Joiners' shop, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
Interior view of the first floor of the Museum building before the joiners' equipment was moved out and the conversion work started.
Jolley Shop, Taylor Tunnicliff and Co Ltd, Stone
The Jolley Shop at Taylor, Tunnicliff's Stone factory. The terms jolleying and jiggering are often used to describe the same thing. Jolleying is the older of the two terms and has regularly been used ...
Jolleying Plates.
Pottery factory interior with a view of plate makers in a jolleying shop.
Clay is placed on a rotating mould and a profile tool is brought down onto the upper side.
The boy in the foreground is ...
Jubilee or Coronation celebrations, Lotus Shoe Factory, Stafford
The Lotus Ltd factory in Stafford decorated either for George V's Silver Jubilee in 1935, or the Coronation of George VI in 1937.
Lotus was formerly Edwin Bostock's shoe factory, which was on Foregate ...
Keats & Bexon Factory, Corporation Street
A view of the former Keats & Bexon factory on Corporation Street, now occupied by Travis Perkins building supplies. The original factory frontage (painted white) has since been demolished. The tower ...
Keg stores, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
Rows of kegs on two storey roller conveyors inside a large steel framed building. This new technology was part of Bass & Co.'s first efforts at automated keg storage and dispatch before the use of pallets. ...
Kerry Foods, Mosley Street, Burton-upon-Trent
Inside the Kerry Foods factory at Mosley, Street, Burton-upon-Trent. Kerry Foods are an Irish convenience food manufacturer, founded in 1972 in Lostowel, County Kerry. The Burton factory produces chilled ...
Laboratory at Blythe Colour Works, Cresswell
Interior view of the Laboratory at Blythe Colour Works. Pictured are H. Emery and R. Burdon.
The manufacture of underglaze colours in Cresswell began in 1870, when a small works was set up by Pigott ...
Lasting Department, Lotus Shoe Factory, Stafford
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded in the eighteenth century by Thomas Bostock, a cobbler. His three sons started their own factories in Stafford, Stone and Northampton.
Edwin Bostock's ...
Lasting Dept., Mason and Marson Shoe Factory, Stafford
In the lasting department shoe uppers were stretched across lasts before the soles and heels were added.
This is one of a series of postcards sent to the wife of an Australian shoe manufacturer, Fred ...
Lasting Dept., Mason and Marson Shoe Factory, Stafford,
In the lasting department shoe uppers were stretched over lasts before the heels and soles were added. Spare wooden lasts can be seen hanging from the ceiling.
This is one of a series of postcards ...
Lasting Room, Lotus Ltd, Stafford
The lasting or making room at Lotus Ltd., Sandon Road, Stafford. This department is where the shoe upper is attached to the sole.
Lotus was formerly Edwin Bostock's shoe factory, which was on Foregate ...
Lasting Room, Lotus Ltd, Stone
The Lotus factory on Longton Road manufactured ladies' shoes. This photograph is of the lasting or making room, where the shoe upper is attached to the sole.
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and ...
Lasting Room, Lotus Shoe Factory, Stone
The Lotus factory on Longton Road manufactured ladies' shoes. This photograph is of the lasting or making room, where the shoe upper is attached to the sole.
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and ...
Lasting Room, Lotus Shoe Factory, Stone
The Lotus factory on Longton Road manufactured ladies' shoes. This photograph is of the lasting or making room, where the shoe upper is attached to the sole.
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and ...
Launch of Honeycat Filters, Blythe Colour Works, Cresswell
Promotional photograph for the launch of Honeycat Filters at Blythe Colour Works, 1980.
The manufacture of underglaze colours in Cresswell began in 1870, when a small works was set up by Pigott and ...
Lea Hall Colliery, Rugeley
A group of working coal miners receives a celebrity visit down the pit at Lea Hall Colliery, Rugeley in this photograph dated circa 1990. The clean overalls and ‘showbiz’ smiles of the celebrities (comedian ...
Loading a Kiln.
Pottery factory interior depicting a man loading a kiln for an enamel firing.
In this case the basket of ware travelled through a circular tunnel kiln on rails.
Decorated pottery was often coal ...