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Rudyard Lake

Rudyard Lake is a reservoir which was constructed in 1797 by engineer John Rennie to feed the Caldon Branch of the Trent & Mersey Canal. It is around 2.5 miles long and covers roughly an area of 168 acres. ...

Rugeley Indoor Market

A postcard view of Rugeley indoor market in the now demolished Town Hall. Only the clock tower remains. It shows John Moorcroft at his fruit and vegetable stall. Previously the family had a fruit and ...

Rugeley town centre

View of Dewhurst's van outside Taylor's bakery shop, with a Foden cement tanker, (made in Wolverhampton), passing on the right. This area of the town is now completely pedestrianised.

Rules and Orders, Of The Potter's Union Society, Established at the Swan Inn, Burslem, On the Eighteenth Day of April 1825 - Document from the enoch Wood Scrapbook

Potter's Union Rule Book This booklet outlines the rules and orders of the Potter's Union Society, established in Burslem in 1825 at the Swan Inn. The contents of the rule book include coverage ...

Rules, Orders, and Regulations of the Radical Society of Shopkeepers and Others

Just who were the Radical Society of Shopkeepers and Others who produced this list of rules, orders and regulations? It is most likely that anonymous local employers published this notice in order ...

S. Rushton and son, Wesley Street, Blythe Bridge

Mr Rushton is ahead of the horse-drawn carriage delivering his bakery goods. His son is seated in the carriage. Photograph donated by the Blythe Bridge and Forsbrook Local Historical Society, who ...

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 ...

Sam Sykes, Village cobbler, Longnor

Mr Sam Sykes at work in his workshop, Market Street, Longnor.

Samuel Allsopp's Middle Yard, Burton-on-Trent

These huge barrel vats are being assembled for their larger brewery. The vats were made at Bodenhiens at Cassel, Germany.

Sandon Smithy

A postcard view published by William Shaw of Burslem. Note the ploughs, wheels and iron tyres outside the smithy. The blacksmith at the time this photograph was taken was Thomas Cheadle. The smithy ...

Sawmill, Henry Venables Ltd., Stafford

Steam sawmill at Henry Venables Ltd. timber yard, Doxey, Stafford. Henry Venables founded his timber business in Foregate Street, next to Bostock’s shoe manufactory. He made wooden packing cases for the ...

Scene showing a 17th century carpenter, Lichfield Heritage Centre

One of several tableau-style scenes in the Lichfield Heritage Centre, formerly housed in the old St Mary's Church in Market Square. This scene shows a mannequin depicting a 17th century carpenter as part ...

Set of Pencils, or Paintress Brushes.

Set of 19 quill and camel hair brushes. Also known as pencils. Used by pottery paintresses to decorate ware. There are a variety of lengths and types in this set, including shaders and liners. The ...

Shelton Bar Steelworks

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When we were a fully integrated steelworks we stretched from Etruria right up to the Grand Hotel in Hanley – we’d got the plant spread out. The by-products from the iron-making furnaces – what’s known ...

Shilling token, Bilston

A silver twelve pence (shilling) token issued by Rushbury and Woolley of Bilston in 1811. Rushbury and Woolley were manufacturers of military ornaments. In 1815 Rushbury became bankrupt as he was unable ...

Shoeing a shire horse, Bass, Burton-on-Trent

A white shire horse, possibly Monty, being shod in Bass' Blacksmith Shop. The farrier has the horse's hoof on a stand and is rasping around the hoof and shoe.

Shoemaker at Mason and Marson's factory, Stafford

Mr. Eley, a finisher, at work in Mason & Marson's factory on Sandon Road, one of the many shoemaking businesses which thrived in the northern part of Stafford during the late 19th and early 20th centuries....

Shoemaker's heel shave

A shoemaker's all-metal finishing tool. The purpose of this tool is to trim the sides of the heel. This tool belonged to John Ward, a Stafford shoemaker whose premeses were at Rowley Street.