Railway line looking towards Longton
Photograph taken looking north-west along the Derby-Crewe line, St. James's Church tower and Sutherland Road are on the left.
Railway Terrace, Longton
Photograph taken from Paragon Road, looking North.
Railway tunnel, Meir
Photograph taken from Normacot Station bridge, looking south-east towards Meir Tunnel.
Railway worker at Oakamoor
Mrs Rita Ecclestone, Clerk and Porter at Oakamoor Station in the 1950s.
Rita is standing on the tracks and the view is looking towards the tunnel mouth. However, today you will be looking down a country ...
Ray & Proctor's Garage, Longton
Ray & Procter's Garage on Commerce Street, Longton. This photograph was taken looking south-west from Commerce Street close to the corner with Stafford Street (now the Strand). The alleyway to the left ...
Rear of Ford's Pottery in Packhorse Lane, Burslem
looking along Pack Horse Lane from the Fountain Place area.The bottle oven belongs to Ford's Pottery (Lower Manufactory) on Newcastle Street and the gates in the centre are the original gates to Enoch ...
Reginald Mitchell
Reginald Mitchell was born at 115 Congleton Road, Butt Lane, Kidsgrove in 1895 and was educated at Hanley High School. At sixteen, he gained an apprenticeship at Kerr Stuart & Co of Fenton.
After ...
Repairs to Newcastle Street - A document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
This notice from John Riley, surveyor, calls for a meeting on Monday 20 June, 6pm, at the Legs of Man Inn, to discuss repairs to the road between Burslem and Longport, now known as Newcastle Street.
Roadworks ...
Rhyl express at Leek station
At Leek station on 15 June 1957, an unidentified 'Crab' 2-6-0 Mogul works its way to the front of the train, ready to take a trainful of passengers to the coast at Rhyl.
The locomotive probably owes ...
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 ...
Richards Ceramic Tiles Ltd., Woodland Street, Tunstall
Henry Richards Tile Company occupied the Pinnox Woks from 1903. This is the main entrance at the eastern end of Woodland Street. Beyond the Richards works, to the right of the photograph, is the Woodland ...
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 ...
River Trent, Leek Road, Abbey Hulton, Stoke-on-Trent
The River Trent meandering south on its way to Bucknall. The photograph was taken from the abandoned Leek Road railway bridge in Abbey Hulton. The houses in the top left hand corner are on Leek Road. ...
Road repairs - A document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
In the early 1800s, local wealthy men and / or trusts took responsibility for the upkeep of the roads.
When a group of Burslem's "principal inhabitants" met at the Legs of Man Inn on 20 June 1803, ...
Road surfacing, Meir Road, Normacot
Photograph taken from 181, Meir Road, with road surfacing in progress.
Roads - A document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
In 1795, plans were underway to introduce a mail coach service that would serve the Potteries.
There was one problem; the coach needed roads of a higher standard than were available.
Enoch Wood, ...
Robert Hyde & Co, City Road, Stoke upon Trent
The sign over the entrance yard reads "Robert Hyde & Son Ltd. North Stafford Steel Foundry", a company founded in 1910. The City Road foundry was originally the North Staffordshire Railway Locomotive, ...
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 ...