Civil Defence. Circa 1942
During the Second World War women were called upon to take over duties that would otherwise been carried out by men. With men being drafted into the armed forces women found themselves in organisations ...
Clay Preparation.
Pottery factory interior with a view of a man recycling clay.
If the clay has not been fired it can be used again, by grinding the dry clay into small pieces and mixing it with water.
Taken from ...
Clay Wedger. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide of a pottery worker known as a clay wedger at work.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A ...
Clay Wedger. Photographed by William Blake.
Portrait of a pottery worker known as a clay wedger at work.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small ...
Clay Wedger. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide of a pottery worker known as a clay wedger at work.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A ...
Clay Wedger. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide of a pottery worker known as a clay wedger at work.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A ...
Clock Tower and Building, Longton Park. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the Clock Tower and park building at Longton Park, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The park's official name is Queen's Park and it was officially opened on July 25th 1888 by George ...
Clock Tower, Longton Park. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the Clock Tower at Longton Park, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The park's official name is Queen's Park and it was officially opened on July 25th 1888 by George Granville William Sutherland ...
Clock Tower, Longton Park. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the Clock Tower at Longton Park, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The park's official name is Queen's Park and it was officially opened on July 25th 1888 by George Granville William Sutherland ...
Clock Tower, Longton Park. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the Clock Tower, Longton Park, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The park's official name is Queen's Park and it was officially opened on July 25th 1888 by George Granville William Sutherland ...
Close and Keeling's Invention - Notice from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Cutting edge technology in pottery making
Printed notice informing pottery manufacturers of Valentine Close and James Keeling's patented oven design.
The new design promises to use less coal, reduce ...
Cloud End & The Minn from The Roches. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of Cloud End, Nr. Congleton, and The Minn in Cheshire. The photograph taken from the Roaches. Parts of this area fall within the Peak District National Park boundary.
Cloud End from Gunn Hill. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of Cloud End, Nr. Congleton, Cheshire. The photograph was taken from Gunn Hill, Staffordshire.
Parts of the area in view are within the Peak District National Park.
Cloud End, near Rushton Spencer
Landscape with a view of Cloud End, near Rushton Spencer. The Cloud overlooks Congleton and markes the border between Cheshire and Staffordshire. The large railway viaduct that crosses the River Dane ...
Cloud End, near Rushton Spencer
Landscape with a view of Cloud End, near Rushton Spencer. The Cloud overlooks Congleton and markes the border between Cheshire and Staffordshire.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton.
Clough Hall Colliery Anti-Union Notice - from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Colliery owners did not take kindly to miners' early attempts to form trades unions.
Market forces
Most believed in an 'iron law of wages,' which dictated that wages would be related to market forces.
This ...
Coal Strike 1912. "Coal Getting." Photographed by William Blake.
Photograph of people picking surface coal from a steep quarry edge during the strike of 1912.
Coal Strike, Mar. 1912 "Gleaning coal From Old Pit Banks." Photographed by William Blake.
A picture taken in Stoke-on-Trent during the miner's strike of March 1912.
Men, women and children collect loose coal from the pit banks.