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Ridgway Potteries, Longton

Ridgway Potteries with its array of bottle ovens, was on Spring Bank Road, next door to Longton Municipal Cemetery. The works was originally the Daisy Bank Works opened in 1853 and operated by Adderleys, ...

Ridgway's Pottery, High Street, Tunstall

Ridgways was one of the largest combines, formed in 1955, with eight factories in North Staffordshire. The Ridgway's pottery on High Street in Tunstall was previously Booth's Church Bank Pottery, built ...

Riley's Shoe Factory, Clicking Department, Stafford,

Riley's shoe factory was established by Frederick Riley in 1881 on Gaol Square. Five workers were employed and 300 to 400 pairs of shoes were produced each week. In 1885 Riley's moved to larger premises ...

Riley's Shoe Factory, Closing Department, Stafford,

Riley's shoe factory was established by Frederick Riley in 1881 on Gaol Square. Five workers were employed and 300 to 400 pairs of shoes were produced each week. In 1885 Riley's moved to larger premises ...

Rist's factory, Newcastle-under-Lyme

A view of Rist's Wires and Cables Ltd. factory off Lower Milehouse Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Originally built for the Birmingham Small Arms Company Ltd in 1940 it was later leased from B.S.A. by Rolls ...

River Dove at Mayfield

A postcard view of a tranquil scene by the River Dove, near Mayfield, Staffordshire, looking south-east across the river into Derbyshire. The River Dove marks the border between Staffordshire and Derbyshire. ...

River Penk at Penkridge

A colour tinted postcard view of the River Penk at Penkridge, looking north east from Bull Bridge towards the Mill. Published by A.W. Bourne, 32 Babingley Drive, Leicester.

Robert Hyde & Co, City Road, Stoke upon Trent

The sign over the entrance yard reads "Robert Hyde & Son Ltd. North Stafford Steel Foundry", a company founded in 1910. The City Road foundry was originally the North Staffordshire Railway Locomotive, ...

Robert Sherwin Ltd.

Pottery factory exterior including beehive shaped oven. Taken at Robert Sherwin Ltd., Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection. This photograph ...

Robson Street, Hanley

Looking down Robson Street towards the entrance to the Hanley Greyhound and Speedway Stadium (Sun Street Stadium). In the middle distance is one of the gas holders belonging to Etruria gasworks. On the ...

Rocester Cotton Mill

A view of the Cotton Mill at Rocester, showing the long east range built in about 1782 by Richard Arkwright. It was the major local employer until it closed in 1990. It was then purchased by JCB Excavators ...

Rocester from the Dove Bridge

To the centre left of the view is Tutbury Mill (Cotton Mill). To the right, St. Michaels' Church can be seen, behind a row of houses.

Romanian visitors, Blythe Colour Works, Cresswell

A group of Romanian visitors to Blythe Colour Works with the 1938 Office Building in the background. The manufacture of underglaze colours in Cresswell began in 1870, when a small works was set up ...

Rosemary Brick and Tile Works, Cheslyn Hay

Emptying a kiln and filling a barrow with fired roofing tiles. Rosemary Brick and Tile Works was situated off Coppice Lane at Rosemary Hill, Cheslyn Hay. By 1900 it was operating under the name of G.W. ...

Rosina China and Adderley Floral China Potteries, Sutherland Road, Longton

These two potteries were on Sutherland Road in Longton. On the left is the Ridgway Potteries Ltd Adderley Floral China Works, the stack ovens of which are visible behind the second works, the Rosina ...

Roslyn China and Gladstone Works, Longton

The rear of the Park Place Works from what was Park Passage, but is now the car park for the Gladstone Museum and the Roslyn Works off Chadwick Street. The Park Place Works is adjacent to the Gladstone ...

Roslyn China, Uttoxeter Road, Longton

Roslyn China was part of the T.C. Wild Pottery Group. Wild's owned numerous pottery works in Longton before themselves being taken over by Royal Doulton in the 1970s. Up to 1946 the Roslyn Works were ...

Rothsay Road, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.

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