Description:On the left, Ernest Bullock is 'pig lifting' - manually hauling ingots of pig iron - at Shelton Bar Steel Works, Stoke-on-Trent. Ernest was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1892, served in the First World War and died in 1957. He lived at Kings Croft, Hartshill, Stoke on Trent.
The Steel Works at Shelton were founded by the Earls Granville around 1830. Steel production at Shelton Bar ended in 1978 but the processing of existing steel continued in the rolling mills until the 27th April 2002 when the plant finally shut down.