Sneyd Colliery Land Sale Yard
An early view of Sneyd land sale yard, probably taken during the 1920s. Note the horses and carts.
It is thought that the white building at the top left is the colliery office block.
The view ...
Sneyd Pipe Works, Burslem
Beehive kilns at Sneyd pipe works as seen from the Potteries Loop Line, just north of Hot Lane. The works lay to the west of the line, behind the camera would have been Sneyd Colliery and Brickworks. ...
Snow Hill, Shelton.
Road layers hard at work on Snow Hill. This road was the main route between Stoke and Hanley. The twin tramlines are a clear indicator that this was a busy route.
The road sweeps to the right at the ...
Snowy Street Scene. Unknown Location. Photographed by William Blake.
Snowy street scene. Unknown location.
Soldiers at Alton Towers
A group of soldiers at Alton Towers in May 1944.
During the Second World War Alton Towers was used as a centre for training officers of different regiments for specific tasks.
Most of these men ...
Sparrow Street, Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent
The camera is looking south along Sparrow Street in Smallthorne. The terraced houses on the right date before 1880 whilst the left hand side was built up between 1810 and 1899. The taller building on ...
Spitfire Type 300. F 37/34. Circa 1936
Reginald Mitchell completed the prototype Spitfire just a year before his death. This aeroplane was capable of 342 m.p.h. and was officially the fastest military aircraft of the time.
This aircraft would ...
Springfields Hotel, Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent
The Springfields Hotel stands on the corner of Newcastle Road (A34) and Clayton Lane. The grade II listed building was later renamed The Orange Tree around 2009. The red brick building was originally ...
St. Clair Street. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at St. Clair Street, Longton, 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 ...
St. Gregory's, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Church exterior taken at St. Gregory's, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Stafford Colliery from Boothen, Stoke-on-Trent
The photograph is taken from the abandoned track bed of the old Michelin railway branch line south of Sideway Old Road. The branch line connected the tyre factory to the main line which it joined near ...
Stafford Street, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Stafford Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This street was re-named The Strand in the 1950s.
Note the tramline and tram. These were a regular feature in most ...
Stafford Street, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene.
Taken on Stafford Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Stafford Street, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Stafford Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Stafford Street is now known as The Strand.
This is one of many street scenes in the Blake Collection. Most of them ...
Staffordshire Pottery Manufacturers discuss Crime on the Canals - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
At the meeting described in this pamphlet, pottery manufacturers complained that their wares were regularly stolen in transit on the canals - despite precautions taken by some carriers.
This problem, ...
Stanley Pool
The dam at the north west end of Stanley Pool. Built in 1786 as an 8 acre (3¼ hectare) reservoir to supply water for the nearby Caldon Canal, the pool was enlarged to 33 acres (13 hectares) in 1840 ...
Stanley Road, Stockton Brook
Looking east along Stanley road from the junction with Leek Road (A53). On the extreme left is the edge of the booking hall building at Stockton Brook Station, inn use as a shop. The Joules public house ...
Station bench and Green Man
This wooden bench once stood on the platform at Rudyard station in 1950.
The face of a 'green man' from folklore looks out from the wall.
This image is taken from the collection of the Churnet Valley ...