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Bucknall Flint Mill, Ruxley Road, Bucknall

George Edwards' Flint Mill on Ruxley Road. Also known as Bucknall Flint Mill it stands on the old mill stream or race taken off the River Trent near Finney Gardens. Ground bone and flint revolutionised ...

Bucknall Flint Mill, Ruxley Road, Bucknall

The courtyard of Edwards' Bucknall Flint Mill on Ruxley Road. On the left is a pile of Cornish stone (or China stone) ready for smashing and grinding by the stone crusher alongside. About 1747 it was ...

Building Department, Birchenwood Colliery, Kidsgrove

Birchenwood colliery opened in the 1890s, most of the coal being used for coke and other by-products. The colliery actually closed in 1932, but coke and other by-product production continued by using ...

Building of the New Wedgwood Factory, Barlaston,

Proposed design for the new Wedgwood Factory front at Barlaston, by architectural practice C.S. White and Keith Murray. Josiah Wedgwood (1730 - 1795) began his apprenticeship as a potter in 1744. ...

Building the clammins, Sutherland Works, Longton

Pottery factory interior with a view of a loaded kiln stacked with saggars prior to firing. The man is ‘building the clammins’, a temporary seal in the wall of the oven with an access point through which ...

Bullock & Bosson's premises, Clough Street, Hanley

Looking along the north side of Clough Street with Bullock & Bosson, typewriter and office furniture suppliers, in the foreground. Next along are F W Langley, electrical engineers, and Gough's engineering ...

Buntings Brewery, Uttoxeter

Advertisement for Buntings Brewery, producer of 'ales and stout'.

Buntings Brewery, Uttoxeter

View of the main brewery building taken from the yard, just prior to demolition. The brewery closed in the mid-1930s, after which time the Uttoxeter Urban District Council took over the premises for use ...

Buntings Brewery, Uttoxeter

The Uttoxeter Brewery Company was founded in 1829 by Thomas Earp and Edward Saunders. In the 1890's the brewery was bought by Charles Bunting, but it had closed by the 1930's.

Bunting's Brewery, Uttoxeter

Bunting's Brewery pictured before its demolition. The Uttoxeter Brewery Company was founded in 1829 by Thomas Earp and Edward Saunders. In the 1890's the brewery was bought by Charles Bunting, but it ...

Burgess & Leigh, Middleport

The transferring shop at Burgess & Leigh's pottery, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent. On the right, men are producing paper transfers. Pigment is applied to a copper plate and the design is transferred onto ...

Burgess & Leigh, Middleport

Enamelling at Burgess & Leigh's pottery, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent. Enamellers are applying on-glaze enamel paint before a further firing. Enamelling is the process of painting on an underglaze pattern ...

Burgess & Leigh, Middleport

Aerographing at Burgess & Leigh's pottery, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent. Applying glaze by pneumatic spray gun in booths. Aerography was the mechanical spraying of glaze onto pots. It was a useful technique ...

Burgess & Leigh, Middleport

The modelling shop at Burgess & Leigh's pottery, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent. Established in 1851, Hulme and Booth's Central Pottery in Burslem was taken over in 1862 by William Leigh and Frederick ...

Burgess & Leigh, Middleport

The flat shop at Burgess & Leigh's pottery, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent. In the foreground a worker is using a jigger to form the outside shape of a plate. Established in 1851, Hulme and Booth's Central ...

Burgess & Leigh, Middleport

The casting shop at Burgess & Leigh's pottery, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent. Workers are filling plaster of paris moulds with liquid slip. Established in 1851, Hulme and Booth's Central Pottery in Burslem ...

Burgess & Leigh, Middleport

The decorating room at Burgess & Leigh's pottery, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent. Paintresses are hand decorating dishes. Established in 1851, Hulme and Booth's Central Pottery in Burslem was taken over ...

Burgess & Leigh, Middleport

The General Office at Burgess & Leigh's pottery, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent. Established in 1851, Hulme and Booth's Central Pottery in Burslem was taken over in 1862 by William Leigh and Frederick ...