Staffordshire Pottery Manufacturers discuss Crime on the Canals - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
At the meeting described in this pamphlet, pottery manufacturers complained that their wares were regularly stolen in transit on the canals - despite precautions taken by some carriers.
This problem, ...
Token, Bill's Brilliant Oil Blacking, Walsall
A token coin advertising Bill's Brilliant Oil Blacking and Furniture Cream, from Walsall.
During the 19th century it was common for publicans, licencees and shopkeepers to issue their own tokens or ...
Union Hotel and the old Fire Station, Longton
This photograph was taken at the junction of Uttoxeter Road and Commerce Street (off to the right) in Longton, signed with old style finger posts. The building on the left was the Union Hotel and to its ...
Women with horse and mower, Newborough
Cutting hay with a horse-drawn finger-bar mower. This snapshot photograph was probably taken in the Hadley lane area, to the north of Newborough, and may include members of the Emery family.
Yarnfield village
The junction of Yarnfield Lane and Highlows Lane. On the left is the row of cottages known as Pink Row. Note the old telephone kiosk which was near the village hall. There also appears to be a finger ...