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 ...
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 ...
Sponging. Miss Maud Hancock.
Pottery factory interior depicting a female worker in the process of sponging ware.
The photograph was taken at Booth's pottery factory in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent.
The worker in the picture is ...
Spraying Glaze.
Pottery factory interior showing a woman aerographing glaze onto a ewer.
She is using a pneumatic airbrush.
Aerography was the mechanical spraying of glaze onto pots.
It also helped enormously ...
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. 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.
St. Giles', Great Longstone. Photographed by William Blake.
Church interior taken at St. Giles' Church, Great Longstone, Derbyshire.
St. Gregory's Church, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Church interior taken at St. Gregory's Church, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
St. Gregory's, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Church exterior taken at St. Gregory's, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
St. James' Church Interior. Photographed by William Blake.
Church interior taken at St. James' Church, Uttoxeter Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.