To Potters - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Job Vacancies
Printed notice dated April 7th 1810, advertising work opportunities for dish-makers, plate-makers and muffin-makers at the Wood and Caldwell pot bank in Burslem.
Up to three years ...
To the Nobility, Gentry, and all Descriptions of Persons interested in preserving or producing Fac-similies of their writings. Document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Ralph Wedgwood the Inventor
Ralph Wedgwood had patented an idea for a device that allowed writers to make numerous copies of documents as they were being written.
The idea was basically similar ...
Token, Bill's Brilliant Oil Blacking, Walsall
A token coin advertising Bill's Brilliant Oil Blacking and Furniture Cream, from Walsall.
During the 19th century it was common for publicans, licencees and shopkeepers to issue their own tokens or ...
Token, E. Rowley, Walsall
A trade token issued by Enoch Rowley, grocer and provision dealer of 6 Church Hill, Walsall.
During the 19th century it was common for publicans, licencees and shopkeepers to issue their own tokens ...
Token, J. Wheeler, Brierley Hill
A copper farthing token issued by J. Wheeler, tea dealer of Brierley Hill.
During the 19th century it was common for publicans, licencees and shopkeepers to issue their own tokens or 'checks'. Most ...
Token, J.A. Dowdeswell, Uttoxeter
A copper token issued by John Arthur Dowdeswell, tobacconist and grocer, of High Street, Uttoxeter.
During the 19th century it was common for publicans, licencees and shopkeepers to issue their own ...
Token, John Austin, Willenhall
Copper farthing trade token issued by John Austin, miller, tea dealer and grocer of Stafford Street, Willenhall. Austin's business was taken over by Joshua Rushbrooke who issued his own farthings.
During ...
Token, Kent's Hatters, Longton
A copper alloy token coin advertising Kent's hatters whose shop was at Boardman's Buildings on the Strand, Longton.
During the 19th century it was common for publicans, licencees and shopkeepers to ...
Token, Stone Rifle Volunteer Club
One and a half pence copper token issued by the Stone Rifle Volunteer Club. The 40th Staffordshire (Stone) Rifle Volunteers were formed in 1860 under the leadership of Captain B.T. Fitzherbert (1836-1919) ...
Token, T. & F. Lewis, Bilston
A copper token issued by Thomas and Frederick Lewis, tea dealers and coffee merchants of Church Street, Bilston.
During the 19th century it was common for publicans, licencees and shopkeepers to issue ...
Token, Walsall Working Men's Club
A copper two pence token issued by Walsall Working Men's Club.
During the 19th century it was common for publicans, licencees and shopkeepers to issue their own tokens or 'checks'. Most of the checks ...
Trentham Hotel, Trentham
The Trentham Hotel stands on Longton Road in Hem Heath. Built on the site of the Roebuck Inn in the 1860s, the hotel replaced the Trentham Inn which stood on Whitmore Road. For some time the hotel was ...
Turberville's shop, Chadsmoor, Cannock
Turberville's grocery shop on the corner of Cannock Road and Moreton Street in Chadsmoor. Note the queue of people waiting outside the door of the Doctors' surgery.
Twigg Street, Brookhouse Green, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph shows terraced housing at Twigg Street, Brookhouse Green, prior to demolition to make way for the Bentilee housing estate.
When built in the 1950s Bentilee was the largest post-war ...
Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd., Stafford
Front cover of 'Useful Grinding Data', a book produced by Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd. of Stafford.
The Universal Grinding Wheel Co. was established on Doxey Road in 1913. The offices opened ...
Upper Brook Street, Rugeley
This postcard view of Upper Brook Street looks north-east towards Brook Square. On the left is the Globe Hotel and further along is Hindley’s café, several of the buildings on this side of the street ...
Upper Brook Street, Rugeley
A postcard view of Upper Brook Street looking from Brook Square. The shop on the left corner is Pascoe's newsagents and stationers business. They are advertising photographic materials in the window, ...
Vee Fireplaces Ltd., Newcastle Road, Stone
This advertisement for Vee ‘Artistic Tiled Fireplaces’, who also ‘specialised in schemes for Bathroom Wall Tiling’ was published in the Stone Guardian on Saturday 3 September 1955. They were based on ...