Token, T. Wilkes, Darlaston, Wednesbury
A copper farthing token coin advertising T. Wilkes' Tea Dealers, Church Street, Darlaston, Wednesbury.
During the 19th century it was common for publicans, licencees and shopkeepers to issue their ...
Token, William Ward, West Bromwich
Copper farthing token issued by William Ward, Soap Powder manufacturer, West Bromwich. William Ward was a manufacturing chemist with premises at New Street.
During the 19th century it was common for ...
Town Mill, Stafford
The town mill was built by George Brewster in 1834, on the site of the medieval town mill. It was powered by two wheels, fed from the mill pool by a culvert running under the road.
The mill was demolished ...
Trent Vale Bakeries, Stoke-on-Trent
Birkett & Roberts Trent Vale Bakery at the junction of Newcastle Road and Clayton Lane. Since the photograph was taken the bakery has become part of Premier Foods and the "Mr Kipling" brand, launched ...
Trussing in ceremony, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
Group of six coopers ready to drink a toast at the end of the apprentice cooper's (man in the barrel) 'trussing in' ceremony.
The coopers shown (from left to right) are Bill Humphries, Bernard Slater, ...
Turning the kiln, Plough Maltings, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
Three men turning the kiln in the Bass Plough Maltings.
Unigate Dairy Mobile Sales Van at Uttoxeter Carnival
Margaret Hudson (nee Smith) is pictured staffing the Unigate mobile sales van, which offers a variety of products such as St Ivel cheeses and Green Giant canned corn.
Photograph courtesy of Mrs Margaret ...
Unigate Dairy yard, Uttoxeter
A creamery was built on this site in 1897. The business rapidly expanded, and at its peak the dairy was producing 13 million gallons of milk a year, which were then turned into butter, cheese and condened ...
Union Room, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
View down the aisle between two union sets with wooden top troughs.
Union Room, No. 2 Brewery, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
Internal view of No. 2 Brewery's Union Room.
Unloading bread from the oven, Heath Bakery, Uttoxeter
John Walker unloading freshly baked bread from the oven at the Heath Bakery, Uttoxeter in the 1990s. John's father (also named John) bought the Heath Bakery in November 1929 from Joshua 'Jos' Blore.
Unloading hops, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
Hop pockets being unloaded from a lorry outside the Bass Hop Stores in the Middle Brewery. The Scutari Maltings are in the background.
Vehicle livery workshop, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
The photograph was taken by Terry Bassett who worked as a painter at Bass in the late 1950s, and shows the new livery on a Bass Worthington lorry, a Leyland Comet.
Vehicle livery workshop, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
The photograph was taken by Terry Bassett who worked as a painter at Bass in the late 1950s, and shows the new livery on a Bass Worthington lorry, a Leyland Octopus, registration number BFA 827.
View down the Brewery Yard, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
View down the yard, looking towards Station Street. A sign over a doorway into the Union Room says " Bass Ratcliff & Gretton, Licensed Brewers of Beer For Sale" .
View from Red Hill, Stone
A romanticised view of Stone from Red Hill. On the left is St. Michael's Church, in the centre can be seen Joule's Brewery and to the right is the Roman Catholic Church of St. Dominic. A steam locomotive ...
View of the unloading of milk churns, Uttoxeter area
View taken from the Midway, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph was taken from the Midway and shows the A34 looking south. The scene was much changed by 2002 with the Warner Brothers Cinema taking the place of Burgess'. The white buildings of the Blackfriars ...