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Coal face, Tailgate Roadway, Rugeley
View of the coal face with pit props and roof supports. Four miners wearing helmets stand in the background.
Coal mine workings Cheadle area
Possibly taken at a rise, an underground shaft driven upwards.
This photograph was taken during the 1921 Miners Strike. During strikes, if miners knew where the coal seams outcropped, they would ...
Coal miners at Mid Cannock Colliery
This group of nine coal miners at waiting at the pit head for the 'kibble (bucket) to take them underground. To the side are two notices giving instructions on the use of the underground apparatus. The ...
Coal Pickers Strike, West Cannock 2, Hednesford
Local miners, who were on strike, with their families illegally picking coal off the colliery waste tips. The strike lasted for 6 months.
West Cannock Colliery Company had 5 sites:
No.1 plant (pit) ...
Coal pickers, Wimblebury
Following the Great War (1914-18) the British government returned the coal mines to private ownership on 31 March 1921 having taken direct control of the mines in 1916. The mine owners demanded that miners' ...
Coal Strike 1912. "Coal Getting." Photographed by William Blake.
Photograph of people picking surface coal from a steep quarry edge during the strike of 1912.
Coal Strike, Mar. 1912 "Gleaning coal From Old Pit Banks." Photographed by William Blake.
A picture taken in Stoke-on-Trent during the miner's strike of March 1912.
Men, women and children collect loose coal from the pit banks.
Coal Strike, March 1912. "Digging Coal out of Old Pit Mounds". Photographed by William Blake.
"Digging Coal out of Old Pit Mounds". People forage for coal during the strike during March 1912.
Coal Strike, March 1912. "Labour Works A Seam On Its Own Behalf." Photographed by William Blake.
Coal Strike, March 1912. "Labour Works A Seam On Its Own Behalf." Taken at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Coal Strike, March 1912. "Men Cutting Surface Coal". Photographed by William Blake.
Photograph taken during the national coal strike of 1912. The men are foraging for fuel by cutting surface coal. Taken at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Coal Strike, March 1912. "Royalty - Free Coal Getting". Photographed by William Blake.
Coal Strike, March 1912. "Royalty - Free Coal Getting". Taken at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Cobden Street, Dresden. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Cobden Street, Dresden, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The church building on the right was the Methodist New Connexion Chapel. The Elim Chapel on the corner of Cobden Street ...
Cock Inn, Woodseaves,
Thomas Henry Lees was a farmer and the landlord of the Cock Inn. He brewed and sold beer.
Coffee Tavern, Oakamoor
The 1911 census lists that Annie Tipper was running a tobacconists and confectionery shop here at the Coffee Tavern. Her husband was working at the nearby copper works as a wire drawer. The Tipper family ...
Colin Campbell's Crasher Band, Woodshutts Street, Butt Lane
The Butt Lane carnival was a popular event and entertainers such as Colin Campbell's band would have entertained people there. Carnivals in the area were often entertained by what were known as 'Crasher ...
Collecting Spuds, Uttoxeter schoolboys Farm Camp, Lower Cowley Farm, Gnosall
During the first year farm camp some of the boys were found work potato picking on a nearby farm. Their camp leader Mr Edward Wilson, wrote a short account of the boys' experiences. "The potato picking ...
Colliery Rescue Team, Hednesford
William Harrison's Colliery Rescue Team, winners of Cannock Chase Coal Owners Rescue Cup in 1939. This group photograph includes the six team members together with six competition judges and was taken ...
Colliery Winding House. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing the interior of a colliery winding house and two pit workers. The identity of the colliery is unknown.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation ...