town centre
The aerial photograph was taken in 1927 and shows Market Place running up the middle with the town Hall on its left. In the bottom left hand corner is Fountain Place with St John's Square off to the ...
Avoca Street, Hanley
The camera is looking south east along Avoca Street and into Rawlins Street beyond. This is in the Northwood area of Hanley. Before the renaming of streets in the 1950s, Avoca was Taylor Street and Rawlins ...
Ball Green War Memorial, Stoke-on-Trent
Alsio known as the Whitfield memorial, Ball Green War memorial stood at the junction of Wilding Road (right) and Whitfield Road in Ball Green. It was moved to a new site in Ball Green in 1964, just after ...
Beardmore's old pottery, City Road, Fenton
This photograph was taken looking westwards from close to the corner of Fountain Street and City Road. On the left is Frank Beardmore's old Sutherland Pottery, dating from 1901, although the works had ...
Beatrice Street in Brindley Ford, Stoke-on-Trent
Beatrice Street was formerly Victoria Street in Brindley Ford. The street has been demolished, replaced with modern housing and renamed Barmouth Grove. The camera is looking north with Terrance Street ...
Belgrave Road, Dresden. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Belgrave Road, Dresden, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This is one of many street scenes in the Blake Collection. Most of them were taken in the Normacot and Dresden areas near ...
Bemersley Road, Ball Green, Stoke-on-Trent
The camera is facing north along Bemersley Road from the end of Knypersley Road. This are is known as Cornhill, a name plate is just visible below the street sign on the wall of the shop to the right. ...
Bengry Road, Normacot.
Bengry's shop at 94, Bengry Road is pictured.
Benson Street, Pitts Hill, Tunstall
Looking east along Benson Street (formerly New Street) in Pitts Hill. The photograph was taken from the corner of St Michaels Road (formerly High Street). On the right is the former Tunstall Primitive ...
Birchendale, 3 St.Johns Square, Burslem
An ornate three storey building, the datestone suggesting it was constructed in 1882.
Constructed in red facing flemish bond, with a pitched tiled roof, decorative ridge tiles and two red staged stacks. ...
Bird Cage Walk, Hanley
Bird Cage Walk is a narrow alley connecting Broad Street with Clough Street. The Students' Bookshop building is on the corner of Broad Street and Marsh Street in Hanley. Between this and the neighbouring ...
Boothen Old Road, Stoke upon Trent
A view south from just outside the Boothen Stand at Stoke City's old Victoria Ground. Boothen Old Road is to the left and Lime Street to the right. The corner shop in the centre is now a house but the ...
Boyce Adams shop, Piccadilly, Hanley
Boyce Adams' grocers shop at 32 Piccadilly dates from 1877. In 1962 the company had eleven other shop in the Potteries, with branches as far afield as Alsager and Congleton. The top floor was a café ...
Brassington Bros., Campbell Place, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph showing one of the Brassington Brothers shoe shops is thought to have been taken between 1920 and 1935. It is situated in Campbell Place, Stoke. Notice how the window area is used to a ...
Bratt & Dykes Department Store, Hanley.
Bratt & Dykes was one of the large and fashionable department stores that became popular towards the end of Queen Victoria’s reign.
Selling a range of goods these stores took over from the arcade; ...
Brickhouse Street, Burslem
The photograph shows the narrow alleyway at the Market Place end of Brickhouse Street, which connects Queen Street with Market Place in Burslem. It runs alongside the Wedgwood Institute. The Bookmaker's ...
Bridgwood Street, Longton
The view north along Wharf Street towards the Tuscan China Works on Forrister Street. Wharf Street is today Bridgwood Street and the terraced houses have been replaced with modern housing. The photograph ...