Glass blower, Quickfit and Quartz, Stone
Ted Tighe and Ralph Wigg working on one of the first 200 litre flasks made at Quickfit and Quartz, Mill Street, Stone.
Quickfit and Quartz, makers of scientific and industrial glassware, began in ...
Glass blower, Quickfit and Quartz, Stone
Ted Tighe working on specialist scientific glassware developed for Property Perfumes at Quickfit and Quartz, Mill Street, Stone.
Quickfit and Quartz, makers of scientific and industrial glassware, ...
Goods label, Frederick H. Burgess Ltd., Eccleshall
Frederick H. Burgess founded his ironmongers and agricultural implement business in Eccleshall in 1900. The business was a success and by 1912 the headquarters had moved to Stafford, with branches in ...
Goods Receiving Department, Siemens Bros. factory, Stafford
Workers from the Goods Receiving Department with saddle tank locomotive at Siemens Brothers Dynamo Works, Stafford in about 1905.
Siemens Bros. Electrical Engineering Works opened its Lichfield Road ...
Goodwin's Engineering works and Foundry, Ivy House Road, Hanley
This photograph was taken from the corner of Leek Road looking north up Ivy House Road. The Goodwin Foundry is the large works on the right. The company has been on this site since being founded in 1883, ...
Gough & Co, Clough Street, Hanley
Gough & Co were "Buildings and Works Plant" manufacturers with premises on Clough Street. C lough Street ran from Marsh street west to Etruria Road. The eastern end has been cut through by The Potteries ...
Granflex Co Ltd works, Brick Kiln Lane, Stoke-on-Trent
A view north up the Fowlea Brook valley from Brick Kiln Lane area. In the foreground is the Granflex Roofing Co site. The company has been in Brick Kiln Lane since its foundation in 1949. In the far distance ...
Hampsfield House, the GEC Convalescent Home
This postcard view was published by GEC to advertise Hampsfield House, the company Convalescent Home near to Grange over Sands, Cumbria.
Hampsfield House was opened initially as the Sir George Nelson ...
Hand-built Car, John Bagnall's Carriage Works, Stafford,
This miniature petrol car was built by John Bagnall, who was often seen driving it around Stafford.
His hobby led to his model-making supply business which started in his father's engineering works ...
Hand-built Glider, Stafford,
Glider built by John Bagnall, seen in the fields behind Bagnall's Victoria Works in South Walls. The glider was built with the help of Stafford Aero Club, and was tested in fields near to Stafford Castle. ...
Horseley Bridge & Thomas Piggott Ltd., Tipton
An aerial view of the Horseley Bridge & Thomas Piggott Ltd. factory, Horseley Heath, Tipton, looking east. The road crossing the canal branch in the foreground is Horseley Road. The factory has been ...
Iron Foundry, 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, ...
J H Lines, Ltd., Christmas Dinner, Stafford
Members of the Sports and Social Club of Messrs. J H Lines, Ltd., the well-known Stafford firm of engineers, are pictured at their second annual dinner at the Co-operative Café, in Gaolgate Street, ...
James Watt
James Watt (1736-1819), Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer. As Boulton & Watt, he formed a successful partnership with Matthew Boulton, who owned the Soho Foundry works near Birmingham. He is ...
James Watt
James Watt (1736-1819), Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer. As Boulton & Watt, he formed a successful partnership with Matthew Boulton, who owned the Soho Foundry works near Birmingham. He is famous ...
JCB Lakeside Club, Rocester
JCB Lakeside Club on the Hollington Road was built in 1982 by converting an exisiting canal warehouse which served the now vanished Uttoxeter Canal.
John Bagnall in his Hand-built Car, Stafford,
Miniature petrol car built by John Bagnall whose family owned Bagnall's Carriage Works. The car had to be taxed, and he was often seen driving it around Stafford.
His hobby led to his model-making ...
John Bagnall's Engineering Works, Exterior View, Stafford,
Entrance to John Bagnall's carriage works, Pitcher Bank. The building was once used as a brewery, but has now been replaced by the Police Station and Magistrates Court.
The wagons and carts were built ...