Longton Cottage Hospital greetings card
Longton Cottage Hospital was built in Upper Belgrave Road in 1889-90 on land given by the Duke of Sutherland. It replaced an earlier building which stood on Mount Pleasant (now Lawley Street).
Longton Cottage Hospital staff
Longton Cottage Hospital was built in Upper Belgrave Road in 1889-90 on land given by the Duke of Sutherland. It replaced an earlier building which stood on Mount Pleasant (now Lawley Street).
Longton Cottage Hospital staff
Longton Cottage Hospital was built in Upper Belgrave Road in 1889-90 on land given by the Duke of Sutherland. It replaced an earlier building which stood on Mount Pleasant (now Lawley Street).
Longton Cottage Hospital, Normacot
Staff and patients on the Men's Ward.
Longton Cottage Hospital was built in Upper Belgrave Road in 1889-90 on land given by the Duke of Sutherland. It replaced an earlier building which stood on Mount ...
Longton Cottage Hospital, Normacot.
Photograph taken from Stone Road (later Lightwood Road) before extensions had been made to the hospital. Longton Cottage Hospital was built in Upper Belgrave Road in 1889-90 on land given by the Duke ...
Longton Cottage Hospital. Photographed by William Blake.
Longton Cottage Hospital. Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Longton Cottage Hospital. Photographed by William Blake.
A view of Longton Cottage Hospital possibly taken from Upper Belgrave Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Lounge, Coton Hill Asylum, Stafford
Coton Hill Asylum was built in the 1850s and opened in 1854. It was originally built as an extension to the County Asylum in order to house private patients. It was to be known as The institution for ...
Lounge, Royal Brine Baths, Stafford,
The brine baths were believed to cure rheumatism, the warm brine improving circulation. Each patient was allotted a private bath and dressing room.
In the 1880s a thick bed of salt was discovered ...
Lovers' Walk, Brancote Woods, near Stafford
Photograph taken along the path that leads from St Thomas's Priory to Holdiford Road, Milford with the River Sow, Railway and Canal running to the left. Published by Valentine & Sons of Dundee and Lodnon ...
Lymewood Hospital, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This hospital was built in 1901 for men only, and had 36 beds. It was used in later years as an old people's home. The building used to be situated off Lymewood Road in the town but it has since been ...
Magneto Electric Machine
The Magneto Electric Machine was an early electro-therapeutic device. It was to used to treat 'nervous disorders'. A patient would place their fingers in the metal tubes and an electric current was generated ...
Making food parcels for miners' families, Florence Colliery, Stoke-on-Trent 1984
The miner's strike of 1984/1985 saw many miner's families experience hardship as no money was coming in either through wages or benefits. Womens action groups set up food centres which packaged donated ...
Making food parcels, Florence Colliery, Longton
During the miners’ strike of 1984-1985 striking workers received no pay or benefits and many families fell on hard times. People donated food to local collection points like this one at Florence colliery ...
Male hospital attendants' Christmas dinner, Male Staff Dining Rooom, St. Edwards Hospital, Cheddleton
By the amount of food on their plates these smartly dressed young men look like they are just about to start eating! Most of them also have their choice of Christmas drink - a pint of beer. This meal ...
Male imbecile ward, Stoke workhouse, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent
This plan is of the male imbecile ward (so called at the time) built in 1894 at Stoke workhouse on Newcastle Road. Workhouses were originally meant to be places where the poor could work in return for ...
Malloy House under construction, Cheddleton
Malloy House under construction at Cheddleton Asylum. The house was originally the home of the superintendent of the hospital, and was designed by Giles, Gough and Trollope, architects of Cheddleton Asylum. ...
Malloy House, St. Edwards Hospital, Cheddleton
The former home of Dr. Malloy, built in the early 1900s is now (in 2003) a listed building.