Sir Oliver Lodge.
Sir Oliver Lodge was born at The Views, Penkhull in June 1851. His father was a clerk with the North Staffordshire Railway. He went to a dame school in Penkhull and later to London University and the ...
Sir Stanley Matthews
Born in Hanley in 1915, Matthews attended Wellington Road School where his skills at football led to an appearance for England at the age of 14.
He turned professional aged 17, for a salary of £5 ...
Slip House
Lantern slide showing a pottery factory slip house and workers. Photographed by William Blake.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled ...
Slip House
Factory interior showing pottery workers in a slip house. Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Photographed by William Blake.
Slip House. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing a pottery factory slip house.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small folder ...
Smokey Longton - From East Vale. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide with a view of Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Taken from East Vale.
Snowy Landscape. Photographed by William Blake.
Winter landscape. Unknown location.
Snowy Street Scene. Unknown Location. Photographed by William Blake.
Snowy street scene. Unknown location.
Society for Destroying Peace, Liberty and Property particularly against Republicans and Levellers - A defaced notice from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Pamphlets and posters were a common sight in the 18th century - but just as they were easy to find, they were also simple to alter.
This notice originally advertised a "Society for Protecting Peace, ...
Song for the North Staffordshire Electors - Broadside ballad from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
At election time in the early 1800s, the colour blue was used to stand for hope, faith in God and sincerity.
It was also becoming more associated with the reforming 'Whig' Liberals of the time.
The ...
South East Corner, Stannier's Garden Allotments. Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
The south east corner of Stannier's garden allotments at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Spitfire Type 300. F 37/34. Circa 1936
Reginald Mitchell completed the prototype Spitfire just a year before his death. This aeroplane was capable of 342 m.p.h. and was officially the fastest military aircraft of the time.
This aircraft would ...
Spring Valley, Trentham
Landscape with a view of Spring Valley at Trentham. Spring Valley, on the Trentham Estate, separates Jervis Wood form King's Wood.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton
Spring Valley, Trentham
Landscape with a view of Spring Valley at Trentham. Spring Valley, on the Trentham Estate, separates Jervis Wood form King's Wood.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton.
St Chad's, Stafford. Photographed by William Blake.
Church interior taken at St Chad's in the town of Stafford.
It is one of the oldest ecclesiatic buildings in Stafford and was originally erected in the Norman period.
After periods spent in disrepair ...
St. Clair Street. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at St. Clair Street, 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 ...
St. Giles', Great Longstone. Photographed by William Blake.
Church exterior taken at St. Giles' Church, Great Longstone, Derbyshire.
St. Giles', Great Longstone. Photographed by William Blake.
Church interior taken at St. Giles' Church, Great Longstone, Derbyshire.