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 ...
Fenton Collieries from Derry Stree, Fenton
This was the view from Derry Street, a short street running north off Grove Road looking north east towards Fenton. To the right are the chimneys and winding gear of Glebe Colliery and Brickworks, now ...
Fenton Colliery spoil tip from Duke Street, Fenton
The bungalow stands at the southern end of Duke Street just before the railway bridge. The spoil tip immediately behind belonged to Fenton (Glebe) Colliery and brickworks. A mineral line ran in a cutting ...
Fenton from Grove Road
This photograph was taken looking north east from the western end of Grove Road. On then left edge is Christchurch, Fenton and in the centre, the pithead buildings of Fenton (Glebe) Colliery with its ...
Fenton Manor House Farm, Fenton
Looking east across Fenton Manor Farm, with the farm buildings to the right and Berry Hill Colliery spoil tip to the left. Much of this land has been given over to a school, college and sports complex.
The ...
Fenton Manor marlpit, Fenton
This photograph was taken looking southwest over the marl pit towards Boothen. On the extreme right hand edge of the photograph are two of the floodlight pylons at the old Stoke City Victoria ground. ...
Fenton Manor Station, Fenton
Fenton Manor Station was on the old Biddulph Valley line and Leek branch of North Staffordshire Railway. The station was on Manor Street (then named Albert Street), just off Victoria Road. The line passes ...
Fenton Methodist Chapel, Fenpark Road, Fenton
The camera is looking westwards along Fen[park Road towards Fenton. The photograph was taken from just outside the United Methodist Chapel at the corner of Fenton Park. This chapel was built in 1900, ...
Fenton Vicarage, Glebedale Rood, Fenton
This was the old vicarage, Glebedale, at the junction of Glebedale Road and Christchurch Street in Fenton. Immediately behind is the edge of the spoil tip of Glebe (Fenton) Collieries and Brickworks. ...
Fenton. Staffordshire Coal and Iron Works, Sideway. 1930's.
Fir Tree Farm, Ball Green, Stoke-on-Trent
The farmhouse and outbuildings at Fir Tree Farm just off Whitfield Road in Ball Green. The stone house and cottage in the centre of the photograph date from the early 17th century and are grade II listed ...
Fireclay pit off Waterloo Road, Cobridge
A typical North Staffordshire "heaps 'n holes" photograph from the 1960s. The pit belonged to the Brookfield Brick and Saggar Works, dating from the 1870s, and behind is a spoil tip from Hanley Deep Pit ...
First Aid Team, Mossfield Colliery, Longton
This group includes Tom Ibbs sitting on the front row, far left.
Mossfield Colliery was sunk in the 1850s, with up to four shafts, and closed in 1963. The colliery was located near Adderley Green near ...
Florence Colliery miners going on a demonstration, 1984
During the miner's strike of 1984/1985 many miners and strike supporters travelled to demonstrations around the country. In later years it became illegal to picket any place of work other than your own.
One ...
Florence Colliery, Longton
Lantern slide with a view of a "modern pit head." Taken at Florence Colliery, Nr. Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Photographed by William Blake.This lantern slide appears to be one of a group ...
Florence Colliery, Longton
Florence Colliery was named after the eldest daughter of the 3rd Duke of Sutherland, the original mine owner. the first shaft was sunk in 1874, there were three shafts by 1916 and eventually the colliery ...
Florence Colliery, Longton
Florence Colliery was named after the eldest daughter of the 3rd Duke of Sutherland, the mine owner. The colliery became the Florence Coal and Iron Company in 1896 and was expanded to three shafts in ...