Price Brothers' National Teapot Factory.
Factory exterior and bottle oven taken at Price Brothers' National Teapot Factory, Longport, Stoke-on-Trent.
The factory was situated on the Trent and Mersey Canal, which can be seen in the foreground. ...
Price's Pottery Factory.
Pottery factory exterior and bottle kiln.
Taken at Price's pottery factory in Longport, Stoke-on-Trent.
This view includes the Trent and Mersey Canal.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum ...
Queens Park Avenue, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Queens Park Avenue, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The entrance to Longton Park lies just to the left of this location.
The park's official name is Queen's Park and ...
Rail engineering work at Leek
Disruption to rail services through engineering work is nothing new - as this photograph clearly shows.
In 1914, the North Staffordshire Railway decided to double their capacity at Leek by adding an ...
Railway tunnel, Meir
Photograph taken from Normacot Station bridge, looking south-east towards Meir Tunnel.
Ricardo Street, Dresden. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Ricardo Street, 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 ...
River Dove, Wolfscote Dale
The footbridge over the River Dove at the northern end of Wolfscote Dale, looking upstream. Staffordshire is to the left and Derbyshire to the right. This area is now part of the Peak District National ...
Road at Sandon. Photographed by William Blake.
Woodland scene and country lane taken at Sandon, Staffordshire.
Robson Street, Hanley
Looking down Robson Street towards the entrance to the Hanley Greyhound and Speedway Stadium (Sun Street Stadium). In the middle distance is one of the gas holders belonging to Etruria gasworks. On the ...
Rocester Station on the Churnet Valley line
Once rail services were withdrawn in the 1960s, many railway buildings became neglected and derelict, as seen here at Rocester.
Only a few railway workers houses remain as private dwellings.
However, ...
Roebuck Inn, Hilderstone. Photographed by William Blake.
Village scene with a view of the Roebuck Inn, Hilderstone, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Rose & Crown Inn on Stanley Road, Stockton Brook, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking north from the Rose & Crown Inn along Stanley Road. The public house stands at the junction with Clewlows Bank (off to the right). Stanley village lies straight ahead and a right turn along Clewlows ...
Rothsay Road, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Rothsay Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This is one of many street scenes in the Blake Collection. Most of them were taken in the Longton, Normacot and Dresden areas ...
Rough Close. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Rough Close, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Rudyard
We are looking towards Rudyard's railway bridge on a sunny day in 1957.
A small narrow guage railway now runs for a mile or so along a strech of the former track bed in the summer months.
It is ...
Rudyard Lake Station
A "down" local passanger service passes the western end of Rudyard Lake.
By the time this photo was taken Rudyard Lake station, no more than a halt, was a request stop.
Rudyard station is at the ...
Rudyard railway station
A Fowler class 4P locomotive arrives at Rudyard station with a passenger service from Macclesfield on a wet day in 1960.
This image is featured by kind permission of the Churnet Valley Railway.
Rudyard railway station
Rudyard railway station, pictured in June 1964. Compare this photo with the previous one taken in 1957. Already the rot has set in, just prior to the Beeching axe!
A narrow guage railway operates from ...