Oldfield's brickworks, Fenton
Oldfield's fireclay pit off Duke Street in Fenton. The Bassey Mine Ironstone and Peacock Coal seams outcrop in the pit. These rocks are part of the Coal Measures of the North Staffordshire Coalfield. ...
Oldfield's Brickworks, Fenton
The brick kilns and their chimneys at Oldfield's brickworks off Duke Street in Fenton. In the foreground is the fireclay pit. The camera is looking eastwards towards Longton with the houses in Holly Bush ...
Longton Cricket Ground
Longton Cricket Club ground seen from the Ripon Road side. Immediately behind the pavilion buildings is Trentham Road.
This ground has hosted Minor Counties matches since 1954 and has been a major venue ...
Hem Heath Junior Schools, Blurton
Hem Heath Junior and Infants' Schools were opened in 1958/59 at the northern end of Magdalen Road in Blurton. The site is now the Kemball School. In the background are the tops of the two winding towers ...
Hamil Bakery, Newstead Industrial estate, Hem Meath
The Hamil Bakery was on the Newstead Industrial estate alongside the A5035, Trentham Road. The lorry on the left bears the name "Spliiers" a major flour supplier and owner of United Bakeries which produced ...
Gimson's stilt and spur manufacturers, Fenton
J Gimson's factory close to Victoria Square in Fenton. Gimson's were stilt and spur manufacturers for the ceramics industry and had been operating In various places in Fenton since the mid 19th Century., ...
Fenton Park and Cemetery
Fenton Park is to the left and Fenton Cemetery to the right in this photograph taken from the northern end of Vivian Road. Beville Street (formerly Cemetery Road) runs off to the left. Bassilow Road runs ...
Alfred Street, Fenton
Looking along Alfred Street from the eastern end close to where it meets Morville Close. At the far end is the Queen Victoria public house on Victoria Road. Morville Close used to be Dimmock Street, ...
Tiverton Road, Berry Hill estate, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph was taken looking south from the corner of Tring Close and Tiverton Road. Built from the 1950s, the estate was at one time one of then largest estates in Europe with over 4,500 houses.
The Thurston Inn, Bentilee, Stoke-on-Trent
The Thurston Inn stood on the corner of Thurston Way and Tiverton Road in Bentilee. The public house has been demolished and replaced with housing.
Sutherland Infants' and Junior School, Beaconsfield Drive, Blurton
The Sutherland primary schools were opened in 1954 on Beaconsfield Drive in Blurton. This is now Sutherland Primary academy on the same site with many of the original building. In the photograph, the ...
Slater's Fireclay Pit, Berry Hill, Stoke-on-Trent
The fireclay pit or marl hole was part of Berry Hill brickworks (also known as Slater's fireclay pit) and linked to the nearby Berry Hill collieries. John Slater purchased the colliery in 1914 and the ...
Slater's Brickworks and Sanitary Ware, Stoke-on-Trent
Johnson and Slater was formed in 1935 to operate the Berry Hill brickworks and Slater's sanitary ware works (Berry Hill Potteries). The works were to the south and west of the fireclay pit. On the right ...
Newstead County Primary Schools, Blurton
Newstaed County [primary Schools (junior and infants) is on Waterside Drive in Blurton. The schools lie between Yaxley Place (on then left) and Yeovil Place (off to the right). The schools were opened ...
Lawn Farm, Berry Hill, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph is looking towards Ubberley and Bentilee with the higher ground of Hulme Bank on the extreme right. In the foreground is the site of Lawn Farm moated manor or farmhouse. The ditches or ...
Blurton Road and the Cockster Brook Bridge, Blurton
This is the view north along Blurton Road from Poplar Drive. In the centre of the photograph is the bridge that carries the road over the Cockster Brook (also known as the Longton Brook). The brook starts ...
Blurton Church of England School, Blurton
Blurton Church of England School stood on School Lane. The school was built in 1834 but closed in 1954 when it had only infants on the roll. Now demolished and the site used for housing.
Barker House, Ripon Road, Blurton
Barker House is a block of flats on Ripon Road in Blurton. the block was built in the late 1950s. Bert Bentley described Barker House as "professional peoples flats".