Tean Hall Mills, Upper Tean
Interior view of the Dye House showing recently installed ribbon dyeing machinery.
In 1747 John and Nathaniel Philips took over their father's linen tape-weaving business and established the company ...
Tean Hall Mills, Upper Tean
Making ribbon warps on machines designed and manufactured by J. & N. Phillips.
In 1747 John and Nathaniel Philips took over their father's linen tape-weaving business and established the company 'J. ...
Tean Hall Mills, Upper Tean
Workers tending ribbon looms of a type installed after 1945.
In 1747 John and Nathaniel Philips took over their father's linen tape-weaving business and established the company 'J. & N. Philips', based ...
Tean Hall Mills, Upper Tean
Workers rolling decorative and lingerie ribbons destined for clothes manufacturing trades.
In 1747 John and Nathaniel Philips took over their father's linen tape-weaving business and established the ...
Tean Hall Mills, Upper Tean
Examining tapes for quality before packing.
In 1747 John and Nathaniel Philips took over their father's linen tape-weaving business and established the company 'J. & N. Philips', based at Tean Hall. ...
Tean Hall Mills, Upper Tean
Phillips' High Quality Tape being woven on tape looms.
In 1747 John and Nathaniel Philips took over their father's linen tape-weaving business and established the company 'J. & N. Philips', based at ...
Tean Hall Mills, Upper Tean
Examining finished ribbons for quality.
In 1747 John and Nathaniel Philips took over their father's linen tape-weaving business and established the company 'J. & N. Philips', based at Tean Hall. A ...
Tean Hall Mills, Upper Tean
Interior view of Tean Hall Mills showing a large number of 24B Saurer Ribbon Looms, at the time the largest installation of these machines in Europe.
In 1747 John and Nathaniel Philips took over their ...
Teapot Making Team.
Group photograph of a teapot making team at Parrott's pottery factory, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.
This photograph is part of the collections ...
The clammins knocked down, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior with a view of an oven after the firing has taken place. This view shows the temporary seal, or ‘clammins’ knocked down and the saggars are still stacked inside. Taken at Hudson ...
The Contraband Hut, ROF Swynnerton
Contraband hut and attendant at R.O.F. Swynnerton.
Workers at R.O.F. Swynnerton, a high percentage of which were women, filled shells, bombs and other armaments, including 20mm shells for Spitfires, ...
The Counting House, Job White & Sons Ltd, Compton Mills, Leek
Towards the end of the 20th century the accounts office was turned into an art gallery.
The courtyard of Steventon & Sons Pottery, Burslem
John Steventon produced earthenware at the Royal Pottery, on Steventon Place, off Market Place in Burslem from 1923. The company goes back to the 1890s and the site was a pottery in the 1800s. This ...
The Dyehouse, Job White & Sons Ltd, Compton Mills, Leek
The men are hank-dyeing in wooden dye-barks. This age old method was still used locally until the 1960s, and until an even later date at Thomas Whittles' factory.
The English Electric Co. Ltd., shop floor, Butt Lane, Kidsgrove
Located on the Nelson Industrial Estate the factory opened in 1954 employing about 200 people. The factory worked on such things as advanced radar equipment, early computers and control panels. After ...
The English Electric Co., Stafford
Standing in the centre of this photograph wearing a hat is thought to be Mr Parkinson, Superintendent and on his right is Mr J Rogers, General Manager of Works. They are pictured with members of the ...
The English Electric Co., Stafford
Employees are pictured alongside a generator stator frame which would later form part of a hydro-electric generator for the Waitaki power station built on New Zealand’s South Island during the 1920s to ...
The English Electric Company and the LMS 10000
The LMS (London, Midland and Scottish Railway) Diesel Electric Locomotive No 10000 under construction at Derby Railway Works.
The locomotive was designed by the LMS Chief Mechanical Engineer, H G ...