Church Schools, Swynnerton
The former Roman Catholic School building on the main road through Swynnerton, just north of St. Mary's church. It was built in 1856.
Church Street and Lower Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The area in the foreground of this photograph has changed greatly through the years and this scene was not recognisable in 2002. The shops are, from left to right, John Hamrouse, Grocer, Thomas Sproston, ...
Church Street, Alstonefield
Huge snow drifts on Church Street, Alstonefield during the exceptionally harsh winter of 1947. The village was all but cut off from the outside world for 8 weeks in February and March.
Clay Pool and The Mount, Alstonefield
The Mount was for a time the village Post Office. It was later converted into two houses, for the District Nurse and the Policeman. Clay Pool was filled in in the 1970s.
Clay Wedger. Photographed by William Blake.
Portrait of a pottery worker known as a clay wedger 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 ...
Clifford Gaskin with 1901 Sunbeam Mabley
Pictured in the driving seat rasiing a glass is Joules employee Clifford Gaskin, Foreman Cooper.
Mr Gaskin was well known in Stone as the 'nanny' of this very rare 1901 Sunbeam Mabley car, which had ...
Clifford Gaskin with 1901 Sunbeam Mabley, Stone
Clifford Gaskin, Foreman Cooper with a 1901 Veteran Sunbeam Mabley car owned by John Joule & Sons, Ltd. As their first car, it may have been one of the earliest motor cars seen on the roads in North Staffordshire.
Mr ...
Clifford Gaskin, Apprentice Cooper, Joule's Brewery, Stone
Clifford Gaskin's working life with John Joule & Sons Ltd. started as an apprentice cooper in 1936 in the days when beer was delivered in wooden barrels. He was later Head Cooper before becoming Tank ...
Clock and Market Place, Willenhall
A busy market day in Willenhall. This area is now pedestrianised but the buildings are still identifiable.
With the number of working men visible at and around the stalls, it was probably a Saturday ...
Clock mechanism, Skerrett, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Photograph of a large clock mechanism, repaired or maintained by A.J. Thornton, clock and watch maker, Old Road, Stone in about 1950. This clock was made by Skerrett of Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1888. ...
Coal Delivery, "Chatterley Whitfield"
Coal for the domestic hearth. An old man leads his donkey and cart in the muddy lane outside Whitfield House in winter.
Coal Strike, March 1912. Coal Pickers at Florence Colliery, Longton, Stoke-On-Trent. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Florence Colliery, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
People scavenge for bits of coal during the coal strike of 1912.
Named after the Duke of Sutherland's daughter, the pit was opened ...
Cobbler, Church Road, Codsall
The cobbler is Thomas William Jones, who operated on Church Road in Codsall. He was a relative of a local primary school teacher, Mrs Cockerill, whose maiden name was Jones.
Constructing huts at Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
Pictured are local workers taking a break from erecting one of the wooden huts which made up Brocton Camp.
The soldiers being trained at the two military camps on Cannock Chase during World War 1 lived ...
Cooper at Joule's Brewery, Stone
Ken Shelley at work, finishing off the repair of a beer cask by driving on the top or chime hoop. Ken was apprenticed as a cooper at Bass brewery in Burton upon Trent. Joule's cooperage stood behind ...
Cooper at work, Burmans Cooperage, Dallow Street, Burton-On-Trent
The original firm was called J. Burman & Son, Hawkins Lane, Burton-On-Trent. It was a cask repair firm only. In 1939 they took over J. Grout & Co., Dallow Street Cooperage, which was a firm somewhat run ...
Cooper at work, Burmans Cooperage, Dallow Street, Burton-On-Trent
The original firm was called J. Burman & Son, Hawkins Lane, Burton-On-Trent. It was a cask repair firm only. In 1939 they took over J. Grout & Co., Dallow Street Cooperage, which was a firm somewhat run ...
Cooper branding casks, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
One of the Bass coopers in No.2 Brewery, branding a row of casks which look like re-makes. Behind him is a beck iron and to the side are a pile of hoops.