Coal Strike, March 1912. Coal Pickers at Florence Colliery, Longton, Stoke-On-Trent. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Florence Colliery, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
People scavenge for bits of coal during the coal strike of 1912.
Named after the Duke of Sutherland's daughter, the pit was opened ...
Colclough Road, Meir
The procession is possibly for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.
Colclough Road, Meir
Country dancing, possibly as part of the celebrations for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.
Colclough Road, Meir
Maypole dancing, possibly as part of the celebrations for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.
Colliery bus, Hem Heath Colliery, Stoke-on-Trent
The colliery buses contracted from PMT dropped working miners outside the picket lines during the 1984/1985 miner's strike as bus drivers refused to cross the picket lines.
This photograph is reproduced ...
Commerce Street, Longton
The Scouts' and Guides' St. George's Day parade. Photograph taken looking towards Uttoxeter Road.
Coronation Carpet Bed, Longton Park. Photographed by William Blake.
Taken at Longton Park, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, this picturesque flower bed is a celebration of George VI's coronation in 1937.
The park's official name is Queen's Park and it was officially ...
Coronation Street party, Shelton, Stoke on Trent
Norfolk Street, Shelton decorated for Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation in June 1953. Most of the terraced housing has been demolished, leaving the Norfolk Inn, on the left, isolated. The pub closed in ...
Cutting the first sod of the new St. Paul's church, Edensor, Longton.
Vicar Lane has just cut the first sod. The old church was opened in 1854, but was replaced by a new church on Longton Road in 1940.
Dish
Dish designed by Gordon Forsyth and produced by A.J. Wilkinson of Burslem for the Harrods Exhibition in 1934.
Plate. 1989.P.183 1934. Under glaze painted earthenware. L : 184 mm, W : 165 mm. Earthenware ...
Dismissal of the Volunteer Corps - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Organising Burslem's Home Defences
Printed notice dated 7th November 1803, requesting a meeting in Burslem Market Hall.
The meeting was called to discuss the dismissal of the Burslem Volunteer ...
Document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook - "Englishmen! Answer These Plain Questions."
One of the most keenly contested issues of the early 1830s was the proposed Reform Act.
The Reform Act
The politician Earl Grey wanted to re-jig the parliamentary system to make sure that growing ...
Document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook - For bringing about a General Peace
Terminating a war fatal to the true interests of our country
In 1813 Great Britain was in the midst of war with France and the US.
The effects on trade were catastrophic. The workers and manufacturers ...
Donkeys, Blackpool. Photographed by William Blake.
Group portrait of holiday makers taking a donkey ride on Blackpool Beach, Lancashire.
The base of Blackpool Tower can be seen in the background.
Dovedale. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of the River Dove taken at Dovedale, Derbyshire.
This area is now part of the Peak District National Park.
Draycott, Church Interior. Photographed by William Blake.
Church interior taken at St. Margaret's Church, Church Lane, Draycott, Staffordshire.
The church appears to be decorated for a celebration of some kind.
Elections - Document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
312 electors from Stoke-on-Trent here declare that they wish to ask "certain political questions" of their would-be Members of Parliament - and all of them are listed.
A meeting is to take place on ...
Elizabeth Mary Blake. Photographed by William Blake.
Full length portrait of Elizabeth Mary Blake in a graduation cap and gown.