Brook House, Bucknall
The Brook House, Bucknall, built in about 1636. It was dismantled in 1974 and moved to Knighton, near Mucklestone.
Photographed by William Blake of Longton.
Brook House, Bucknall
The Brook House, Bucknall, built in about 1636. It was dismantled in 1974 and moved to Knighton, near Mucklestone.
Photographed by William Blake of Longton.
Brook House, Bucknall
The Brook House, Bucknall, built in about 1636. It was dismantled in 1974 and moved to Knighton, near Mucklestone.
Photographed by William Blake of Longton.
Broomfield House, Etruria Vale, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph was donated to The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery by Mr. William Cooper in 1996. He tells us that this is Broomfield House at Etruria Vale. At the time of the photograph it was the house ...
Brushing.
Pottery factory interior showing a woman brushing bone china tea cups on a machine.
Brushing the ware ensured the ware was free from dust or grit prior to glazing.
Taken at the Shelley pottery factory, ...
Building the clammins, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior with a view of a loaded kiln stacked with saggars prior to firing. The man is ‘building the clammins’, a temporary seal in the wall of the oven with an access point through which ...
Buller's Appeal, or Last Shift - Broadside ballad sheet from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Broadside ballad entitled Buller's Appeal, or Last Shift.
And down my dear RADS, with your Guineas apiece
The song appears to be a rallying cry from an election candidate in need of financial assistance.
Russell's ...
Burgess & Leigh, Port Street, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent
A crowded printing room at Burgess & Leigh in the mid 1930’s. Much of the printing was still done by hand. Notice the roller machine in the centre of the picture. This would be used for making patterned ...
Burial Mound, Swynnerton. Photographed by William Blake.
A burial mound in Swynnerton Park.
Burnishing in a pottery factory
Pottery factory interior with a view of a woman in the process of burnishing a plate.
Burnishing
Burnishing was the process whereby fired gold applications were rubbed to produce a lustrous finish.
Silver ...
Burnishing ware, Minton's Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent
Pottery factory interior with a view of female workers in the process of burnishing ware. They are positioned facing the window as they needed good light to do the job. Taken at Minton's factory, London ...
Burslem and Wolstanton Poor Union - a document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
In the 1790s, the expense of providing relief to the poor fell upon local parishes in Stoke-on-Trent.
This document outlines a meeting held to discuss sharing the costs between Burslem and nearby Wolstanton.
The ...
Burslem Co-operative Society Ltd., Birches Head Road, Birches Head, Burslem
The local co-operative shop and post office at Birches Head. The Co-operative Society was set up to protect working class consumers from unscrupulous shopkeepers selling foodstuffs that had been tampered ...
Burslem June 20th. 1804 - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Hand-written invoice from Enoch Wood to a group of wealthy local men who have agreed to pay for a dinner taken by the Longport Volunteer Corps.
Volunteer Corps
The French Revolution in 1789 signalled ...
Burslem Volunteer Corps - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
THAT a VOLUNTEER CORPS of INFANTRY be formed
Printed public notice announcing the resolutions from a meeting that took place in the Legs of Man in Burslem on June 2Oth, 1797.
A number of businessmen ...
Burslem Volunteer Corps - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Burslem Volunteer Corps Rules and Regulations
Printed booklet outlining the rules and regulations of the Burslem Volunteer Corps.
The booklet sets out a series of rules and subsequent fines for ...
Burslem Volunteers - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
The formation of a volunteer corps
Printed notice by Enoch Wood, dated August 15th 1803, announcing a meeting at Legs of Man public house in Burslem.
The purpose of the meeting, to discuss the formation ...
Burslem War Memorial, Swan Bank
The car approaching Burslem War Memorial is carrying Edward, the Prince of Wales. The police hold back crowds of people trying to catch a glimpse of the Prince.