Sneyd Oxide Factory, Commercial Street, rear of 98 Waterloo Road, Burslem
This building was constructed between 1878 and 1900 and is part of Sneyd Oxide Factory and Warehouse occupying building formerly occupied by Caterham Brothers Fireplaces. It consists of one irregular ...
Caterham Brothers Works, Commercial Street, Burslem
This is the rear of Caterham Brothers Fireplaces on Waterloo Road. The business became a limited company in 1958, and manufactured fireplaces and Cannon Tiles and their works were at the northern end ...
Charles Bunting steam truck, Uttoxeter
This steam truck was operated by Charles Bunting Limited, a firm of brewers based in Uttoxeter. It is pictured standing in front of Bunting’s Brewery which stood off High Street and Bradley Street.
Steam ...
Ewart Sydney Heath's Sneyd Mill Works, Leonora Street, Burslem
Ewart Sydney Heath’s Sneyd Mill Works situated on Leonora Street, Burslem.
The Heath family has been involved in the pottery industry since 1875. Born in 1914, Ewart Sydney Heath started work in the ...
Sneyd Colliery, Burslem
The photograph was taken from the entrance to the colliery from Sneyd Terrace which was just off Moorland Road in the area that is now Lingard Street. The camera is looking south east towards the head ...
Cobridge Roman Catholic First and Middle School, Waterloo Road, Burslem
At the time of this photograph the school building was four rooms wide by two rooms deep and had three gables to the front. A stone medallion can be seen on the central gable with the inscription 'St. ...
Jiggering Workshop, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior with a view of a jiggering workshop. The picture includes the caption "Jolliers Making Saucers and Plates" but this process is normally known as jiggering. The jiggerers are making ...
Jiggering at Gladstone Pottery, Longton
Pottery factory interior with a view inside a flatmaking workshop.
The worker is seated at a jiggering bench.
Jiggering was a way of fashioning flat wares using a combination of moulds and profile ...
Mayer and Sherrat, Longton
Pottery factory interior showing cup makers in a jolleying workshop. Taken at Mayer and Sherrat's pot bank, King Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
The four people are identified on the original copy ...
Queen’s Head, Queen Street, Burslem
The Queen's Head public house stood at 5, Queen Street, Burslem, which was formerly known as Lower Street. The date stone states that it was constructed in 1885.
At the time of this photograph, it ...
Express at Whitmore troughs
A Birmingham to Manchester express train takes on water at Whitmore troughs in Spring 1933.
Many steam engines' tenders were fitted with scoops, allowing them to replenish their water supplies from ...
Water troughs at Whitmore
A Colwyn Bay to Walsall express train passes over the water troughs at Whitmore in the Autumn of 1933.
Many steam engines were fitted with scoops on their tenders, allowing them to replenish their ...
Albion Street, Longton
Derelict property on Albion Street, Longton. Photograph taken from Normacot Road.
The Queens, 268 Waterloo Road, Burslem
The Queens public house was constructed between 1832 and 1878. At the time of this photograph, it was described as having a front central double door with stone step and gothic arched light, a stone architrave ...
Bobo's Nightclub, 14-16 Westport Road, Burslem
Bobo's Nightclub stood on Westport Road in Burslem. This three-storey building was constructed between 1851 and 1878 and was three rooms wide by two rooms deep. On the extreme right is a glimpse of the ...
Duke of Bridgewater, Station Street, Longport, Burslem
The Duke of Bridgewater public house is a Grade II listed building constructed before 1832 and stands on Station Street, Longport, Burslem.
At the time of this photograph the pub was still trading ...
Book Illustration. Photographed by William Blake.
Book illustration. Unknown location - possibly Gainsborough Old Hall, Lincolnshire.
Additional information kindly supplied by Helen Daniel.
Children's day out, Kidsgrove
During the 1984 - 1985 miner's strike there were ten women’s action groups in north Staffordshire who supported the striking miners. They ran food centres, organised collections, manned picket lines and ...