Caudwell's Bakery, College Road, Shelton
Caudwell's Victoria Bakery on College Road opposite Hanley Park. The bakery was built sometime before 1924 and ceased production in 1968. The bakery has been demolished and the land is now the site of ...
Clayton Lane from Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking southwards along Clayton Lane from close to the junmction with the A34 (Newcastle Road). On the left are bakery buildings, at the time of the photograph, Birkett & Roberts Trent Vale Bakery, producing ...
Collection of Bottles. Photographed by William Blake.
A collection of bottles photographed at Hanley Museum, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Collection of Bottles. Photographed by William Blake.
A collection of bottles photographed at Hanley Museum, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Hamil Bakery, Newstead Industrial estate, Hem Meath
The Hamil Bakery was on the Newstead Industrial estate alongside the A5035, Trentham Road. The lorry on the left bears the name "Spliiers" a major flour supplier and owner of United Bakeries which produced ...
Mazda Lamps factory and Mother's Pride Bakery, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent
The industrial site on the far side of Newcastle Road (A34) had two factories. Farthest away from the camera is the Mother's Pride Bakery. This was part of Premier Foods group. Between the 1960s and ...
Mothers Pride Bakery and Mazda Lamps factory, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent
These two factories were just north of the junction with Clayton Lane. Mother's Pride was part of Rank Hovis MacDougal and later, from 1975, part of Premier foods and in the 1970s and 80s was the best ...
Newspaper Article. Photographed by William Blake.
Photograph of a newspaper article headline. The piece appears to be about dubious and unclean practices in the production of tinned food.
The date and newspaper are unknown.
Old Betty Plant's sweet factory, Hanley
Old Betty Plant's was a confectionery business on the corner of Morley Street and Statham Street in Hanley. The "Old Betty" name came from the wife of the founder, Albert Plant. The factory in Statham ...
Sparrow Street, Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent
The camera is looking south along Sparrow Street in Smallthorne. The terraced houses on the right date before 1880 whilst the left hand side was built up between 1810 and 1899. The taller building on ...
Staffordshire Fruit Company, Parker Street, Hanley.
Parker Street was in between Clough Street and Etruria Road in Hanley, approximately where the supermarket car park is. The street led down to the goods yard and shed that was the first Hanley Station. ...
Stannier's Allotments, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Stannier's Allotments, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The old bakery, King Street, Fenton
Standing on the corner of Baron Street and King Street in Fenton, the Overhead Line Fittings Ltd warehouse was originally a bakery. It was the site of the earliest automatic bakery in North Staffordshire, ...
Trent Vale Bakeries, Stoke-on-Trent
Birkett & Roberts Trent Vale Bakery at the junction of Newcastle Road and Clayton Lane. Since the photograph was taken the bakery has become part of Premier Foods and the "Mr Kipling" brand, launched ...