Photo. Of Drawing By Mrs. Kathleen Blake, Mine Workings. Photographed by William Blake.
Sketch of a mine building by Mrs. Kathleen Blake. The location of the mine is unknown.
Photo. Of Drawing By Mrs. Kathleen Blake, Mine Workings. Photographed by William Blake.
Sketch of a mine building by Mrs. Kathleen Blake. The location of the mine is unknown.
Photo. Of Drawing By Mrs. Kathleen Blake, Mine Workings. Photographed by William Blake.
Sketch of a mine building by Mrs. Kathleen Blake. The location of the mine is unknown.
Pit head frame at Lea Hall Colliery
View of the head frame at the downcast shaft.
Lea Hall was the first colliery planned and sunk by the National Coal Board. The two shafts were started in 1954 and sunk to a depth of 1300ft (396m). ...
Pit ponies on strike
In 1921 there was a three months strike because of the mine owners refusal to match the salaries the miners had been receiving during the period 1917-21 of Government control of the mines.
For the ...
Pit-bottom Main Distribution Sub-station, Lea Hall Colliery, Rugeley
View of a man operating switches in the unground 3,300 volt Main Distribution Sub-Station. On the right hand side are a row of generators, with a telephone and fire extinguishers on the left hand wall. ...
Pithead No.3 Pit, Cannock Chase Colliery
View of coal trucks at the pithead, with head frame, buildings and a chimney in the background.
Pithead showers at Lea Hall Colliery
This was the first colliery planned and sunk by the National Coal Board. The two shafts were started in 1954 and sunk to a depth of 1300ft (396m). The first coal was produced in 1960, and the colliery's ...
Plan of a Coal Mine, Wednesbury
Drawn by Thomas Westwood in 1806, this plan and section of a coal mine at Wednesbury, on the South Staffordshire coalfield at first looks like a working diagram – interesting but not particularly visually ...
Plant's Hole outcrop pit, Lightwood, Cheadle
This outcrop pit is 'Plant's Hole', at Lightwood, Cheadle. During the General Strike outcrop pits (about 4 feet square) were dug for coal getting. From left to right: Arthur Plant, Jack Alcock, Albert ...
Potteries landscape from Brick Kiln Lane
A view north from Brick Kiln Lane towards the two spoil heaps at Shelton and Sneyd Collieries. The building to the extreme right is the Etruria Works of Twyfords (Sanitaryware) built on the site of Barnum ...
Potteries landscape from Navigation Road, Burslem.
Bert Bentley was looking east over Burslem from the top of Navigation Road. Just to the right of the bottle ovens is the short tower of St John's Church (a grade II listed building). The tower is the ...
Presentation at Littleton Colliery
Colliery manager Ted Blakeley (left) presents a framed copy of the Littleton logo to its creator (an un-named local teenager ). The logo resulted from a competition run locally to promote the colliery. ...
Pump Street, Stoke upon Trent
This is a view south east from near the top of Pump Street at Honeywall. Epworth Street is at the bottom. The side of the large building at the bottom of Pump Street is the 2000 seat Essoldo Cinema, previously ...
Racecourse colliery, Cobridge
Racecourse colliery, Cobridge (1840-1941).This photograph could well be one of the oldest colliery photographs in existence.
Three shafts were sunk on the site of the old Hanley race-course – hence ...
Railway lines and colliery buildings, Lea Hall Colliery, Rugeley
This photograph shows the railway sidings nearing completion.
Lea Hall was the first colliery planned and sunk by the National Coal Board. The two shafts were started in 1954 and sunk to a depth ...
Royal Visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Birchenwood Colliery, Kidsgrove
King George V and Queen Mary visited Birchenwood Colliery on the second day of their tour of north Staffordshire. They had stayed overnight at Crewe Hall.
Birchenwood colliery opened in the 1890s, ...
Rugeley B Power Station
Oil on canvas. A view of Rugeley B Power Station with cottages in left foreground and Lea Hall Colliery far right. Signed, bottom right: 'George Busby 84'. In gilt wood frame, unglazed.
Artist: ...