Trent Bridge, Burton-upon-Trent
Trent Bridge looking from Burton-upon-Trent across the River Trent towards Stapenhill and Winshill in Derbyshire.
Trent Bridge is often known as Burton Bridge. The bridge is first mentioned in the ...
Trentham Hall Courtyard
Trentham Hall Courtyard was part of the National Coal Board's refurbishment plan. At the end of the courtyard was "Courtyard Farm", a great attraction for families. There were Shire Horses and Shetland ...
Twentieth Century Hell
Industrial landscape taken in the Potteries with the caption "20th Century Hell". Photographed by William Blake.
This photograph, with its damning caption, is one of many that criticise the conditions ...
Union Workhouse, Stafford
The Stafford Union Workhouse was built on Marston Road in 1838.
From 1948 the building was used as an old people's home and the Fernleigh Hospital.
It was demolished in 1971.
Unloading Barrels, Three Crowns Inn, Stone,
The Three Crowns Inn is a former coaching inn on the London to the north-west route.
The dray belongs to Joule's Brewery of Stone, founded by Francis Joule in 1780. Francis' son, John, took over the ...
Upper Brook Street, Rugeley
A postcard view of Upper Brook Street looking from Brook Square. The shop on the left corner is Pascoe's newsagents and stationers business. They are advertising photographic materials in the window, ...
Urban District Council Offices, Cannock
In 1877 Cannock was divided into the three wards of Cannock, Chadsmoor, and Hednesford under a Local Board which had offices in Church Street from 1880. . The Urban District was established under ...
Valley Colliery Offices, Hednesford
The building, since demolished, was situated on the Rugeley Road, Hednesford opposite the park. An access road to the Valley Pit ran along the right of the property where the Museum of Cannock Chase is ...
Victoria Mill, Stanley Moss Lane, Stanley
The Victoria Mill in Stanley was part of Harrison & Son, reputedly the largest ceramic glaze and colour manufacturers in the world in the 1890s. The glaze ingredients were initially ground into fritt ...
View of Longton
View of Longton looking south-east from the tower of St. James’ Church. In his caption for the North Staffordshire Field Club, Blake emphasised the unhealthy conditions of these streets: “The Ministry ...
View of the Potteries
Lantern slide containing a copy of one of Blake's postcards. The card shows a smoke filled industrial landscape taken in the Potteries with the commentary "O beautiful my country." Photographed by William ...
View of the Potteries.
A postcard with a view of Stoke-on-Trent, with the caption 'Fresh air for the Potteries' showing the level of pollution before the Clean Air Act in 1956.
Vulcan Works, Clough Street, Hanley
The Vulcan Works was operated by Swinnertons Ltd (a company linked with the neighbouring Alcock, Lindley & Bloore pottery). Between then two works is Slippery Lane.
The Vulcan Works dates from the ...
W.S. Leach, Wife & Dog at Knutton
Outdoor portrait of a man, a woman and a Staffordshire Bull Terrier taken at Knutton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Chimney stacks, railway signals and a church can be seen in the background.
The ...
Walkley Bank, Forton
A postcard view taken on Walkley Bank, looking towards the A519 and crossroads with Shay Lane in the centre of Forton village. All of the buildings in this view remain (May 2023) and in later years the ...
Wallash, Mayfield
This postcard view taken in Wallash looks north-east along the B5032 Ashbourne Road in Mayfield. The three-storey building on the left and the cottages on the right remain (January 2023).
Photographer ...
Walton Hall, near Eccleshall
Walton Hall is an Italian style 19th-century country house near Eccleshall, Staffordshire which is occupied by a residential special school. It is a Grade II listed building
The house was built in ...