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".
Ballinson Road, Blurton
Looking west along Ballinson road from the end of Elm Place in Blurton. This estate was laid out in the 1930s. The view is much the same today, although fewer trees and front gardens changed to off road ...
Mineral railway and Hall Hill Drive bridge, Adderley Green, Stoke-on-Trent
The railway line connected Bucknall and Adderley Green, with Mossfield Colliery just round the bend to the right. The bridge, now Hall Hill Drive, carried a branch mineral line from the disused Central ...
Adderley Green to Bucknall mineral railway, Bentilee.
This photograph was taken from the Arbourfield Drive bridge over the Adderley Green to Bucknall mineral railway line. The spoil tip in the distance belongs to Mossfield Colliery. The houses on the left ...
The western end of Werrington Road, Bucknall
looking along Werrington Road from close, to the junction with Bucknall Road. Ruxley Road, as was, is the road off to the right, but it changes in road layout means it no longer joins Werrington Road. ...
The Werrington Hotel, Bucknall
Opened as the Werrington Hotel in 1939, later becoming the Pig and Whistle before being renamed The Werrington, this Ind Coope public house was demolished in the 1990s. To the left is Eaves Lane with ...
Spoil tips and tramways near Fenton Road, Bucknall
This photograph was taken east of Fenton Road looking towards Bucknall. The disturbed land in the foreground is a mixture of spoil tips and embankments for colliery tramways.
Prefabricated houses on Westfield Road, Bucknall
These council built prefabricated bungalows were built after the Second World War and lasted into the 1970s. The panels making up the walls and roof are clearly seen. Apart from Westfield Road, they were ...