Oatcake making, London Road, Stoke on Trent
Collecting Staffordshire oatcakes from the griddle to put on racks to cool. Photograph taken at Mr. Hancock's oatcake shop on London Road, Stoke on Trent
Oatcake slice
Used for turning over Staffordshire oatcakes when cooking on a griddle. Wooden handle with metal blade. Collected from a commercial oatcake shop in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
From the Staffordshire ...
Off the Hook fish and chip restaurant, Stafford
Off the Hook fish and chip restaurant at 16 Mill Street on the corner with Water Street, Stafford. On the end gable is a painted 'Ghost' advertisement for Joules Stone Ales. The sign dates from the building's ...
Office building, Wilts United Dairies Creamery, Uttoxeter
Office building at the Wilts United Dairies creamery, Brookside Road, Uttoxeter.
Uttoxeter Creamery opened on 29 September 1897 on a site close to the railway station. The business rapidly expanded, ...
Old Betty Plant's sweet factory, Hanley
Old Betty Plant's was a confectionery business on the corner of Morley Street and Statham Street in Hanley. The "Old Betty" name came from the wife of the founder, Albert Plant. The factory in Statham ...
Old Brewery Water Tower, Bass Brewery, Burton-on-Trent
The Old Brewery Water Tower, built in 1866, and Well House, photographed from the Worthington Town House Garden.
Old Brewery Yard, from High Street, Burton-on-Trent
Old Bull's Head Inn, Lad Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Photograph of the Old Bull's Head Inn in Lad Lane.
The core of the pub is believed to date from the early 17th Century, the typical outside timbers which would have dating from this period were covered ...
Old Vine Inn, Bridge Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
View of the Old Vine Inn with possibly George Rowe, landlord, in foreground.
Oriental figures, Market Street, Stafford
Late 18th Century ornamental figures of Chinese tea-tasters. Made from brick and tile rubble, cemented together and covered in plaster. Detail modelled in plaster on a brickwork base. Formerly on the ...
Ovens at the Heath Bakery, Uttoxeter
At the time of this photograph the Heath Bakery owned at the time by John Walker. John's father (also named John) bought the Heath Bakery in November 1929 from Joshua 'Jos' Blore. John Jr retired in ...
Overhead conveyor under construction, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
View from the Joiners' shop, showing the conveyor passing over a cut-out on the fire station roof. The engine shed is in the foreground, and one of Worthingtons' petrol locos is visible on the left.
Packers at Elkes Biscuit Factory, Uttoxeter
Elkes Biscuit Factory started life as Elkes' Cafe on the corner of High Street and Carter Street, Uttoxeter. It was here that Mr C. Elkes began to make biscuits in 1924. By 1927 demand for Elkes' biscuits ...
Paddy's Superstore, Rugeley
A wine display showing the stores low-cost philosophy of not using specialised racking, and merely cutting the tops from cartons. This approach is also shown with the adjacent stacked cans on wooden pallet ...
Pakeman's grocer's shop, Market Place, Uttoxeter
A shop assistant serving a customer at the bacon counter in Pakeman & Co.'s grocers and provisions shop, Market Place, Uttoxeter. The advertisement for the upstairs restaurant can be seen in the window ...
Park Street Maltings, Burton-on-Trent
The maltings were part of James Eadie's Cross Street Brewery.
Payload Bulk Grain Semi Trailer, Shobnall, Burton-on-Trent
This Bass Charrington 15 tonne Payload Bulk Grain Semi Trailer with Scammel Tractor unit is being filled up at Shobnall. When Bass purchased the trailer in the 1970s it cost £2,441.
People in garden, Uttoxeter area
A large group of elderly men and women, some seated, in front of a formal rose garden. We do not know the location or the event, but it is probably in the Uttoxeter area. Please get in touch if you can ...