Concert Party Programme, ROF Swynnerton
the front cover of a programme for a concert party put on by workers on Green Shift group 7A at R.O.F. Swynnerton, June 1945.
Workers at R.O.F. Swynnerton, a high percentage of which were women, filled ...
Control panel, No. 1 Brewery, Bass, Burton-upon-Trent
Graham Preece working at the control panel in No. 1 Brewery
Conveyor Belt, W.H. Dorman and Co. Ltd., Stafford,
Founded by William Henry Dorman in 1870 on Foregate Street, Dorman's began by manufacturing cutting tools for the footwear industry, but soon began to produce more specialised machinery such as printing, ...
Coronation decorations at Lotus Ltd, Stafford
The factory floor at Lotus Ltd. shoe factory, Sandon Road, Stafford, decorated for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded in the eighteenth ...
Coronation decorations at Lotus Ltd, Stone
The factory floor at the Lotus Ltd. shoe factory, Stone, decorated for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded in the eighteenth century ...
Coronation Decorations, Lotus Shoe Factory, Stafford,
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded in the eighteenth century by Thomas Bostock, a cobbler. His three sons started their own factories in Stafford, Stone and Northampton.
Edwin Bostock's ...
Coronation Party, Elkes' Biscuits, Dove Valley Bakeries, Uttoxeter
Hundreds of Uttoxeter children attended a coronation party held in the packing room at Elkes, to celebrate the accession of Queen Elizabeth II in June 1953. Each child was given a commemorative mug.
Crate Maker. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing a crate maker at work.
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 ...
Crown Devon Works, Stoke-on-Trent
A calcining kiln at S Fielding's Crown Devon Works off Whieldon Road. Originally part of the Railway Works, this photograph was taken next to the Stoke to Derby railway line. Calcining kilns were used ...
Crown Devon Works, Stoke-on-Trent
The last remaining bottle oven at Simon Fielding's Crown Devon Works on Sutherland Street, off Whieldon Road. Dating from the late 19th Century and finally demolished in 1987, the works produced crown ...
Cup Handlers. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with pottery workers putting handles on cups. Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Cup Handlers. Photographed by William Blake.
Postcard showing cup handlers at work in the Potteries, Staffordshire.
On the reverse of the post card it is stated that the image was taken in 1886. However, this date is too early. Blake was not ...
Cup Making. Turning.
Pottery factory interior showing a woman sponging cups after they have been machine turned.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.
This photograph is part of the collections ...
Cutting Clay for a Saggar. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing a pottery worker cutting clay for the making of Saggars.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire ...
Cutting Clay for a Saggar. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing a pottery worker cutting clay for the making of Saggars.
"Cutting Clay for a Saggar Maker. Prepared clay is placed in a heap and long slices are cut from it as required."
Cutting headwear and gloves, Job White & Sons Ltd, Compton Mill, Leek
The picture was one of a number taken at Job White & Sons factory during the year of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation.
Cutting Room, Lotus Shoe Factory, Stone
The Lotus factory on Longton Road manufactured ladies' shoes. The cutting room was where the various shapes required to make up a shoe were cut from sheets of leather.
Lotus was originally named Bostock's ...
Dairy workers, Fole Dairy, near Uttoxeter
preparation of condensed milk in the old mill building at Fole Dairy.
Fole dairy occupied the site of Fole Mill, originally built in 1771 for Henry Copestake. The Dairy opened in the 1920s and was ...