The Canal, Stoke-on-Trent. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide with a view of Stoke Clay Wharf.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small folder containing ...
The Crescent, Wolstanton. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at The Crescent, Wolstanton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The Green Bus Co., Rugeley
The Green Bus and Co. offices and cafe in Taylors Lane Rugeley. The Bus is a AEC Regent built in 1930. It was bought by the Green Bus Co. in November 1939 from Nottingham City Transport and finally scrapped ...
The Intended Commercial Canal - Minutes of a meeting at the White Hart and Star Inn, Uttoxeter. From the Enoch Wood scrapbook
An ambitious new project has begun in Staffordshire - outlined at a meeting at the White Hart and Star Inn, Uttoxeter.
A transport revolution
A proposed new canal promises to transform the transport ...
The Proprieters of the Light Post Coach - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Post coach in the Potteries - Finally!
The national post coach service begins to run through the Potteries as part of the London to Liverpool service.
The Potteries had been trying to get this service ...
The Railway Line behind St. Luke's Church, Silverdale
This photograph shows a train on the railway line in Silverdale, the former mining village that lies just outside Newcastle-under-Lyme. The Silverdale line was originally opened to serve Silverdale colliery ...
Tipping Molten Slag at an Ironworks. Photographed by William Blake.
Industrial scene taken at Etruria Steel Works in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This view includes a steam engine and workers tipping molten waste known as slag.
Trent & Mersey Canal at City Road, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking north along the Trent & Mersey Canal at the City Road bridge. The wharf buildings (sometime the North Staffs Railway & Canal Company) on the left date from the 18th century. The photograph was ...
Trent & Mersey Canal Wharf, Stone
Henry Sproston's Coal merchants boat pictured at the wharf on the Trent & mersey canal, opposite the Star Inn, Stone. The gas works gasometer can be seen in the background - the site is now occupied ...
Trucks leaving a pot bank
Trucks leave a pot bank fully laden with pallets and crates of wares.
This image is featured by kind permission of the Churnet Valley Railway.
Union Inn, Measham, March 31st 1796 - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Post in the Potteries - 1796
In 1796 a national postal system using a fleet of coaches was growing in coverage but still did not directly serve the Potteries.
Many towns and cities not served by ...
Vehicle livery workshop, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
The photograph was taken by Terry Bassett who worked as a painter at Bass in the late 1950s, and shows the new livery on a Bass Worthington lorry, a Leyland Comet.
Vehicle livery workshop, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
The photograph was taken by Terry Bassett who worked as a painter at Bass in the late 1950s, and shows the new livery on a Bass Worthington lorry, a Leyland Octopus, registration number BFA 827.
Walker Brothers Oil Tanker, Leek
Walker Brothers Oil Tanker on a railway siding Leek Brook Junction.
In 1928 Walker Brothers Oil became William Walker and Sons (Hanley) Limited and until the end of the Second World War the company ...
Walter Hackett , Cheslyn Hay
Walter Hackett with horse and trap outside the old butcher's shop, High Street, Cheslyn Hay where he worked for butcher John Hall. The shop later became the Wool Shop. This building has been demolished ...
Wharf Street, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Wharf Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This is possibly the best known image from the collection. Blake, in a library entry for the North Staffs Field Club, describes ...
Wolverhampton Road, Cannock
A view of Wolverhampton Road, Cannock, looking towards the Market Hall. On the extreme left can be seen the sign for James Bond, motor car retailer. The lorry is probably a Model TT.
The postcard ...
Yew Tree House, Wolverhampton Road, Pattingham.
The picture of about 1960 shows Joe Caddick's transport yard behind his new house. The original building was sited in front of the new building, and a coachhouse was located where the entrance drive is. ...