Edgar Platt's Hairdressers, Longton
Edgar Platt standing in the doorway of his men's hairdressers shop at 5, Uttoxeter Road (formally High Street), Longton, Stoke on Trent.
Note the metal pole bracket above the shop door which would ...
Electricity Exhibition, Assembly rooms, Tamworth
The machine being demonstrated here is the Braiding Machine, presumably then in use at the Hamel Mill. Fourth from the left is Mr W. Wright, Mill Manager of Hamel's Mill, with Miss Dorothy May Wright ...
Electricity Wiring and Generating Plant, Stafford,
Interior view of the electrical wiring and generation plant which opened on Bull Hill in 1895. Note the Electrical Engineer John Somerville Highfield on the left and manual worker on the right.
Elkes' Jazz Band, Dove Valley Bakery, Cheadle Road, Uttoxeter
Group photograph of the biscuit factory's mainly female marching band, pictured in front of the large doors at Elkes' factory.
Employee, Universal Wheel Grinding Co., Stafford,
The Universal Wheel Grinding Co. factory was established in 1913, on Doxey Road.
By the 1970s the company was the largest manufactory of emery wheels and grindstones in Europe.
Employees outside Bostock's Shoe Factory, Stafford,
Edwin Bostock's shoe factory was originally in Foregate Street, Stafford, but was destroyed by fire in 1901. This resulted in a new factory being built on Sandon Road, which opened in 1903.
Bostock's ...
Emptying Saggars. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with a view of pottery workers emptying saggars. Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Emptying Saggars. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing pottery workers in the process of emptying saggars.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.” ...
Enamel Kiln, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior depicting the placing of an enamel kiln. Enamel kilns are much smaller than bottle ovens, and because the whole inside of the kiln is made from refractory material do not need ...
Enamelling, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior showing enamellers at work inside a decorating shop. Taken at Sutherland China, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Enamelling
Enamelling is the process of painting on an underglaze ...
English Electric Co Glover Street, Stafford
Pictured is John Underhill by a mercury arc rectifier development anode at the High Voltage Test facility at Glover Street in Stafford. This Anode was to be used on the Nelson River DC Link in Canada. ...
English Electric Co. Stafford and Tanks
A “Cromwell” tank made by the English Electric Co. (identified by its number) on active service in France.
During World War II, the English Electric Co. Ltd placed its accumulated experience and engineering ...
English Electric Co. Stafford and the Ministry of Supply
English Electric staff and Ministry of Supply personnel are pictured during a visit to the Stafford Works. On the left: Mr J W C Milligan, Manager, Stafford Works, on the extreme right is thought to be ...
English Electric Co. Stafford Tanks on Cannock Chase
Pictured above is Brigadier-General G M Barnes, Assistant Chief of Ordnance, US Army with members of the Special American Mission accompanied by Major-General Crawford of the Ministry of Supply and British ...
English Electric Co., Ltd. Stafford
Senior Managers, guests and employees are pictured at the Stafford Works during a presentation to Mr George Horatio Nelson, Esq. M.I.E.E. At a later date Mr Nelson became the 1st Lord Nelson of Stafford ...
English Electric Co., M.R.I. (Meters, Relays and Instruments), Stafford
Pictured at St Leonard’s Works, Stafford, during an inspection of several process indicator/transmitters prior to their dispatch.
Left to right: Messrs. B Glavey, Superintendent, Relay and Instrument ...
English Electric Co., M.R.I., Stafford
Employees are pictured assembling protective relays at the M.R.I. (Meter, Relay and Instrument Division) at St. Leonard’s Works, which was located one mile from the Main Works in Stafford.
At the time ...
English Electric Co., M.R.I., Stafford
Employees are pictured in the Development Laboratory at the M.R.I. (Meter, Relay and Instrument Division) at St. Leonard’s Works, which was located one mile from the Main Works in Stafford.
At the ...