Ellesmere. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscaspe with tree, bench and figures. Taken at Ellesmere, Shropshire.
Empire Theatre, Longton
Photograph taken from the Chancery Lane side. The Chancery Lane side of the building. Built as the Queen's Theatre in 1896 after a fire had destroyed the previous building, the Empire was a theatre until ...
England Football Cap
An England international football cap awarded to Stanley Matthews for representing England in a match against the Republic of Ireland on 8 May 1957. England ran out as 5-1 winners.
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English Drinking Glasses. Photographed by William Blake.
A collection of English drinking glasses dating from the late 17th to the early 18th century. Taken at Hanley Museum, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
English Drinking Glasses. Photographed by William Blake.
A collection of English drinking glasses dating from the late 17th to the early 18th century. Taken at Hanley Museum, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Entrance to Trentham Pleasure Gardens. Photographed by William Blake.
Visitors at the entrance to Trentham Pleasure Gardens, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The Trentham estate was home and pleasure gardens to the Dukes of Sutherland from the seventeenth to the early ...
Essoldo Cinema, Burslem
The art deco Essoldo Cinema was on the corner of Bournes Bank and Cleveland Street in Burslem. Originally opened in 1911 as the Burslem Picture Palace it was rebuilt in 1936 after the roof collapsed. ...
Essoldo Picture House, Cleveland Street, Burslem.
On the corner of Cleveland Street and Bournes Bank, The Essoldo was the first cinema in Burslem (opened in 1911) and started life as the Burslem Picture Palace. It was rebuilt as The New Palace in 1936, ...
Fairy Glen, Darlaston, near Stone
Outdoor portrait of a woman in formal dress sitting on a stile and holding flowers. The location is referred to as Fairy Glen and the woman's name is Jeannie. It appears to be one of a group of images ...
Fairy Glen, Darlaston, near Stone
Landscape taken at Fairy Glen including a country lane, a woman and a girl. The women in the picture are named Dot and Jeannie. Jeannie is Jane Leach (nee Merriman) who died 2 September 1940.
It appears ...
Fenton Engineering Technical School
The Honours List at the former Athenaeum building, covering the years 1914 to 1925. Fenton School of Art was set up in 1889 by William Meath Baker in the old Fenton Athenaeum, which had been opened in ...
Fenton Library
Some of the book stacks inside Fenton Library which was on Baker Street, at the corner of Glebedale Road. Financed with £5,000 from the Andrew Carnegie Trust, the library opened in 1906 with over 2,000 ...
Fenton Library
In the entrance hall alcove was this wall painting: "Read that you may learn". The library was one of over 600 free public libraries built in the UK with money from the Andrew Carnegie Trust. Andrew Carnegie ...
Fenton Library
Bert Bentley entitled this as "A satisfied client". Inside Fenton Public Library on Baker Street, at the corner of Glebedale Road. The building dates from 1906 and was one of the libraries built with ...
Fenton School of Art
Plaster figures in a classroom. Fenton School of Art was set up in 1889 by William Meath Baker in the old Fenton Athenaeum, which had been opened in 1853 and stood on the corner of Church Street (now ...
Fenton School of Art
Fenton School of Art was set up in 1889 by William Meath Baker in the old Fenton Athenaeum, which had been opened in 1853 and stood on the corner of Church Street (now Christchurch Street) and High Street ...
Fenton School of Art
Plaster figures in a classroom. Fenton School of Art was set up in 1889 by William Meath Baker in the old Fenton Athenaeum, which had been opened in 1853 and stood on the corner of Church Street (now ...
Fenton School of Art
Fenton School of Art was set up in 1889 by William Meath Baker in the old Fenton Athenaeum, which had been opened in 1853 and stood on the corner of Church Street (now Christchurch Street) and High Street ...