George Henry Mayer, 13005688 The Pioneer Corps. Born 1901
George was born 15th March 1901 in Drayton Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. George originally enlisted at Burslem on the 8th February 1919 into the North Staffordshire Regiment. He left the ...
George Washington portrait bust
Black basalt portrait bust, height 220mm. George Washington (1732-1799) was the first President of the United States. He was commander-in-chief of the American army and a hero of the people during the ...
Gighall Bridge, Dane Valley
Woodland scene with a view of Gighall Bridge, Dane Valley. The River Dane marks the border between Staffordshire and Cheshire.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton.
Gilding, Chapman's Pottery, Longton
Pottery factory interior showing a female pottery worker gilding or banding at a bench. Two onlookers pose for the picture. Probably taken at Chapman's pottery factory, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Gilding
Gilding ...
Gilding.
Pottery factory interior with a view of women working in a gilding workshop.
Gilder's shells can be seen on the work benches.
Gilding.
Gilding is a type of decoration involving the skillful application ...
Girls at a Rudyard Hotel
With the coming of the railway, Rudyard Lake became a popular rural destination for the people of Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire.
It is interesting to note that the famous writer, Rudyard Kipling, ...
Gladstone China Warehouse.
Pottery factory interior with a view of a china warehouse and warehouse workers.
Taken at Gladstone China, Uttoxeter Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
The factory ceased production in the early 1970s ...
Gladstone Pottery Sales Office, Longton.
The sales office at Gladstone Pottery, Longton in September 1932. Three men pause from work for the camera. The large map on the wall helps plot transport for the ware, and the calendar gives the month ...
Gladstone Worker, 1950s.
Female pottery worker, Nellie Melpass, posing for a photograph at Gladstone China, Uttoxeter Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
The factory ceased production in the early 1970s but after restoration re-opened ...
Glost Placing.
Pottery worker Fredrick Jones who worked at Copelands in Stoke, placing glost ware. He is placing 7" plates in a saggar in preparation for firing the dipped ware.
This firing will create a hard ...
Glost Workers.
Group portrait of glost workers. Probably taken at Chapman's pottery factory, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
The picture was taken in the glost warehouse.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic ...
Gog Rock. Photographed by William Blake.
Gog Rock, Stakebank Wood, Consall, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Gordon Banks and Stoke City F.C., League Cup winners
Gordon Banks played as goalkeeper for Stoke City F.C. in the 1970’s. In 1972 they won League Cup with a 2-1 win against Chelsea. Afterwards they toured the city in an open topped double decker bus....
Gradbach. Photographed by William Blake.
Photographic landscape taken at Gradbach, Staffordshire.
Grand Musical Tory Concert - Election caricatures from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
This notice sends up an imaginary concert staged by an 'aristocratic' political party of 1812, caricatured here as the 'Tory Humbug.'
At this time, Members of Parliament had to own property worth at ...
Grand Theatrical Olio - Political satire from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Wit and satire were a common feature of 19th century local politics, and of course, politicians made easy targets.
Lord John Russellass - Transformist?
This notice imagines a fictional 'Grand Theatrical ...
Gravel Pit Face. Photographed by William Blake.
Photograph of a gravel pit face, not long worked. A pick axe can be seen bottom right hand corner. Unknown location.
Gravel workings at Huntley, near Cheadle. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape including a gravel covered area and a worker, at Huntley, near Cheadle.