Making food parcels, Florence Colliery, Longton
During the miners’ strike of 1984-1985 striking workers received no pay or benefits and many families fell on hard times. People donated food to local collection points like this one at Florence colliery ...
Mary's Well Nazareth. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing women getting water from a well at Nazareth in what is now known as Israel.
Minton Cottages, 267 - 281 Hartshill Road, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent
This building plan is of the Minton Cottages on Hartshill Road in Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent. These houses were built in 1857 by Herbert Minton for the employees of the Minton pottery factory. When they ...
Minton Cottages, 267 Hartshill Road, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent
This building plan is of 267 Hartshill Road in Hartshill. This row of cottages was built in 1857 by Herbert Minton, of the Minton ceramic factory, for his work force. The cottages still stand today and ...
Mug
'Coronaware' Little Bo-Peep Mug produced by S. Hancock and Sons.
Nantwich. Photographed by William Blake.
View of a grand wooden panelled dinning room. The location is given as Nantwich, Cheshire.
No.14 The Villas, Stoke
This plan is of no.14 The Villas in Stoke. The Villas were built in the 1850s and were bought by middle class, professional people. The architect, Charles Lynham, designed three grades of property which ...
Oak staircase, Mosslee Hall, Cheddleton
The mid-17th century staircase at Mosslee Hall.
The house is located in Cheddleton Parish, and stands on the site of a medieval house, lived in by the Hollins family during the Middle Ages (13th-14th ...
Plaster Work, Leigh. Photographed by William Blake.
Room interior with an example of ornate plaster work and timber beams. The location of the building is given as Leigh, Staffordshire.
Ricardo Street, Dresden. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Ricardo Street, Dresden, 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 near ...
Room in Essex. Circa 1921
Enoch Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was one of Stoke-on-Trent’s greatest 'products'. An author and playwright he wrote many novels based on his hometown of Hanley and Stoke-on-Trent. Among his famous novels ...
Rothsay Road, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Rothsay Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This is one of many street scenes in the Blake Collection. Most of them were taken in the Longton, Normacot and Dresden areas ...
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 ...
The Birthplace of Sir Oliver Lodge. Photographed by William Blake.
The Views, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Birthplace of Sir Oliver Lodge.
Lodge was considered one of the leading scientists of his generation.
He invented the spark plug and was the ...
The manor House, Ipstones. Photographed by William Blake.
Exterior view of the Manor House at Ipstones, Nr. Leek, Stafforshire.
This view includes a motor car from the period.
Trent and Mersey Canal, Longport, Stoke-on-Trent
This is the Trent and Mersey Canal in Longport, Stoke-on-Trent.
The importance of the canals to the ceramic industry is well illustrated by the photograph: piles of ceramic wares and bottle kilns ...
United Co-Operative Laundries Association, Campbell Road, Stoke-on-Trent
The United Co-operative Laundry building was on the west side of Campbell road, just south of Spode Street. The original building has been demolished. As part of the Co-operative Society movement, the ...
Unknown street, Hanley
This claustrophobic scene was located somewhere in the backstreets of Hanley in the early part of last century. Notice the high wall opposite the houses and the brick pavement and dirt track road.
The ...