East Cannock wharf, Hednesford
The coal-loading wharf, East Cannock colliery canal basin near Hednesford. Cannock Chase coal was loaded to narrow boats for delivery to the Set midlands as fuel for steam powered boilers and later power ...
Ecton Church
Ecton Church was probably a 'Navvy' church and built for men working on the construction of the Manifold Valley Railway which opened in July 1904. Behind can be seen the spoil heaps of Ecton copper mine ...
Ecton Copper Mine
Spoil heaps at Ecton copper mines near Wetton in the Manifold Valley.
Mining was taking place at Ecton in the 17th century and was reputedly the first British mine to use explosives. The Dukes of ...
Ecton Copper Mine
A view of some of the 18th century smelter buildings and Ecton Church, with spoil heaps behind. Ecton Church was probably a 'Navvy' church and built for men working on the construction of the Manifold ...
Ecton Copper Mine and Church
A view of some of the 18th century smelter buildings and Ecton Church, with spoil heaps behind. Ecton Church was probably a 'Navvy' church and built for men working on the construction of the Manifold ...
Emptying lockers, Littleton Colliery
These photographs were taken on the last shift at Littleton Colliery in December 1993.
A miner can be seen clearing out his Pithead Baths locker, with probably his son looking on.
Engine House, Front View, Gypsum Works, Stowe-by-Chartley,
Gypsum is a source of plaster of Paris and was mined at the Normanwood Gypsum Mine at Hixon. The shaft was near Stowe. Gypsum was sent from Normanwood to London to make castings, particularly for dentists. ...
Engine House, Mossfield Colliery, Longton
Mossfield Colliery was sunk in the 1850s, with up to four shafts, and closed in 1963. The colliery was located near Adderley Green near Longton with shafts over a quarter of a mile deep. The mine produced ...
Engine House, Rear View, Gypsum Works, Stowe-by-Chartley,
Gypsum is a source of plaster of Paris and was mined at the Normanwood Gypsum Mine at Hixon. The shaft was near Stowe. Gypsum was sent from Normanwood to London to make castings, particularly for dentists. ...
Etruria Hall
The view northwards from the Trent & Mersey Canal with Etruria Hall in the centre and Shelton Steel works to the left. Behind the hall are the spoil heaps of Shelton and Racecourse Collieries. This photograph ...
Exterior view of Littleton Colliery
This picture of Littleton Colliery was taken from an area of open ground where the pit head baths were built in 1947, and shows general buildings, two pit head structures and a chimney. A road runs across ...
Extracting coal from the Winghay seam, Silverdale Colliery, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The miners in this photograph are using modern cutting machinery to extract coal from the productive Winghay seam at Silverdale Colliery. It was large coal seams like this that made Silverdale one of ...
Fanny Deakin, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Fanny Deakin was a Labour then Communist councillor for Newcastle-under-Lyme. She fought for better maternity care and equality after growing up poverty stricken in Silverdale. Over the course of her ...
Fauld explosion crater
An aerial view of the crater at Fauld, near Hanbury.
On the morning of November 27, 1944, a huge explosion took place after the accidental ignition of 3,500 tons of explosives stored by the RAF in ...
Fegg Hayes and Victoria Colliery waste tip, Stoke-on-Trent
The camera is looking north from the Springbank Road/Chell Heath Road area over Fegg Hayes. Victoria Colliery waste tip is in the centre. Onn the right edge of the photograph are some of the 110 prefab ...
Fegg Hayes Road and Chatterley Whitfield Colliery, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking east along Fegg Hayes Road towards Chatterley Whitfield Colliery. Oxford Road is at the end. Fegg Hayes Road was originally called North Parade. On the right edge is the entrance to the Lear ...
Fenpark Road looking towards Pole Dole, Fenton
This photograph was taken from just outside the Methodist Chapel on Fenpark Road, looking east towards Pool Dole. In the far distance is the spoil tip of Mossfield Colliery. The white building in the ...
Fenton Collieries
A misty view of the pit head buildings of Glebe Collieries and Brickworks (Fenton Collieries). The colliery operated from 1865 until closure in 1964. This photograph was taken from Victoria Place before ...