Backstamping, Royal Albert Pottery, Tunstall
Pottery factory interior showing a female worker in the process of backstamping plates. The backstamp is the pottery maker's mark or logo.
Taken at Alfred Meakin Ltd., Royal Albert Pottery, Parsonage ...
Casting Workshop, Morley Fox Pottery, Fenton
Pottery factory interior with a view of a casting shop and workers. Rows of jugs in their moulds can be seen in the foreground of the picture. Taken at the Morley Fox pottery factory at the Salopian Works, ...
Devon Factory, Stoke-on-Trent
Pottery factory exterior including a bottle oven taken at the Devon Factory, Sutherland Street, Stoke-on-Trent. This potbank belonged to Simon Fielding & Co., 1879 to 1982.
Taken from the Gladstone ...
Phoenix Works, Longton
This photograph was taken from Longton Train Station depicts the Phoenix Works bottle ovens of the original Thomas Forester factory built in 1879 & closed in 1959. The site has had many uses and occupants ...
Factory and Bottle Ovens, John Street, Longton
Pottery factory exterior including bottle ovens. Taken at the rear of Wildblood Pot Bank, John Street, Normacot, Stoke-on-Trent.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.
This ...
John Street, Longton
This image of John Street portrays a bleak picture of working class life in the city in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Notice the close proximity of the houses to the large pottery ...
John Street, Longton
During the early 1930s Stoke-on-Trent City Council, following guidelines laid down in Parliament, commissioned a housing survey in the city. Slum dwellings were to be cleared and a massive housing programme ...
John Lockett's potbank, Longton
Pottery factory exterior including bottle ovens at John Lockett's potbank yard, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. John Lockett & Sons were founded at King Street, Longton in 1825. When John Lockett died in 1832 ...
Caroline Street Congregational Chapel, Longton
Interior view of the Congregational Church, Caroline Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. It was built in 1905 and the architect was Edward Forshaw of Uttoxeter. It replaced an earlier church built in 1819....
Caroline Street Congregational Church, Longton
Interior view of the Congregational Church, Caroline Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. It was built in 1905 and the architect was Edward Forshaw of Uttoxeter. It replaced an earlier church built in 1819.
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Caroline Street Congregational Church, Longton
Interior view of the Congregational Church, Caroline Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. It was built in 1905 and the architect was Edward Forshaw of Uttoxeter. It replaced an earlier church built in 1819.
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Bourne Chapel, Stone Road, Longton
TheBourne Primitive Methodist Chapel was built on the corner of Stone Road (now Lightwood Road) and Francis Street (now Tatton Street) in 1901 at a cost of £4,500. It was still in use in 1958.
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Holiday At The Paddling Pool, Longton Park, Stoke-on-Trent
Crowds gathered at Longton Park during the holiday period to use the paddling pool. Taken at Longton Park, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The park's official name is Queen's Park and it was officially ...
Gargoyles outside St. Luke’s Church, Sheen
Four stone gargoyles outside the west end of St Luke's Church, Sheen. The church nave was rebuilt in 1827, and the chancel in 1851. These carvings came from the old church.
Photographed by William ...
Gog Rock, Consall
Gog Rock, overlooking the Colleyhole Brook at Stakebank Wood, Consall.
Photographed by William Blake of Longton.
Coombes Valley, near Cheddleton
View looking south-east across Coombes Valley, near Cheddleton, looking towards Sharpcliffe. Clough Meadow Cottage can be seen far left. The valley is now a Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) ...
The Bowler Hat, 52-54 Moorland Road, Burslem
The Bowler Hat public house was constructed between 1832 and 1878. It had a rectangular plan, one room wide by two rooms deep. The plain tiled roof had no chimney.
This photograph shows the north ...
Normacot Post Office, Longton
G. Colley's shop, Normacot Post Office at 75 Upper Normacot Road.
The below information was kindly provided by Malcom Williams.
The pillar in the left foreground belongs to a building on the corner ...