Cooper's Workshop, Wedgwood Factory, Barlaston,
Frank Herriman was the last cooper to be employed by Wedgwood. He retired at Christmas 1974. At the Wedgwood factory pottery and china was packed into straw-filled barrels for transportation, until they ...
Copeland Street, Stoke-on-Trent
Copeland Street was a hive of activity in 1928. There were many businesses on this road, including Keelings timber merchants and Samuel Allsopp & Sons Brewery. The chimney to the right of the picture ...
Cross Street Brewery, Burton-on-Trent
The brewery was also known as 'James Eadie's', after the firm's founder.
Crown Maltings, Burton-on-Trent
The Crown Maltings as viewed from the Midland Railway. The owners of the brewery were L & G. Meakin.
Crown Street, Stone
Crown Street and Joules' Brewery (established in 1758). This site is now (2020) the B&M car park.
Joules produced Stone Ales for the home market and for export to Europe and America.
Joule's was ...
Dawson's Brewery, Stafford, beer bottle label
Oval beer bottle label advertising Dawson's Princess Royal Brewery best bitter.
Dawson's brewery was attached to the Princess Royal public house on Sandon Road, Stafford. The brewery closed in 1952....
Delivery Trucks and Drivers, Joule's Brewery, Stone,
Francis Joule came into possession of the White House Inn and brewhouse at Stone in 1758. Nine years later he demolished the inn and built a house, which later became the home of the head brewer. In ...
Demolition of Joule's boiler house, Stone
The chimney has just begun to fall into what is now the site of the Co-operative supermarket car park.
Chief Inspector Douglas Clarke is sheltering behind a brick pillar on Crown Street.
Demolition of Middle Yard Cooperage, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
View looking towards High Street.
Demolition of the Delhi Maltings, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
View of the "Delhi Front". The picture shows a good section through the structure, with a steep wall visible on the ground floor. A wagon turntable is visible in the foreground.
Diesel Locomotive, Burton-upon-Trent
This British Rail 2-car Cravens diesel multiple unit (DMU) is pictured at Burton-upon-Trent station when it worked on the B3 service from Burton to Leicester.
On the left there is a glimpse of the ...
Display of casks and tubs at Victoria Road School, Burton-on-Trent
These casks and tubs were produced by apprentice coopers at the local breweries.
Dixie Sidings Ale Bank, Burton-on-Trent
Workers posing on a cask pyramid. Standing in the foreground is a small wooden office, and two wooden cask hand carts are also visible.
Dray Horse, Bent's Brewery, Stone
Bent's Brewery was established in Newcastle-under-Lyme in the 1790s by William Bent. The business remained in Newcastle until 1936, when manufacture transferred to Liverpool.
The company expanded in ...
Dray Horses, Joule's Brewery, Stone,
Francis Joule came into possession of the White House Inn and brewhouse at Stone in 1758. Nine years later he demolished the inn and built a house, which later became the home of the head brewer. In ...
Dray Wagons and Drivers, Joule's Brewery, Stone,
Francis Joule came into possession of the White House Inn and brewhouse at Stone in 1758. Nine years later he demolished the inn and built a house, which later became the home of the head brewer. In ...
Eley's Brewery, The Green, Stafford
The buildings on the left (with pediments) are the office of Eley's Brewery. The brewery was founded by John Bishop in 1860. It was enlarged in 1875 and 1879, at which point he retired and sold it to ...
Employees at Bass Brewery, Burton-on-Trent
Group of personnel at Bass, standing outside No.2 Brewery.