Manifold Valley
Landscape taken at Manifold Valley during the summer of 1906.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton.
Manifold Valley at Grindon. Photographed by William Blake.
Stereoscope slide containing a landscape with a view taken at Grindon, Staffordshire.
This area is now part of the Peak District National Park.
Manifold Valley, Thor's Cave. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape taken at Manifold Valley, Staffordshire.
The landmark known as Thor's Cave can be seen in the distance.
This area is now part of the Peak District National Park.
Map of Ashley and Mucklestone Parishes. Photographed by William Blake.
Map of Ashley and Mucklestone Parishes. Published by the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton 1880.
Map of Ashley, Mucklestone and Maer Parishes
Map of Ashley, Mucklestone and Maer Parishes. Published by the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton 1880. Photographed by William Blake.
Map of Burslem. Photographed by William Blake.
Old map of Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. This map dates from about the mid-1700s.
Map of Eccleshall, Ashley, Standon and Maer Parishes
Map of Eccleshall, Ashley, Standon and Maer Parishes. Published by the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton 1880. Photographed by William Blake.
Map of Maer, Ashley and Standon Parishes
Map of Maer, Ashley and Standon Parishes. Published by the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton 1880. Photographed by William Blake.
Map of the British Isles. Photographed by William Blake.
Photograph of a map of the British Isles.
The map was produced by G.W. Bacon & Co. Ltd.
Unknown date.
Mark XVI Spitfire at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
Photograph of the Spitfire, which has been on permanent display at The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery since 1986.
Designed by local engineer Reginald Mitchell in the 1930s, the Spitfire was instrumental ...
Market Street, Longton.
Black and white postcard with view of Market Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
This view includes a horse and cart, pedestrians and tram lines.
Most of the buildings in the foreground are now demolished.
Taken ...
Marl Hole and Coal Tip, Berry Hill, Stoke-on-Trent
Industrial landscape with a view of a coal tip and marl hole. Photograph taken by Longton photographer, William Blake.
Marl Hole and Shard Ruck. Photographed by William Blake.
Postcard containing an industrial landscape with a view of the Daisy Bank marl hole and shard ruck, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
These huge holes were created due to the large scale extraction ...
Marsden Rocks, Yorks. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide with a view of Marsden Rocks. The slide is labelled "Yorks", indicating that it is in Yorkshire but this could be a mistake because the geological area of interest known as Marsden Rocks ...
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.
Matthew Edward Joyce, Pioneer Corps. Born 1919
Matthew Joyce was born in December 1919 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. Matthew survived combat in World War Two.
Matthew Edward Joyce, RE (T) 2157 Sapper, Royal Engineers 492054. Born 1885
Matthew was born in 1885 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. He married Florence Alice Leadbetter in 1905. He enlisted into the Royal Engineers on 10th October 1914 and a year later was serving in ...
May Day Demonstration, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
A Labour Day demonstration, featuring Miners' Trade Union banners. The demonstrators are marching up Stafford Street, at the corner of Clayton Street in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.