Miner's strike protests in Northern Ireland
During the 1984/1985 miner's strike many protestors travelled around the country to attend demonstrations and rallys. The North Staffordshire Miner's Wives Group was a particularly active support group ...
Outcrop pit, Cheadle
Pictured is one of a number of shallow outcrop pits (about 4 feet square) which were dug for coal getting during the General Strike of 1926.
Printed on an unused postcard and cropped to fit a frame, ...
Picket line at Hem Heath Colliery, Trentham
During the 1984/1985 miner's strike some miners continued to work and faced crossing the picket lines every day. Workers had to face their collegues who were striking, and therefore not receiving a wage, ...
Picking Coal. Photographed by William Blake.
People foraging for coal during the Coal Strike, March 1912.
Pit ponies on strike
In 1921 there was a three months strike because of the mine owners refusal to match the salaries the miners had been receiving during the period 1917-21 of Government control of the mines.
For the ...
Plant's Hole outcrop pit, Lightwood, Cheadle
This outcrop pit is 'Plant's Hole', at Lightwood, Cheadle. During the General Strike outcrop pits (about 4 feet square) were dug for coal getting. From left to right: Arthur Plant, Jack Alcock, Albert ...
Postal Strike, Stafford
Postal workers on strike at a picket line at the Royal Mail Sorting Office on Newport Road, Stafford.
Postal Strike, Stafford
Postal workers on strike at a picket line at the Royal Mail Sorting Office on Newport Road, Stafford. The sign reads "Official Picket Line (Driver Suspended)".
Protest march passing Lea Hall Colliery, Brereton
Many people in the community supported the miners strike of 1984/1985 and joined rallys and demonstrations. This march from Liverpool to London, here passing Lea Hall Colliery in Brereton, Rugeley. Over ...
Protest of the Journeymen Potters - from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
This handwritten poem protests at social extremes of wealth, status and poverty in the Potteries at around the time of the Napoleonic Wars.
War
War with France had affected the fortunes of the Potteries ...
Protest Rally at Central Forest Park, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph shows miners and their supporters meeting at Hanley Forest Park before marching into the city centre during the miner's strike of 1984. The miners had supporters across the country and ...
Rugeley Town Hall protesters
Protests to stop the demolition of the Town Hall in 1977. The protest was unsuccessful and the hall was demolished soon after, with the exception of the clock tower. A Rugeley Times photograph (courtesy ...
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 ...
Staffordshire Farmers striking at Birkenhead Docks
Members of the National Farmers Union Leek and Rushton branch picketing at Birkenhead Docks in 1974. Four coachloads of North Staffordshire livestock farmers travelled to Birkenhead to protest against ...
Stone Bootmakers' Strike
A bootmakers' strike gathering, standing outside Christ Church School on Northesk Street. This photograph is believed to have been taken on the occasion of a meeting of striking boot and shoe operatives ...
Student Demonstration, Stafford
Staffordshire students' protest march on Greengate Street. At the front are John Paish (left) and Fred Baker.
The students carry banners reading 'Don't Kill Further Education' and 'Award Yourself ...
The last dying speech and confession of Tom Paine - from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Is this really the last dying confession of Tom Paine, executed before thousands of spectators at Stoke-on-Trent in 1793?
A controversial figure
Paine was a Republican and supported the French revolution. ...