Swan Pottery from Hunt Street, Tunstall
Swan Pottery was on High Street Tunstall, this is a view of the yard and workshops from Hunt Street. The works was originally the Britannia Black works, owned by Colclough and Lingard from around 1867. ...
Swinnerton's tea pot works, Raymond Street, Shelton
Looking down Raymond Street in Shelton towards the junction with Cleveland Road and College Road. Shirley road runs across the photograph. On the right is the old Albert Pottery (later incorporated into ...
Sylvan Pottery, Ratton Street, Hanley
Ratton street runs between Upper Huntbach Street and Upper Hillchurch Street in Hanley. This photograph was taken from close to the corner of Hillchurch Street. The main building still stands as Sylvan ...
Taking a Trial at the last firing., Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior showing a bullers ring being withdrawn from the trial hole in the clammins of the oven. The clammins was a temporary seal in the oven through which holes could be made to acces ...
Taking a trial, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior showing bullers’ rings being withdrawn from the trial hole in the clammins of the oven. The clammins was a temporary seal in the oven through which holes could be made to acces ...
Tamms Pottery, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Tamms Pottery, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
It is thought that most of the pottery factory interiors and pottery worker photographs were taken here between 1900-1903. Tamms Pottery was just ...
Tams Works, Uttoxeter Road, Longton
John Tams Ltd., earthenware manufacturers at the Crown Pottery, Longton. Founded in 1874, the company went into receivership in 2000, but continued as Tams Group Ltd. in April 2000.
Tean. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of Tean, Staffordshire.
Teapot Making Team.
Group photograph of a teapot making team at Parrott's pottery factory, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.
This photograph is part of the collections ...
The Alexandra Pottery, Scotia Road, Tunstall
The camera is looking northwards towards the centre of Tunstall from just beyond Woodland Stree. On the right is Johnson Brothers (Hanley) Alexandra Pottery opposite Rathbone Street. The square chimney ...
The bottom of Basford Bank, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking northwards from Etruria Road close to the bottom of Basford Bank towards Wolstanton Colliery. On the skyline are the houses in May Bank, built from the 1920s onwards.
The foreground is a jumble ...
The Caldon Canal at Milton, Stoke-on-Trent
A view north along the Caldon Canal from the Leek Road (A53) bridge. Buller's factory is on the left beyond the railway bridge (Biddulph Valley/Stoke to Leek branch). The factory was opened in 1920 and ...
The clammins knocked down, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior with a view of an oven after the firing has taken place. This view shows the temporary seal, or ‘clammins’ knocked down and the saggars are still stacked inside. Taken at Hudson ...
The Co-Operative Pottery Depot, Goldenhill Road, Longton
The crockery depot stood on the corner of Goldenhill Road and King Street on the edge of Longton. The Co-Op operated potteries such as the Windsor Pottery and the Crown Clarence Pottery in Longton. The ...
The corner of Williamson Street and Scotia Road, Tunstall
Henry Richard's Ceramic Tile Works (The Pinnox Works) occupied the land between Williamson Street and Woodland Street. Inn the photograph, Scotia Road runs across and Williamson Street runs straight ahead. ...
The courtyard of Steventon & Sons Pottery, Burslem
John Steventon produced earthenware at the Royal Pottery, on Steventon Place, off Market Place in Burslem from 1923. The company goes back to the 1890s and the site was a pottery in the 1800s. This ...
The demolition of Harvey's Chimney, Longton
Photograph taken from The Strand. Harvey's chimney was a well known Longton landmark until it was demolished in 1962. It stood 213 feet high.
The Devil In The Potteries
Industrial landscape taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Photography and Design by William Blake.
This design, with its damning caption, is one of many that criticise the conditions created ...