James Gibbons Ltd., Wolverhampton
Women factory workers at James Gibbons Ltd, Wolverhampton, in the early 1970s. The photograph comes from a file relating to apprentices, so it may be that the ladies in this shot are undertaking some ...
Joe Law, Fred Bacchus and Alfred Price, outside the Smithy, Pattingham
John Perks & Sons Ltd., Wolverhampton
Young factory apprentices processing newly manufactured goods at the Monmore Green Works of John Perks & Sons Ltd in Wolverhampton. Manufacturing edge tools (such as the spade heads visible in this photograph), ...
Kemball Pit, Fenton
Stafford Collieries and Iron Works pits in Fenton. On the left is Kemball pit. In the distance, Sutherland and Homer. In between are some of the iron works old furnace buildings. the photograph wqs taken ...
Knutton Forge, Silverdale
Workers from Knutton Forge standing in front of the Forge buildings. Knutton Forge was an important manufacturing site with around 60 puddling furnaces and 5 rolling mills. The Forge was opened in 1851 ...
Lea Hall Colliery, Rugeley
A group of working coal miners receives a celebrity visit down the pit at Lea Hall Colliery, Rugeley in this photograph dated circa 1990. The clean overalls and ‘showbiz’ smiles of the celebrities (comedian ...
Leighton Ironworks staff, Uttoxeter
Samuel Bamford, the owner of the Leighton Ironworks, with his wife, standing surrounded by his workforce and company band.
Lloyd's Chain testing Station, Cradley Heath
The newly built Lloyd's Chain testing Station, Cradley Heath. The Staffordshire Public Chain & Anchor Testing Co. was founded in 1812 and later became Lloyds British Testing Co.
Photographer: Albert ...
Loading furnace, Bamford's foundry, Uttoxeter
Bamfords was founded in 1871 in Uttoxeter by Henry Bamford and made water pumps, taps and agricultural machinery. Joseph Cyril Bamford split off from the Bamford company in 1945 to set up what has become ...
Long Service awards, Bolton's Copper Works, Froghall
A group photograph of workers at Thomas Bolton's Copper Works at Froghall, on the occasion of the Long Service awards dinner in 1955.
Thomas Bolton & Sons set up a copper works at nearby Oakamoor in ...
Looking north over Westport Lake, Stoke-on-Trent
The camera was looking north up the Fowlea Brook valley, over Westport Lake. The embankment running across the middle of the photograph carried the Tunstall or Pinnox branch railway line, which left the ...
Looking south from Fenton Manor Station, Fenton
This was the view from the footbridge south of Fenton Manor Station looking towards Fenton. The station was opened in 1889 as part of the North Staffordshire Railway branch lines to Leek and Biddulph. ...
Looking towards Burslem from the Ravensdale area
The camera is looking south east towards Burslem from west of the main railway line at the end of Ravensdale Lane. The water surface of Westport Lake is visible in the left centre with the towers of Talke ...
Machine shop, Bamford's, Uttoxeter
A view of the enlarged Machine Shop at Bamford's works, Uttoxeter.
Bamfords was founded in 1871 in Uttoxeter by Henry Bamford and made water pumps, taps and agricultural machinery. Joseph Cyril Bamford ...
Making steel ingots. Goldendale Ironworks
This photograph shows molten steel being poured into slab ingots at Goldendale Ironworks and was taken between 1950 and 1960. As you can see from the rising steam men employed at steel works often laboured ...
Matthew Boulton
Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) was born in Birmingham, and followed his father into manufacturing small metal goods. He built the state-of-the-art Soho Manufactory at Handsworth, near Birmingham, and achieved ...
Milton Aluminium works, Redhills Road, Milton, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking along Redhills Road towards the entrance to the Milton works of British Aluminium. British Aluminium established rolling mills at Milton in 1897 and they remained until the works closed in 1965. ...
Molten steel, Goldendale Ironworks, Stoke-on-Trent
This image was taken at Goldendale Ironworks between 1950 and 1960 and shows molten steel being poured.
Despite our best efforts we have been unable to establish the copyright owner of this image although ...