Longton Railway Station
Longton railway station looking east towards the iron bridge crossing the north end of Times Square. The station lies on the Crewe to Derby via Stoke line and was opened as part of the North Staffordshire ...
Longton Railway Station and Bridge
This photograph was taken from Times Square, looking towards Longton railway Station and the bridge over King Street. The station was built on an embankment with a cantilever bridge carrying the line ...
Longton Road from the Stone Road junction, Trentham
The camera is looking east along Longton Road from its junction with Stone Road (A34) just outside Trentham Gardens. Just off the left hand edge of the photograph are the three grade II listed cottages ...
Longton Road, Rough Close. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Longton Road, Rough Close, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The Swynnerton Arms public house and a horse and cart can be seen in the distance.
Longton Road, Trentham
Longton Road (A5035) before it was widened, the view from close to New Inn Road. The camera is looking west towards the junction with Stone Road (A34) in Ash Green. On the horizon is the stand of trees ...
Longton Station
The Phoenix Pottery Works seen from the platform of Longton Station, looking west towards Fenton. Phoenix Pottery was operated by Thomas Forester, specialising in majolica, from the 1880s.
The chimney ...
Longton Station and the Phoenix Works, Longton
Longton Station in the foreground with the old Phoenix Pottery building behind and the tower of St John The Baptist Church (demolished in 1979) beyond that.
The station, opened in 1848, is on an embankment. ...
Longton Station, Baths Road, Longton
Longton Station was opened in August 1848 and stood on the Crewe-Derby line of the North Staffordshire Railway.
Longton Town Hall. Photographed by William Blake
A view of the town hall at Longton's Times Square, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This was Longton's second town hall and was built in 1863.
Longton War Memorial. Photographed by William Blake.
A view of the War Memorial at Trentham Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Looking over the Potteries from Hartshill Bank
This was the view north east from the top of Hartshill Bank (at the bottom of Vicarage Road). The lower land in the foreground is the Fowlea Brook valley with the main railway line running across. Immediately ...
Looking towards Longton from Cinderhill Lane
Photograph taken near Millfield Road, looking along the railway line.
Looking west from Hollywall Lane, Goldenhill
The view west from Hollywall Lane over the entrance to the old Harecastle railway tunnel. The houses in the foreground are on Boathorse Road (or Lane) and beyond the house and barns of Yeld Hill Farm. ...
Lower Lady Meadow
The 'great white winter' of 1962-3 was the coldest since 1740. Temperatures as low as -22°C were recorded.
Heavy snow caused inevitable problems for British Railways, with snowdrifts of up to five ...
Manifold Valley
Landscape taken at Manifold Valley during the summer of 1906.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton.
Mark XVI Spitfire at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
Photograph of the Spitfire, which has been on permanent display at The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery since 1986.
Designed by local engineer Reginald Mitchell in the 1930s, the Spitfire was instrumental ...
Market Place, Burslem
Burslem Market Place on a dull day, viewed from Wedgwood Street. Burslem's old Town Hall is on the left and the black and white building in the distance is on the corner of St John's Square.
The Potteries ...
Market Place, Burslem
Looking west along Market Place with the old Town Hall on the right. Opposite and just visible behind the PMT bus is the inn sign for The Leopard. This old 18th century inn was the site of first meeting, ...