Portrait of Mr. Gilbert Wardle with falcon, Leek
Gilbert Charles Wardle was born in 1862, and was one of the fourteen children born to Sir Thomas and his wife Elizabeth. He was their second son, but the first surviving boy, his elder brother Herbert ...
Portrait of Mrs Mary Broster, Leek area
Mrs Broster was the wife of William Broster, the owner of Waterloo Mill. Mr Broster employed 63 women and 40 men in 1881. The business was taken over in the second half of the 20th century by Lux Lux ...
Portrait of Silas Gibson, Leek
Silas Gibson was born in Leek in 1793. He was a silk manufacturer, who lived in Queen Street and latterly at Wall Hill with his son, Silas Jnr., also a silk manufacturer. Mr Gibson Snr. died in 1887, ...
Portrait of Sir Arthur Nicholson, Leek
Arthur Nicholson was born in Leek on July 15th 1842. He was educated at Leek Grammar School, before joining the firm, 'Brough, Nicholson & Co.', where his father Joshua was one of the partners. On 20th ...
Priory Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Priory Road was built in order to provide access to the town from the new suburb of the Westlands. The Silk Mill that was located on Friarswood Road can be seen on the right hand side of this photograph....
Recruitment Poster for Silk Piecers, Leek
Poster advertising vacancies at J. & J. Brough, Nicholson & Co., for girls of 11 and above.
Richard Cooper and Co. employees, The Wharf, Uttoxeter
Richard Cooper & Co., brought their corsetry and brassiere manufacturing business to Uttoxeter in 1890. The factory was housed in the old canal warehouse. This photograph is thought to have been taken ...
Rocester Cotton Mill
A view of the Cotton Mill at Rocester, showing the long east range built in about 1782 by Richard Arkwright. It was the major local employer until it closed in 1990. It was then purchased by JCB Excavators ...
Scarf boxing, Job White & Sons Ltd., Moorland Mill, Leek
These ladies are neatly packing scarves before tying the boxes with string. The picture was one of a number taken at Job White & Sons Ltd. during the year of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation.
Shannon's Mill, Lichfield Street, Tamworth
A front view of Shannon's Mill, which was a clothing mill. The mill was originally built by Thomas Cooke senior.
Silk bobbins and loom, Thomas Whittles Ltd., Leek
Silk bobbins and loom set up at the Wellington Mills on Strangman Street. The mills were built in 1853 and owned for most of their working life by Thomas Whittles Ltd., a family firm which traded from ...
Silk bobbins, Thomas Whittles Ltd., Leek
Silk bobbins set up at the Wellington Mills on Strangman Street. The mills were built in 1853 and owned for most of their working life by Thomas Whittles Ltd., a family firm which traded from the premises ...
Silk thread manufacture, Thomas Whittles Ltd., Leek
Dyeing and washing silk thread at the Wellington Mills on Strangman Street. The mills were built in 1853 and owned for most of their working life by Thomas Whittles Ltd., a family firm which traded from ...
Silk winding machinery, Thomas Whittles Ltd., Leek
Silk winding machinery at the Wellington Mills on Strangman Street. The mills were built in 1853 and owned for most of their working life by Thomas Whittles Ltd., a family firm which traded from the ...
Silk winding machinery, Thomas Whittles Ltd., Leek
Silk winding machinery and operator at the Wellington Mills on Strangman Street. The mills were built in 1853 and owned for most of their working life by Thomas Whittles Ltd., a family firm which traded ...
Silk winding machinery, Thomas Whittles Ltd., Leek
Silk winding machinery at the Wellington Mills on Strangman Street. The mills were built in 1853 and owned for most of their working life by Thomas Whittles Ltd., a family firm which traded from the ...
Sir Thomas Wardle, Leek
Thomas Wardle was born on January 26 1831 to parents Joshua and Mary. His father was the owner of a silk dyeing business at Cheddleton Heath, which Thomas joined at the age of about 16, and was soon followed ...
Sir Thomas Wardle's house, 54 St. Edward Street, Leek