The Royal Oak Inn, Westport Road, Burslem.
The Royal Oak Hotel was at the Sytch end of Liverpool Road (renamed Westport Road). Closed, the building became part of Steventon's Royal Pottery. The top of a bottle oven is just peeking over the roof ...
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, ...
Wenger's Colour Works, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent
Wenger's Ceramic Colour and Chemical Works on Etruria Road, at the bottom of Basford Bank. The works lay between Garner Street and the railway station at Etruria, the signals can be seen to the left ...
Brammer Street, Bradeley, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking east along Brammer Street from the junction with Moorland View. Brammer Street was formerly South Street. In the 1890s Bradeley was a village of just three streets. At the bottom of the street ...
Marquis of Granby public house, Penkhull
The Marquis of Granby stands at the junction of roads to the north of Penkhull Green. It is believed that an inn has stood on this site since around the 1770s, with the present building dating from the ...
Beeston Tor, Leek & Manifold Light Railway
A packed passenger train with two locomotives has halted at Beeston Tor Station on its way north along the Leek and Manifold Light Railway . The line, which opened in 1904, closed in 1934, and the track ...
Thor's Cave, Leek & Manifold Light Railway
Thor's Cave looms over the Manifold Valley in this view. Also pictured is Thor's Cave Station on the Leek & Manifold Light Railway, which served the village of Wetton and had a waiting and refreshment ...
Trent Vale Brick and Tile Company marl hole, Stoke-on-Trent
The abandoned pit once belonging to the Trent Vale Brick and Tile Company was just off Rookery Lane. The camera is looking east over the Trent Valley, with Primrose Hill, Hanford to the right and Longton ...
Bidston Windmill, near Birkenhead
This view is of Bidston windmill near Birkenhead on the Wirral penininsula, shortly before its restoration in the 1890s.
A photograph taken by Longton photographer William Blake.
Jane Amelia Merriman
Outdoor portrait of a lady in formal dress posing amongst blossom.
The woman is named Jeannie. She is the subject of other photographs in the collection. Jeannie is Jane Amelia Merriman who was born ...
Charles Augustus Leach
Portrait of Charles Augustus Leach, one of William Blake's friends. It is captioned "Chas. Leach (Bentley's Copy), Xmas 1908."
Charles Augustus ‘Gus’ Leach was born on 13 October 1883 in Chorley, Lancashire ...
Gus and Dot, Darlaston, near Stone
Outdoor portrait of a man and a girl in formal dress. Their names are Gus and Dot respectively and the picture was taken in Darlaston, near Stone, Staffordshire. It appears to be one of a group of images ...
Woman in woods
Outdoor portrait of a woman in formal dress. No name is given but it appears to be a woman named Jeannie who features elsewhere in the collection. Jeannie is Jane Leach (nee Merriman) who died 2 September ...
Two women in woods
Outdoor portrait of two ladies in formal dress posing amongst blossom. The woman on the left is named Jeannie but the one on the right remains unidentified. Jeannie is Jane Leach (nee Merriman) who died ...
Mrs Walter and Jeannie at Stanley
Portrait of two women named Mrs Walter and Jeannie sitting in front of buildings and a chimney stack at Stanley, near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. They are dressed formally, as if on a special day ...
Fairy Glen, Darlaston, near Stone
Outdoor portrait of a woman in formal dress sitting on a stile and holding flowers. The location is referred to as Fairy Glen and the woman's name is Jeannie. It appears to be one of a group of images ...
Group of people in woods
Outdoor group portrait of four people in formal dress. The identity of the lady on the left is unknown. The other three people, from right to left, are Jeannie, Gus and W.S. Leach, who all appear, and ...
Group of people in woods
Outdoor group portrait of four people in formal dress. The identity of the lady on the left is unknown. The other three people, from right to left, are Jeannie, Gus and W.S. Leach, who all appear, and ...