Stockton Brook from Baddeley Green Lane, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking north along Baddeley Green Lane to the junction with Leek New Road (A53). In the distance is the higher ground of Stockton Brook (right) and Ball Edge (left). There are still garages each side ...
Stone Territorials Parade,
When war was declared in 1914 the Stone Territorial Army immediately volunteered to serve abroad.
They are photographed here on Newcastle Street, on their march from the Town Hall to the railway station....
Stretton Hall
A postcard view of Stretton Hall which was built soon after 1700 by John Congreve of Congreve. In the mid-18th century the estate was sold to the Conolly family, who in turn sold it to the Moncktons of ...
Sunday School Demonstration, Hednesford
A large group of people gathered at a Sunday School Demonstration Day in front of the Anglesey Hotel, Hednesford, before the First World War.
These annual Methodist gatherings on a Monday in July ...
Tamms Pottery, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Tamms Pottery, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
It is thought that most of the pottery factory interiors and pottery worker photographs were taken here between 1900-1903. Tamms Pottery was just ...
The American Hotel, 144 Waterloo Road, Burslem
The American Hotel (originally The Waterloo and American Hotel) pictured on Waterloo Road. It was constructed between 1823 and 1832. The building is rectangular in plan with a turret projection. It is ...
The Avenue, Cheadle
A postcard view of houses on The Avenue in Cheadle. All of these houses and most of their front garden walls remain (February 2023), however, in later years the land in the foreground was used during ...
The Broadmore, Stowe by Chartley
A postcard view of The Broadmore, Stowe by Chartley. A croquet lawn and tennis court can be seen in the foreground.
Also known as Broadmoor, by 1906 this house was owned by Arthur Thomas Radcliffe ...
The Caldon Canal and Bolton's Copper Works
The Caldon Canal with Thomas Bolton & sons Ltd. Copper Works in the background. In the foreground a boy is fishing.
Thomas Bolton & Sons set up a copper works at nearby Oakamoor in 1852-3. By 1890 ...
The Caldon Canal and Bolton's Copper Works
The Caldon Canal with Thomas Bolton & Sons Ltd. Copper Works in the background. In the foreground a boy is fishing.
Thomas Bolton & Sons set up a copper works at nearby Oakamoor in 1852-3. By 1890 ...
The Canal, Gnosall
This postcard view was taken looking northwest from the tow path near to the Boat Inn Bridge, also known as Wharf Bridge, no. 34, over the Shropshire Union Canal in Gnosall.
In the distance on the ...
The Cottage, Park Lane Brocton
This timber-framed cottage is believed to have been built in 1616.
This photograph was taken by the present owner in 2006.
The Cottage, Slitting Mill, Rugeley
The thatched cottage, with the address no. 2 Slitting Mill Road stood near the then quarry, and was demolished in about 1969. It was said to be about 300 years old by its last resident Mr Major Harley, ...
The Cricket Field, Hoar Cross Hall
A cricket match taking place at Hoar Cross Hall. The cricket pitch was on Church Flatts in front of the hall and opposite the Vicarage. Col. Hugo Meynell was a keen cricketer. In 1924 he paid the Marylebone ...
The Dairy House, Trentham. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of the Dairy House at Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The Devil In The Potteries
Industrial landscape taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Photography and Design by William Blake.
This design, with its damning caption, is one of many that criticise the conditions created ...
The Flitch of Bacon, Wychnor Hall
Postcard view of a fireplace with the wooden 'Flitch of Bacon' mounted above it.
The 'Wychnor Flitch' is a manorial custom dating from the 14th century. The owners of the Hall would be obliged to ...
The Fold , Oaken, near Codsall