Old Fire Station, Burslem
The old fire station was in Fountain Place at the top of Westport Road just along from the entrance to Enoch Wood's Fountain Place Pottery. At the time of the photograph it was occupied by Edwin Longmore's ...
Oliver & Sons, Flint Grinders, Burslem
Oliver & Sons, flint grinders, were established around 1882 and operated from Longport Mills on Liverpool Road (now Westport Road).
In 1908 they moved to their new Newport Lane works, built on the ...
Oliver and Sons, Flint Grinders, Burslem
Oliver & Sons, flint grinders, were established around 1882 and operated from Longport Mills on Liverpool Road (now Westport Road).
In 1908 they moved to their new Newport Lane works, built on the ...
Panorama from Bedford Street, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph was taken from just north of the flight of locks at Bedford Street in Shelton. The camera is looking northwards along the Caldon Canal with the winding towers of Wolstanton Colliery on ...
Placing, Taylor Tunnicliff and Co Ltd, Hanley
Placing pieces in saggars ready for firing in the ovens at Taylor, Tunnicliff's Eastwood factory, Hanley.
The firm was founded in 1867 by Thomas Taylor and William Tunnicliff, eventually concentrating ...
Placing, Taylor Tunnicliff and Co Ltd, Hanley
Placing saggars in the oven at Taylor, Tunnicliff's Eastwood factory, Hanley.
The firm was founded in 1867 by Thomas Taylor and William Tunnicliff, eventually concentrating on making specialised pottery ...
Potter's Printer
A pot bank print shop and workers, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Photographed by William Blake.
This image was used in a slide show elsewhere in the collection entitled "Staffordshire Pottery".
A ...
Pottery shraff tip near Summerbank Road, Tunstall
A Shraff tip was the pottery industry's rubbish tip, containing moulds, used saggars and broken pottery such as lump and wasters. Lump and waster was faulty pottery, so bad it couldn't be sold as "seconds" ...
Ramsden's Colours and Glazes, fenton
C E Ramsden manufactured colour chemicals and potters materials. This is part of their works in Montrose Street, Fenton, now demolished. The company had other premises at the bottom of Duke Street in ...
Saggar maker with stacked saggars
The saggars were made of marl, which was hard wearing and could withstand many kiln firings. Ware would be placed into the saggar in order to protect it from contamination by smoke, etc during firing. ...
Saggar wall near Tunstall cemetery
This wall made of old saggars was in the garden of Tunstall cemetery. Saggars were open boxes, made of fireclay or saggar marl and fired before use. They were specially made to contain pottery during ...
Selection, Taylor Tunnicliff and Co Ltd, Hanley
The selection warehouse at Taylor, Tunnicliff's Eastwood factory, Hanley.
The firm was founded in 1867 by Thomas Taylor and William Tunnicliff, eventually concentrating on making specialised pottery ...
Shraff tip on Summerbank Road, Tunstall
This shraff tip was in an old clay pit at the junctrion of Summerbank Road and High Street on the edge of Sandyford.
Shraff tips (also known as Shaff Rucks and Shord Rucks) are pottery industry rubbish ...
Shraff Tip, Trubshawe Cross, Stoke-on-Trent.
This shraff tip was near Trubshawe Cross, possibly from the Ellgreave Pottery. A shraff tip or ruck contains waste from the pottery industry: waste moulds, saggars and faulty ware.
Sneyd Pipe Works, Burslem
Beehive kilns at Sneyd pipe works as seen from the Potteries Loop Line, just north of Hot Lane. The works lay to the west of the line, behind the camera would have been Sneyd Colliery and Brickworks. ...
Stanley Moss and Stanley Mill, Endon
A view looking south east from Leek New Road over the open fields of Stanley Moss in Endon. The tall chimney and surrounding buildings belong to Harrison and Son's Victoria Mill, specialising in grinding ...
Taylor, Tunnicliff and Co Ltd, Hanley
Glaze dipping at Taylor, Tunnicliff's Eastwood factory, Hanley.
The firm was founded in 1867 by Thomas Taylor and William Tunnicliff, eventually concentrating on making specialised pottery for the ...
The Miller's House, Stanley
Looking from Puddy Lane across the mill pond towards the old mill house in Stanley. The village has a long history of flint and corn mills dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries. Some mills ground ...