The Iron Market, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Procession of Mayor John Bentley and councillors.
The Iron Market is decorated for the Charter Celebrations. Jones & Moss furniture store is to the right and the post office at the end of the street....
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. ...
The Red Flag Anthem. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing a page containing the lyrics to the song "The Red Flag" written by J. Connel. The song is a famous socialist anthem and one of many clues suggesting Blake's own ideological beliefs. ...
To the Gentlemen, Clergy and Freeholders of the County Palatine of Chester - Document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Victorious election candidate George Wilbraham celebrates his triumph in Cheshire.
He congratulates his opponent Lord Cholmondeley on a hard-fought but unsuccessful campaign, and applauds the "zealous, ...
Vote Walhouse - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
During the 1812 election, the two candidates for Staffordshire issued notice after notice in their efforts to win votes.
Whigs and Tories
It is confusing to modern ears to hear the Tory candidate, ...
Vote Wrottesley! An 1812 election notice from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
This notice appeared during the 1812 election campaign, in support of Parliamentary candidate John Wrottesley.
Why vote Wrottesley?
Voters are urged to favour Wrottesley for three reasons:
The ...
War and Peace - Document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Military Association in Hanley Shelton and Stoke
Revolutionary France had declared war with Great Britain in 1793.
Fears of a French invasion had been growing.
Resolved Unanimously
This notice ...
War and Peace - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
War is Over
Hand-written document giving notice of a dinner for manufacturers in the Burslem area of the Potteries.
The dinner was arranged to celebrate the end of Britain's war with the US in ...
War and Peace - Document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
MILITIA
Fear of invasion by Napoleon's French army was growing in Great Britain in 1803.
In times like these men could be called upon by law to serve with the local militia or the general army.
Various ...
War and Peace - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
War is Over
Hand-written document giving notice of a dinner for manufacturers in the Burslem area of the Potteries.
The dinner was arranged to celebrate the end of Britain's war with the US in ...
War and Peace - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
A Collection for the Heroes of the Battle of Trafalgar
Hand-written subscription notice for a collection to assist the wounded soldiers, widows and orphans in the wake of the Battle of Trafalgar.
The ...
War and Peace - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
The Battle of Leipzig
Document describing the emotional scenes between victorious leaders in the aftermath of Napoleon's most decisive defeat at Leipzig, Germany.
Nearing the end of the Napoleonic ...
War and Peace - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
War is Over
Hand-written document giving notice of a dinner for manufacturers in the Burslem area of the Potteries.
The dinner was arranged to celebrate the end of Britain's war with the US in ...
War, Peace, Politics and Reform - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
To the Inhabitants of the Staffordshire Potteries
This probing document contains anti-war, pro-Reform propoganda in the form of a series of questions posed to the reader.
War
The Potteries were ...
Wedgwood For Ever!! An 1832 election notice from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
In 1832 Josiah Wedgwood was to stand for election in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
His supporters in Hanley and Shelton proposed to gather in the Market Square, wearing laurel, at 5pm on 27 April.
From ...
Wedgwood's "perfect neutrality" - 1831 election notice from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
In July 1831, rumours were rife that Josiah Wedgwood II was to stand for election in a joint campaign with one of two candidates, Heathcote or Davenport.
Neutrality
Wedgwood felt that it was necessary ...
White Hart Hotel, Carter Street, Uttoxeter
The scene outside the White Hart on 25th January 1906. Major Ratcliffe, one of the partners of Bass, is addressing his supporters after his election as Conservative MP.
Why re-elect Mr. Bootle? An 1812 election notice from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
In 1812, Newcastle-under-Lyme had an MP both for the borough and the county.
Mr. Bootle had served for 16 years, but now his position was under threat.
One of the hottest political issues at the ...