Cup Handlers. Photographed by William Blake.
Postcard showing cup handlers at work in the Potteries, Staffordshire.
On the reverse of the post card it is stated that the image was taken in 1886. However, this date is too early. Blake was not ...
Deep Pit Colliery from Town Road, Hanley
Looking northwards along the old route of Town road towards the winding gear of Hanley Deep Pit Colliery. The building on the right edge is part of J H Weatherby's Falcon Works. Farther down on the right ...
Deep Pit Colliery, Hanley
Number 1 shaft winding gear at Hanley Deep Pit Colliery. The colliery was originally owned by the Shelton Iron, Steel & Coal Company and its coal was taken by rail to the coking ovens at the neighbouring ...
Demolition of Wolstanton Colliery, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Wolstanton Colliery was sunk in 1916. By the 1960s it was considered a super-mine, with the deepest mineshafts in Britain, producing over 1 million tons of coal and was one of the biggest employers of ...
Destruction of an old Colliery Stack on Sandford Hill. May 1st 1913. Photographed by William Blake.
Chimney demolition taken at Sandford Hill on May 1st 1913.
Diglake colliery, Audley, Newcastle-under-Lyme
On the 14th January 1895, 77 miners lost their lives at Diglake when an inrush of water from old workings flooded the mine. The mine was never re-opened following the disaster.
Diglake Colliery, Bignall End, Audley
Men and boys at the pit head headgear of Diglake Colliery, Bignall End, Audley. On the 14th January 1895, 77 miners lost their lives at Diglake when an inrush of water from old workings flooded the mine. ...
Disused screens at Leycett colliery, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Dudley - 'Whimsey or Engine Drawing Coal' : lithograph
'Whimsey or Engine Drawing Coal,' showing an old-type beam engine working drum on which the hauling chains run (two pits). Also (inset) 'Skip filled with thick coal,' showing a low truck piled with coal, ...
Dudley Wood Road, Dudley Wood, West Midlands
A view looking north along Dudley Wood Road, one of a series of photographs taken showing subsidence of buildings due to coal mining. Most of the buildings are suffering from subsidence. On the right ...
Ecton Copper Mine
A view of some of the 18th century smelter buildings and Ecton Church, with spoil heaps behind. Ecton Church was probably a 'Navvy' church and built for men working on the construction of the Manifold ...
Ecton Copper Mine and Church
A view of some of the 18th century smelter buildings and Ecton Church, with spoil heaps behind. Ecton Church was probably a 'Navvy' church and built for men working on the construction of the Manifold ...
Emptying lockers, Littleton Colliery
These photographs were taken on the last shift at Littleton Colliery in December 1993.
A miner can be seen clearing out his Pithead Baths locker, with probably his son looking on.
Engine House, Mossfield Colliery, Longton
Mossfield Colliery was sunk in the 1850s, with up to four shafts, and closed in 1963. The colliery was located near Adderley Green near Longton with shafts over a quarter of a mile deep. The mine produced ...
Exterior view of Littleton Colliery
This picture of Littleton Colliery was taken from an area of open ground where the pit head baths were built in 1947, and shows general buildings, two pit head structures and a chimney. A road runs across ...
Extracting coal from the Winghay seam, Silverdale Colliery, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The miners in this photograph are using modern cutting machinery to extract coal from the productive Winghay seam at Silverdale Colliery. It was large coal seams like this that made Silverdale one of ...
Fancy dress, Audley
A man and a woman in fancy dress at Audley Carnival.
Fegg Hayes Road and Chatterley Whitfield Colliery, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking east along Fegg Hayes Road towards Chatterley Whitfield Colliery. Oxford Road is at the end. Fegg Hayes Road was originally called North Parade. On the right edge is the entrance to the Lear ...