Cheshire Plain. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of Cloud End and the Cheshire Plain. Taken from Congleton Edge, Cheshire.
Cheshire Plain. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of Cloud End and the Cheshire Plain. Taken from Congleton Edge, Cheshire.
Cheshiremen! - A pro-reform election notice from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
At election time, tiresome political 'spin' is nothing new. Even in 1831, election candidates accused each other of the same, urging attention to facts only:
Be on your guard - attend only to facts, ...
Child Pottery Worker. Photographed by William Blake.
A child pottery worker hand jiggering for a bowl or dishmaker who is "jollying" the ware.
Jollying is the process of shaping ware inside a mould with a combination of shaping tools and centrifugal ...
China Basket Making.
Pottery factory interior showing female workers, china basket and china flower making.
The women are using a combination of extrusion presses, plaster moulds and hand tools to make the ware.
The ...
China thrower making cups, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior showing a china thrower and his assistant making cups. It is a two-stage process.
Firstly the thrower throws rough linings, which can be seen on the bench in front of him.
He ...
China Turning, Sutherland Works, Longton.
Pottery factory interior with a view inside a turning shop. The turner is shaping the foot of a cup on a turning lathe with an attendant standing by. The attendant would hand a cup to the turner who fastened ...
China Warehouse
Postcard with a scene from a china warehouse. Photographed by William Blake.
On the reverse of the post card it is stated that the image was taken in 1875. However, this date is far too early. Blake ...
Christmas Greetings Card. Longton Park. Photography and Design by William Blake.
Christmas Greetings Card with a view of Longton Park, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Blake produced many greetings cards, which were sold in his shop at Stafford Street, Longton. The street was renamed ...
Christmas Greetings Card. Longton Park. Photography and Design by William Blake.
Christmas Greetings Card with a view of Longton Park, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Blake produced many greetings cards, which were sold in his shop at Stafford Street, Longton. The street was renamed ...
Christmas Greetings Card. Photography and Design by William Blake.
Christmas Greetings Card with a view of Longton Park, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Blake produced many greetings cards, which were sold in his shop at Stafford Street, Longton. The street was renamed ...
Church Lane, Ipstones. Photographed by William Blake.
Village scene taken at Church Lane, Ipstones, Staffordshire. The Ipstones Branch shop of the Leek and Moorlands Co-operative Society is on the left.
Church of the Resurrection, Dresden, Longton
The Church of the Resurrection was built on land given by the Duke of Sutherland in 1853, to designs by George Gilbert Scott. It stands on red Bank in Dresden, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. It was extended ...
Church of the Resurrection, Dresden, Stoke-on-Trent
The Church of the Resurrection was built on land given by the Duke of Sutherland in 1853, to designs by George Gilbert Scott. It stands on Red Bank in Dresden, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. It was extended ...
Church Plate, Caverswall. Photographed by William Blake.
Silverware items including a goblet and church plate with the inscription "The Gift of the Lord Chief Baron Parker to the Parish of Caverswall 1760".
Taken at St. Peter's Church, Caverswall, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, ...
Church Walk, Moddershall. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of Church Walk, Moddershall, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Churnet Valley at Glenwood, Consall. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of the Churnet Valley at Glenwood, Consall, Staffordshire.
Civil Defence Group. Circa 1942
During WW II civilian men and women were recruited into jobs that would normally be controlled by personnel such as the police, military or fire brigade. Here a group of men are dress are wearing the ...