Lonsdale Street, Stoke
Photograph shows Lonsdale Street very near to the junction with Woodhouse Street looking towards Stoke St Peter's Church.
A typical street scene from the 1960s that has not changed too much in the ...
Fegg Hayes House, Stoke-on-Trent
Fegg Hayes House stood off Fegg Hayes Road. Bert Bentley recorded it as the one time home of "a Mrs Beswick (potter)".
Fegg Hayes House was two houses at one time, to the left lived Horace Francis ...
Uttoxeter Road, Normacot
Veiw of Uttoxeter Road looking towards Meir. On the far right the two shops which were at the end of Meirhay Road, a distance of about 100 metres. The site is now part of S.J. Bargh’s premises. On the ...
Cadets at Stoke Railway Station, Station Road, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph shows young cadets from 237 squadron of the ATC on manoeuvres. They are carrying their kit into Stoke station on their way to training camp.
Bowden Hotel, 26 Leek Road, Stoke
This three storey public house is currently named The Roebuck. It is located on Leek Road a short distance from Stoke-on-Trent railway station.
Blue John Pottery, Hanley
The Blue John Pottery was in Union Street in Hanley. Established around 1886, the company produced a variety of beakers, jugs, dishes, teapots, vases etc. The works has been demolished and Union Street ...
Peak Cavern, Castleton, Derbyshire
Stereoscope slide looking towards the entrance from inside Peak Cavern at Castleton, Derbyshire showing rope making equipment.
Photographed by William Blake of Longton.
Peak Cavern, Castleton, Derbyshire
Stereoscope slide with a view of the entrance to Peak Cavern at Castleton, Derbyshire showing rope making equipment.
Photographed by William Blake of Longton.
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 ...