Setting up a Volunteer Corps - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
The Defence and Preservation of KING and Country
Printed public notice announcing the resolutions from a meeting that took place in the Legs of Man in Burslem on July 28th, 1803.
A number of businessmen ...
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 ...
Sharpcliff, Coombs Valley, near Cheddleton. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the north side of Sharpcliff, Coombs Valley. The Valley is now a Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)nature reserve.
Sharpcliff, Coombs Valley, near Cheddleton. Photographed by William Blake.
View of south part of Sharpcliff, Coombes Valley, near Cheddleton, Staffordshire.
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.