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H. Woolley, Saddler, Uttoxeter

A gentleman, possibly Mr Woolley and two children stand outside the premises next to the Parish Church gate. The shop is hung with belts, blankets and harnesses.

H.W. Furbank's Garage and Petrol Station, Market Street, Uttoxeter

A white coated attendant fills the car from a choice of producer's petrol pumps. Furbanks also used to have a showroom onto the Market Place next to the cinema on Queen Street. The building is now a shop. ...

Haggis children, Gnosall

The children of Rachel (nee Plant) and William Haggis, Manager of Bailey’s ironmongers in Stafford. This picture was taken around 1920 at Fern Lea, The Rank, Gnosall and shows Alan, George and Violet ...

Hagley Hall, Rugeley

A group of boys, girls and women in the grounds of Hagley Hall, Rugeley, possibly showing a school or Sunday school outing. The first Hagley Hall was burnt down prior to 1388. The hall was rebuilt ...

Hagley Hall, Rugeley

This steel engraving pictures Hagley Hall, Rugeley. Drawn by J.P. Neal, engraved by W. Watkins and hand coloured, it was published in 1831 by Jones & Co., London. At this time the Hon Robert Curzon M.P. ...

Half Hose Knitting Department, Job White & Sons Ltd, Compton Mills, Leek

Hall Lane, Norton Canes

A framed postcard view of Hall, Lane Norton Canes showing ladies in a pony and trap talking to man. Steep bank on right, pailings on left. This is believed to show the Old Hall Lane leading to Leacroft ...

Halt for refreshments, Uttoxeter ACF on an exercise in the Peak District

The Army Cadet Force (ACF) was set up for youths who were too young to join the army, making it possible for them to undergo a shorter period of training when they did become army recruits. This photograph ...

Hamilton Road, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.

Street scene taken at Hamilton Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. This is one of many street scenes in the Blake Collection. Most of them were taken in the Normacot and Dresden areas near ...

Hand Casting.

Pottery factory interior showing a worker hand casting. The caster is pouring liquid clay, known as slip, into a plaster mould. Unfired ware sits on the surrounding shelves. The caster's name ...

Hand Knitting at Moorland Handicraft Ltd., Moorland Mill, Leek

By 2003 this building had become a timber merchant's yard and warehouse.

Hand Lining Plates, Wedgwood Factory, Barlaston,

Hand lining an 'Appledore' patterned plate. Note the use of the traditional 'twirler'. Photograph by courtesy of the Trustees of the Wedgwood Museum, Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

Hand Painting.

Pottery factory interior showing a paintress at work inside a decorating shop. She is hand painting a jug. Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection. This photograph is ...

Hand Painting.

Pottery factory interior showing a man hand painting a vase in a decorating workshop. Men usually painted the most prestigious ware a factory produced. Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic ...

Hand-engraving a copper plate, Minton's Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent

Pottery factory interior showing a man hand-engraving a design on a flat copper plate. The copper plate would then be inked and used to make a paper transfer of the design. The design would then be applied ...

Handkerchief case, 1914 to 1918

Silk handkerchief case with silk flowers and embroidered stems and leaves. The case was sent as a love token from a member of the British Expeditionary Force serving in France during the First World War. ...

Handle-maker, Sutherland Works, Longton

Pottery factory interior with a view of a woman handle-making. She is taking slip cast handles out of multiple moulds and trimming them ready to be applied by a handler. Taken at Sutherland China, ...

Handlers. Photographed by William Blake.

Lantern slide showing two handlers at work putting the handles on cups. This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.” ...