Fenton Collieries from Derry Stree, Fenton
This was the view from Derry Street, a short street running north off Grove Road looking north east towards Fenton. To the right are the chimneys and winding gear of Glebe Colliery and Brickworks, now ...
Fenton Manor marlpit, Fenton
This photograph was taken looking southwest over the marl pit towards Boothen. On the extreme right hand edge of the photograph are two of the floodlight pylons at the old Stoke City Victoria ground. ...
Fenton Manor Station, Fenton
Fenton Manor Station was on the old Biddulph Valley line and Leek branch of North Staffordshire Railway. The station was on Manor Street (then named Albert Street), just off Victoria Road. The line passes ...
Fenton Parish Church
Fenton Parish Church (Christchurch) is in Albert Square. To the left of the photograph is Fenton Town Hall, latterly used as a Magistrate's Court and to the right, the War Memorial.
Christchurch was ...
Fenton Station
This photograph was taken from Fenton Station looking east towards Longton. Opened in 1864 as part of the North Staffordshire Railway's line between Stoke and Derby. The station was closed in 1961 and ...
Flooding at Oakamoor
A group of men ride away from a line of cottages in a small boat. Jack Heath is the man on horseback assisting in the rescue of the Finney family, during the 1927 flood.
This image is included by kind ...
Florence Colliery miners going on a demonstration, 1984
During the miner's strike of 1984/1985 many miners and strike supporters travelled to demonstrations around the country. In later years it became illegal to picket any place of work other than your own.
One ...
Florence Colliery, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Industrial landscape taken at Florence Colliery, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Named after the Duke of Sutherland's daughter, the pit was opened in 1874 and was worked until 1990.
Ford Green Road, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking north east along Ford Green Road from near the junction with Chetwynd Street (on the right). Ford Green station, on the Biddulph Vallley branch, is just to the left of the level crossing gates ...
Ford Green station house, Stoke-on-Trent
The footbridge and station house attached to Ford Green and Smallthorne Station. The station was on the Biddulph Valley branch, opened in 1864 and finally closed in 1964. The house has been demolished ...
Forsbrook Road, Blythe Bridge. Photographed by William Blake.
Village scene taken at Forsbrook Road, Blythe Bridge, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
A soldier and a postman pose for the photograph as a cyclist rides by.
Forsbrook. Photographed by William Blake.
A view of Forsbrook village, with the Grimwade Memorial Hall in the distance.
Fowlea Brook, Longbridge Hayes, Stoke-on-Trent
The view south from the bridge over the Fowlea Brook just north of Longport Station. At this point the Stoke on Trent City boundary runs along the brook: to the right is Newcastle under Lyme. On the ...
Fowler 2-6-4 leaves Rocester station
British Railways 2-6-4 locomotive, number 42355, hauls its train away from Rocester station on 19 June 1954.
This service is en route from Uttoxeter to Macclesfield.
The class 4P locomotive was ...
Frederick Woolley, Hanley
Frederick Woolley was chief projectionist at the Odeon cinema during the 1950s.
Here, he sits astride his motorcycle, a 1000cc Vincent Black Knight. This motorcycle still exists, but now has a 500cc ...
Furlong Tile Works, Newport Lane, Middleport
The Furlong Tile Works was on the east side of Newport Lane just before the junction with Furlong Lane. Just beyond the works is the White Swan public house which was originally two small houses until ...
Gardener's Retreat public house, Boothen, Stoke-on-Trent
The Gardener's Retreat is just off Sideway Road in Boothen. There is a large beer garden area to the front.
Parked outside is a three wheeler car. Is it an early example of an invalid car?
Gateway of Tiberias. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing a structure known as the Gateway of Tiberias. This would appear to be another of a series of images taken whilst Blake toured Isreal.