Shard Ruck, Longton
Postcard with a view of a pottery waste area called a Shard Ruck. Taken in the Potteries, Staffordshire.
Shard Ruck, always known locally as a shraff tip, was most probably at or near the Daisy Bank ...
Shirley Hollow, Froghall. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of Shirley Hollow, Froghall, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Silica Bricks. Photographed by William Blake.
Photograph of an article about silica bricks. Publication details unknown.
Sir Isaac Newton figure
Pearlware over-glaze painted figure of Sir Isaac Newton. Height 315mm Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) was an English mathematician and scientist. His discoveries include the law of gravity, which he reached ...
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.
Pottery factory interior with a view of a slip house.
The slip house was the area where the clay was prepared.
The man in the picture is inspecting 'blungers' on a mixing machine. This is where ...
Slip House.
Pottery factory interior with a view of a slip house and workers using a filter press.
The man in the centre of the picture can be seen rolling prepared clay out of the press.
Taken from the Gladstone ...
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.
Snow Hill, Shelton.
Road layers hard at work on Snow Hill. This road was the main route between Stoke and Hanley. The twin tramlines are a clear indicator that this was a busy route.
The road sweeps to the right at the ...
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 ...
Sorting, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior showing a woman sorting china tea cups. Sorting is a quality check on the ware. The woman is checking for any marks left on the ware from the firing process. She knocks the marks ...