Parkhall Colliery and tip from Park Hall Hills
Looking towards Longton from Parkhall Hills. The middle of the photograph is dominated by the spoil tips of Parkhall Colliery, closed nearly four years before the picture was taken. Park Hall Road, connecting ...
Photo. Of Drawing By Mrs. Kathleen Blake, Mine Workings. Photographed by William Blake.
Sketch of a mine building by Mrs. Kathleen Blake. The location of the mine is unknown.
Photo. Of Drawing By Mrs. Kathleen Blake, Mine Workings. Photographed by William Blake.
Sketch of a mine building by Mrs. Kathleen Blake. The location of the mine is unknown.
Picket line at Hem Heath Colliery, Trentham
During the 1984/1985 miner's strike some miners continued to work and faced crossing the picket lines every day. Workers had to face their collegues who were striking, and therefore not receiving a wage, ...
Picking Coal. Photographed by William Blake.
People foraging for coal during the Coal Strike, March 1912.
Pit mound, Longton
Photograph taken near Longton Hall Lane.
Potteries landscape from Navigation Road, Burslem.
Bert Bentley was looking east over Burslem from the top of Navigation Road. Just to the right of the bottle ovens is the short tower of St John's Church (a grade II listed building). The tower is the ...
Protest march passing Lea Hall Colliery, Brereton
Many people in the community supported the miners strike of 1984/1985 and joined rallys and demonstrations. This march from Liverpool to London, here passing Lea Hall Colliery in Brereton, Rugeley. Over ...
Protest Rally at Central Forest Park, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph shows miners and their supporters meeting at Hanley Forest Park before marching into the city centre during the miner's strike of 1984. The miners had supporters across the country and ...
Quarry sidings, Oakamoor
Moneystone quarry sidings at Oakamoor. The quarries at Cauldon Low and Froghall provided limestone for the agricultural and pottery industries. At one time thousands of men were employed in the quarrying ...
Quarry, Lightwood
A sandstone and gravel quarry close to the Star and Garter Road. Possibly St. Bartholomew's Quarry.
Quarry, Lightwood
A sandstone and gravel quarry close to the Star and Garter Road.
Quarry, Lightwood
A sandstone and gravel quarry close to the Star and Garter Road.
Quarry, Lightwood
A sandstone and gravel quarry close to the Star and Garter Road. Possibly St. Bartholomew's Quarry.
Railway and coal wharf, Smallthorne.
Coal used to be transported from Norton colliery via a railway line. This line ran up the steep gradient, past another colliery near Community Drive to the top of the hill at Smallthorne. The coal wharf ...
Reclaimed marl pit in Clanway Road, Tunstall
The photograph shows the abandoned and infilled marl hole that lay to the east of Tunstall High Street. The photograph is looking west from Clanway Street. In the centre is Christ Church and to the right ...
Removing a pit mound, Longton
Possibly Longton Hall Lane.
Removing a pit mound, Longton
Possibly Longton Hall Lane.