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 ...
Comb Mill, Ashford-in-the-Water, Derbyshire
The Comb Mill was one of a complex of mill buildings on the River Wye at Ashford-in-the-Water known as Marble Mill. They were built in 1748 by Henry Watson and were working up to 1905. The Marble Mill ...
Greyhound, Manor Court Street, Penkhull
This public house consists of two storeys, a cellar and backyard. It was constructed between 1832 and 1878 with a later one storey extension at the rear. Original outbuildings have been destroyed.
Remembering ...
Beech Caves
Beech caves are man-made caves close to the hamlet of Beech where sandstone was quarried for local use. The 1879 Ordnance Survey map shows the area as an 'Old Quarry', as by then it no longer used. In ...
Longton Y.S.L., Swimming Baths, Longton
A group of children with adults, named in the photograph caption as ‘Longton Y.S.L.’ pictured outside the gates to the Corporation Yard at the rear of Longton Swimming Baths, which is the large building ...
Birchendale, 3 St. John’s Square, Burslem
Birchendale's shop, an ornate three storey building, with a datestone of 1882.
Constructed in red facing flemish bond, with a pitched tiled roof, decorative ridge tiles and two red staged stacks. The ...
Hutchinson Memorial School, Checkley
View of the Hutchinson Memorial CE School, Uttoxeter Road, Checkley. It was built in 1879.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton.
Rectory Farm, Checkley
Rectory Farm stands on Church Lane and contains a panelled room known as the Monks' Room. It is believed to have been used by monks from Croxden Abbey in the years before Checkley had its own priest.
Photographed ...
Sponging, Booth’s Church Bank Works, Tunstall
Pottery factory interior depicting a female worker in the process of sponging ware. The photograph was taken at Booth's pottery factory at Church Bank Works, Bank Street in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent.
The ...
Factory and Bottle Ovens, Richardson’s Pottery, Tunstall
Pottery factory exterior taken at Richardson's pottery factory, Pinnox Street, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.
This photograph is part ...
Backstamping, Royal Albert Pottery, Tunstall
Pottery factory interior showing a female worker in the process of backstamping plates. The backstamp is the pottery maker's mark or logo.
Taken at Alfred Meakin Ltd., Royal Albert Pottery, Parsonage ...
Casting Workshop, Morley Fox Pottery, Fenton
Pottery factory interior with a view of a casting shop and workers. Rows of jugs in their moulds can be seen in the foreground of the picture. Taken at the Morley Fox pottery factory at the Salopian Works, ...
Devon Factory, Stoke-on-Trent
Pottery factory exterior including a bottle oven taken at the Devon Factory, Sutherland Street, Stoke-on-Trent. This potbank belonged to Simon Fielding & Co., 1879 to 1982.
Taken from the Gladstone ...