A Bit Thick for Father Christmas In the Potteries. Photographed by William Blake.
Industrial landscape with the caption "A Bit Thick for Father Christmas In the Potteries". Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Despite an obvious pride in many of the aspects of the pottery ...
Anchor Pottery, Longton
Demolition of a bottle oven at Sampson Bridgwood's Anchor Pottery in Goddard Street in the East Vale area of Longton. These are hovel ovens where the oven stands in the centre of a separate circular ...
Argyll Road, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Argyll Road, Longton, 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 ...
Bath Street, Stoke upon Trent
From Spark Terrace corner Bath Street runs steeply down to London Road. The van with the Michelin Man on the roof is parked outside the original Stoke Library building. The factory building at the bottom ...
Belgrave Road, Dresden. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene with a group of children and cyclists. 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 ...
Bluebell Oven, Barker Street, Longton
Pottery factory exterior with a view of the Bluebell Oven and derelict works on Barker Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.
This photograph ...
Book Illustration entitled "View of The Potteries." Photographed by William Blake c. 1900-1940
Photograph of a book illustration entitled "View of the Potteries."
This image is used elsewhere in the collection for a presentation by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small folder containing ...
Building the City Central Library, Bethesda Street, Hanley
This photograph was taken during the early stages of the building of the City Central Library and Archives in Bethesda Street. On the left is the chimney attached to the boiler house and on the right ...
Caroline Street, Longton
This is a view north east along Caroline Street. At the top end lies the junction with Upper Cross Street and Anchor Passage with The Miners' Rest public house (a Parker's Ales inn) just visible on the ...
Castlefield Street, Shelton
Looking along Castlefield Street, off Shelton New Road, in Cliffe Vale. Castlefield Street was formerly called Edward Street. The photograph was taken about halfway down, just beyond Lomas Street. ...
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 ...
Coal Strike, March 1912. Coal Pickers at Florence Colliery, Longton, Stoke-On-Trent. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Florence Colliery, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
People scavenge for bits of coal during the coal strike of 1912.
Named after the Duke of Sutherland's daughter, the pit was opened ...
Congleton Edge, From Cloud End. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of Congleton Edge taken from Cloud End, Cheshire.
Daisy Bank Marl Hole, Longton
Lantern slide containing a view of the Daisy Bank marl hole, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
These huge holes were created due to the large scale extraction of a type of clay called marl.
This ...
Demolition of a Pot Bank, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Industrial landscape showing the demolition of a pot bank. Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Destruction of an old Colliery Stack on Sandford Hill. May 1st 1913. Photographed by William Blake.
Chimney demolition taken at Sandford Hill on May 1st 1913.
Dimmock's, Stafford Street, Hanley
The felling of Dimmock's chimney, June 15th 1905. The Dimmock's building stood between Stafford Street and Cheapside in Hanley centre. This is the site of the old skating rink.
Downing's Blurton Tilery, Stoke-on-Trent
G H Downing's Blurton Tileries just after closure in 1964. A view of the beehive ovens, chimneys and roofing tile stock for sale. The photograph as taken just west of Ballinson Road, looking north east ...