Caverswall. Photographed by William Blake.
Village scene taken at Caverswall, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Chapel St, Forsbrook. Photographed by William Blake.
Village scene with a view of Chapel Street, Forsbrook, Staffordshire.
Chaplin Road, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Chaplin Road, 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 near ...
Chaplin Road, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Chaplin Road, 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 near ...
Chaplin Road, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Chaplin Road, 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 near ...
Charles Augustus Leach
Portrait of Charles Augustus Leach, one of William Blake's friends. It is captioned "Chas. Leach (Bentley's Copy), Xmas 1908."
Charles Augustus ‘Gus’ Leach was born on 13 October 1883 in Chorley, Lancashire ...
Charles Lynam
Portrait of Charles Lynam, architect (1829-1921) and member of North Staffordshire Field Club. He was born in Colwich, educated at Christ's Hospital School, London, and in 1850 joined his father's architect's ...
Cheadle Road, Draycott-in-the-Moors
Village scene including a man at work near the junction with Cheadle Road and Uttoxeter Road, Draycott-in-the-Moors. On the left is the Draycott Arms public house which closed in 2022 and is now (2023) ...
Cheadle Road, Forsbrook
A view looking south-west along Cheadle Road in Forsbrook, towards Blythe Bridge. This photograph was taken from a point close to the junction with Chapel Street. Most of the buildings are (in 2014) ...
Checkley. Photographed by William Blake.
Village scene including St. Mary & All Saints Church, Church Lane, Checkley, Staffordshire.
The two boys in the photo are left to right George Arthur Moore and George Philips.
Cheddleton. Photographed by William Blake.
Canal view including Cheddleton Wharf, Staffordshire.
This view includes a lock, overhead warehouse and bridge situated on the Caldon Canal at Leek Road.
Child Pottery Worker. Photographed by William Blake.
A child pottery worker hand jiggering for a bowl or dishmaker who is "jollying" the ware.
Jollying is the process of shaping ware inside a mould with a combination of shaping tools and centrifugal ...
China Basket Making.
Pottery factory interior showing female workers, china basket and china flower making.
The women are using a combination of extrusion presses, plaster moulds and hand tools to make the ware.
The ...
China Dippers. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing two pottery workers dipping china.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small ...
China thrower making cups, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior showing a china thrower and his assistant making cups. It is a two-stage process.
Firstly the thrower throws rough linings, which can be seen on the bench in front of him.
He ...
China Turning, Sutherland Works, Longton.
Pottery factory interior with a view inside a turning shop. The turner is shaping the foot of a cup on a turning lathe with an attendant standing by. The attendant would hand a cup to the turner who fastened ...
China Warehouse
Postcard with a scene from a china warehouse. Photographed by William Blake.
On the reverse of the post card it is stated that the image was taken in 1875. However, this date is far too early. Blake ...
Christmas Greetings Card. Longton Park. Photography and Design by William Blake.
Christmas Greetings Card with a view of Longton Park, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Blake produced many greetings cards, which were sold in his shop at Stafford Street, Longton. The street was renamed ...