Mark XVI Spitfire at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
Photograph of the Spitfire, which has been on permanent display at The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery since 1986.
Designed by local engineer Reginald Mitchell in the 1930s, the Spitfire was instrumental ...
Morris Minor society, Ball Green, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph shows members of a Morris Minor society outside Ball Green Working Men's Club. It was taken by Simon Warren, a student from Staffordshire University as part of his studies. The 1994 exhibition ...
Racing Pigeon society, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph of racing pigeon enthusiasts was taken by Simon Watren, a student from Staffordshire University as part of his studies. The 1994 exhibition was entitled 'New Members Welcome' and looked ...
St. John’s Church, Hanley
An interior view of St. John’s Church in Hanley, looking towards the apse and east window. The church was built in 1788-90. The polygonal apse was added in 1872, designed by William Palmer. It was closed ...
North Staffordshire Meccano Guild
This photograph, showing members of the North Staffordshire Meccano Guild was taken by Simon Warren, a student from Staffordshire University as part of his studies. The 1994 exhibition was entitled 'New ...
Laurel and Hardy society, Sons of the Desert, Another Fine Mess IV, Staffordshire
This photograph, showing a meeting of members from the Sons of the Desert, a Laurel and Hardy appreciation society, was taken by Simon Warren, a student from Staffordshire University, as part of his studies. ...
Daniel O'Donnell Appreciation Society, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph, showing avid members of the Daniel O'Donnell Appreciation Society, was taken by Simon Warren, a student from Staffordshire University as part of his studies. The 1994 exhibition was entitled ...
Leek railway station under demolition
Leek railway station was demolished in 1973 after passenger services were withdrawn. As with many former Knotty railway station sites, the site became a supermarket. Safeways (now Morrisons), opened ...
The Ford, Ford Green Road, Burslem
This pub was formerly named The Railway Hotel public house.This three storey building has a pitched and tiled roof and the five red brick stacks have four square pots, some of which are castilated. The ...
Ormonde Street, Fenton
Ormonde Street (formerly Handley Street) off Duke Street in Fenton. In the background is the pit head gear of Fenton (Glebe) Colliery and to the left, its spoil tip. The building on the right hand side ...
North Staffs Medical Institute, Hartshill Road, Stoke-on-Trent
The North Staffs Medical institute stands on Harsthill Road. Opened in April 1965, it was nearing completion at the time of this photograph. The centre was one of the first purpose built post graduate ...
Cobridge Refractories works, Cobridge
Cobridge Refractory works was off Gresham Street in Cobridge. This street and works have been demolished but were just to the east of Forest Park Primary School.
The works has both bottle and beehive ...
Edensor Hotel, Edensor Road, Longton
This small hotel stands on the corner of Edensor Road and Willow Row, just outside Longton. The proprietor stands with her family for the portrait outside what must have been Longton’s smallest ...
The Railway Hotel, Outclough Road, Black Bull, Brindley Ford
The Railway Hotel, stood on Outclough Road near the Bemersley road corner, just north of Brindley Ford. It was renamed as the Matador before closing. After it closed, it was taken down to a single storey ...
Bomb Damage, Old Stoke Road, Stoke-on-Trent
Old Stoke Road pictured after a bombing raid in January 1941.
On this particular night the target was the Michelin tyre factory, with Stoke railway goods yard as a secondary target.
Recalling the ...
Wedgwood factory, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph of Wedgwood's original factory next to the Trent and Mersey canal in Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent was taken in 1929. The factory was a site of real innovation and invention but was disused ...
Village store and coffee house, Oakamoor
During the 1890s, this building doubled as both a village store and coffee house, serving the village of Oakamoor.
It must have been quite a novelty for such a small village to have a coffee house; ...
The bottom of Basford Bank, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking northwards from Etruria Road close to the bottom of Basford Bank towards Wolstanton Colliery. On the skyline are the houses in May Bank, built from the 1920s onwards.
The foreground is a jumble ...