Sand train at Wall Grange, near Cheddleton
A sand train passes Wall Grange in Summer 1988.
This was the last commercial train to use this line. Some special passenger trains have been run from Stoke to Leekbrook, and the line may well open ...
Cresswell Station, Draycott-in-the-Moors
Cresswell Railway Station stood on the Stoke-on-Trent to Uttoxeter branch of the North Staffordshire Railway and opened in 1848. The station closed on 7th November 1966 and was demolished except for the ...
Heathcote School, Longton
Heathcote School stood on Anchor Road, between Longton and Adderley Green, Stoke-on-Trent.
Youngsters practise household chores at Heathcote School in the 1930s. They are mainly girls engaged in washday ...
Trentham Road, Dresden, Stoke-on-Trent
A view looking towards Belgrave Road, Dresden; a view that has changed very little. Note the push bikes parked at the road side. This busy road is used by traffic heading into and out of Longton town. ...
The Bridle Path, Dresden, Stoke-on-Trent
The Bridle Path, Dresden.
The path runs right through the Dresden estate acting as a short cut to the park.
Russell Street, Dresden, Stoke-on-Trent
Russell Street, Dresden lies just above Peel Street. The area was given a facelift in the 1970s, and many old houses demolished as slums.
Notice the old signs on the shop frontage. Even for 1970 they ...
George Barber, Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent
George Herbert Barber (1860-1946) had a difficult childhood. His mother died when he was five and he was forced to enter the notorious Chell workhouse after his father became too ill to work. He taught ...
Garfield Works, Longton
Gallimore's Garfield Pottery on Barker Street in Longton.
Small corner shops, narrow back streets and huge bottle ovens make this a charming city scene. It is easy to reminisce about the good old days ...
Furnival Pottery, Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent
Furnival’s were earthenware manufacturers at Elder Road, Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent.
Women select ware and place it into order in racks. This is probably hotel ware made for general dinner table use. ...
Burslem Co-operative Society Ltd., Birches Head Road, Birches Head, Burslem
The local co-operative shop and post office at Birches Head. The Co-operative Society was set up to protect working class consumers from unscrupulous shopkeepers selling foodstuffs that had been tampered ...
Broomfield House, Etruria Vale, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph was donated to The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery by Mr. William Cooper in 1996. He tells us that this is Broomfield House at Etruria Vale. At the time of the photograph it was the house ...
Aerial photograph of housing scheme, Trent Vale
During the inter war years the City Council, along with many other councils in the country, embarked upon a massive house building programme. Not only was this to encourage people to move to the area ...
Stoke Train Station, Station Road, Stoke-on-Trent
This view from Glebe Street bridge towards the station in Station Road is relatively unchanged. The buildings on the right have been replaced with the railway car park. The office building on the left ...
The Hippodrome Variety Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
The Hippodrome was built in Kingsway, Stoke in 1919. It instantly became a popular venue and also served as the Gordon Theatre & Opera House. Upon its closure in January 1961 it was the Gaumont cinema. ...
Broom Street School, Hanley
A boys PE lesson at Broom Street School. Exercise and play areas were small, the girls and infants being given even less space than the boys.
Broadway cinema, Meir
The Broadway cinema was opened on the 14th of December 1936. Built in the Art Deco style, it had an angular design, rounded corners, a "grand staircase" entrance and seating for 1,000 people. It also ...
Stoke Wharf, Stoke-on-Trent
The old wharf buildings on the Trent and Mersey Canal await demolition in the mid 1960s. The land was earmarked for the A500 ‘D-road’ to cut a swathe through the centre of Stoke-on-Trent. Many buildings ...
Sunbeam S7 motorcycle, Pynest Street, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent
This is a photograph taken by Fred Woolley of a mechanic called Gordon Crichlow, he worked at J & N Bassetts, motorcycles 18 Howard Place Shelton. The photograph is taken at the side of the workshops ...