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.
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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 ...
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 ...
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.
Coal Strike, March 1912. "Labour Works A Seam On Its Own Behalf." Photographed by William Blake.
Coal Strike, March 1912. "Labour Works A Seam On Its Own Behalf." Taken at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Coal Strike, March 1912. "Royalty - Free Coal Getting". Photographed by William Blake.
Coal Strike, March 1912. "Royalty - Free Coal Getting". Taken at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Coal Strike, March 1912. Coal Pickers at Florence Colliery, Longton, Stoke-On-Trent. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Florence Colliery, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
People scavenge for bits of coal during the coal strike of 1912.
Named after the Duke of Sutherland's daughter, the pit was opened ...
Colliery Winding House. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing the interior of a colliery winding house and two pit workers. The identity of the colliery is unknown.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation ...
Colliery Winding House. Photographed by William Blake.
Photograph showing the interior of a colliery winding house and two pit workers. The identity of the colliery is unknown.
This image appears elsewhere in the collection and was used for a presentation ...
Colliery Winding House. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing the interior of a colliery winding house and two pit workers. The identity of the colliery is unknown.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation ...
Colouring Doll's Heads in the Potteries. Photographed by William Blake.
Postcard showing paintresses decorating doll's heads in a Stoke-on-Trent pot bank.
On the reverse of the post card it is stated that the image was taken in 1880. However, this date is too early. Blake ...
Colouring Doll's Heads In The Potteries. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with paintresses decorating doll's heads.
This images appears elsewhere in the collection and was used for a presentation by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small folder ...
Cookery Class, Sutherland Institute, Longton
A cookery class at the Sutherland Institute, Longton with the caption: "Who Cares for 1917 Weather with a Kitchen like this?" The girl in the centre is Olive Eardley (later Hill), who was the daughter ...
Cookery Class, Sutherland Institute, Longton
A cookery class at the Sutherland Institute, Longton with the caption: "The Cheerless Air of English Cooks Under the "U" Boat Menace. April 1917."
Photographer: William Blake of Longton.
Crate Makers Yard. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing a pottery factory yard and a crate maker at work.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.” ...
Cratemaker.
View of a cratemaking company yard. In the foreground is the company truck and Mr. W. J. Shenton is pictured holding the horse.
The long hazel rods used in crate making can be seen in the background, ...