Stafford Laundry, circa 1960
Stafford laundry was established in 1899. In 1952 its manager, Arthur Leese, recorded what went on behind the scenes, for showing at Womens Institutes and other societies.
When I first started as a junior ...
Stafford Tool & Die factory,
Women workers at Stafford Tool & Die factory, St Patrick's Place.
Stafford Tool & Die made machinery for the shoemaking industry at their factory at St Patrick's Place.
Stafford Tool & Die factory,
Interior of Stafford Tool & Die factory, St Patrick's Place.
Stafford Tool & Die made machinery for the shoemaking industry at their factory at St Patrick's Place.
Staffordshire Potteries Ltd. factory, Meir
Aerial view of the Staffordshire Potteries factory at Meir. During the 1950s Staffordshire potteries Ltd became the largest producer of utilitarian white cups, also manufacturing blue band kitchen ware ...
Staffordshire Society at the English Electric Co., Stafford
This picture of a visit by the Staffordshire Society was taken in the Turbine Generator Division, in an area often known as ‘68 Bay’ which was located on the former Lichfield Road Site in Stafford, near ...
Standon Mill
Between November 1946 and December 1947 Mr T.J. Bayliss (a student at the nearby teacher training college, Nelson Hall), conducted an environmental study on Standon Mill as part of his course. In June ...
Starting up, United Lamp Black Works, Four Ashes
Albert Machin lighting a burning pan at United Lamp Black Works, Four Ashes. Creosote, a by-product of the manufacture of coal-gas, was burned in wheeled metal pans to produce the lamp black which was ...
Staton's Plaster Mill, Tutbury
Sack filling and storage shed at Staton's plaster mill, Tutbury.
Prior to 1890, J.C. Staton and Company were mining gypsum at Fauld and making plaster at Shobnall, Burton-upon-Trent. Tutbury Mill ...
Sticking Up.
Pottery factory interior showing a worker in the process of 'sticking up'.
He is using slip (liquid clay) to join separately made pieces together.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic ...
Stitching Room, Lotus Shoe Factory, Stafford,
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded in the eighteenth century by Thomas Bostock, a cobbler. His three sons started their own factories in Stafford, Stone and Northampton.
Edwin Bostock's ...
Stitching Room, Lotus Shoe Factory, Stafford,
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded in the eighteenth century by Thomas Bostock, a cobbler. His three sons started their own factories in Stafford, Stone and Northampton.
Edwin Bostock's ...
Store Room, Lotus Shoe Factory, Stafford,
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded in the eighteenth century by Thomas Bostock, a cobbler. His three sons started their own factories in Stafford, Stone and Northampton.
Edwin Bostock's ...
Strawing china for packing
A pottery worker "Strawing" China as part of the packing process. Photographed by William Blake.
Sturgess Factory, Stoke-on-Trent
One of the machine rooms at the Sturgess factory in Stoke-on-Trent. It is believed to show women workers making tents during World War II in a disused pottery factory building on Sturgess Street, off ...
Tagging for laces, Job White & Sons Ltd., Compton Mill, Leek
These ladies are finishing off the laces by attaching the plastic ends. On the wall are pictures of their favourite film stars. The picture was one of a number taken at Job White & Sons Ltd. during the ...
Taking a Trial at the last firing., Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior showing a bullers ring being withdrawn from the trial hole in the clammins of the oven. The clammins was a temporary seal in the oven through which holes could be made to acces ...
Taking a trial, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior showing bullers’ rings being withdrawn from the trial hole in the clammins of the oven. The clammins was a temporary seal in the oven through which holes could be made to acces ...