Looking towards Burslem from the Ravensdale area
The camera is looking south east towards Burslem from west of the main railway line at the end of Ravensdale Lane. The water surface of Westport Lake is visible in the left centre with the towers of Talke ...
Louise Street, Burslem
The camera is looking south west along Louise Street from close to its junction with High Lane. At the bottom is Lorne Street and the Port Vale FC ground (Vale Park). The tops of three floodlights are ...
Machine for scouring ware, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior showing pottery workers scouring ware.
Taken at Sutherland China, Normacot Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Scouring is the process of removing rough bits from the surface ...
Making Basins.
Pottery factory interior.
The man is making large basins using a vertical jolley.
A jolley was a machine for making shapes out of solid blocks of clay. It consisted of a rotating wheel, a mould ...
Making Cow Cream Jugs. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing a pottery worker in the process of making Cow Creamer Jugs.
Making Cups using a Jolley.
Pottery factory interior showing a woman using a jolley to make cups.
A jolley was a machine for making shapes out of solid blocks of clay. It consisted of a rotating wheel and a levered profile tool. ...
Malkin Tile Company, Newport Lane, Middleport
The camera is looking southwards along Newport Lane with Malkin's Encaustic Tile Works on the right. The large square building in the background is one of the rolling mills at Shelton steel works.
Malkin ...
Man in casting shop, Minton's Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent
Pottery factory interior taken in a casting shop. The pottery worker is fettling and sponging a plate with an incised decoration. Tools, brushes and moulds can be seen on the worker's bench. Taken at ...
Mantec Ltd, Uttoxeter Road, Longton
Mantec Technical Ceramics Ltd., formally Taylor, Tunnicliff & Co., are manufacturers of industrial ceramics.
Market Place, Burslem
To the right is the eastern end of the old Town Hall in Burslem and beyond the civic gardens, the shops on Market Place. The photograph was taken from Wedgwood Street. Where the gardens are was the site ...
Marl Hole and Coal Tip, Berry Hill, Stoke-on-Trent
Industrial landscape with a view of a coal tip and marl hole. Photograph taken by Longton photographer, William Blake.
Marl Hole and Shard Ruck. Photographed by William Blake.
Postcard containing an industrial landscape with a view of the Daisy Bank marl hole and shard ruck, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
These huge holes were created due to the large scale extraction ...
Marsden's Tiles, Middleport
Mardsen's Tiles works were on the corner of Dale Street and Newcastle Street. This photograph was taken from Newcastle Street, Dale Street runs off to the left. The Marsden Tile company operated from ...
Mayer's and Sherrat's.
Pottery factory interior showing cup makers in a jolleying workshop.
Taken at Mayer's and Sherrat's pot bank, Stoke-on-Trent.
The four people are identified on the original copy of the photo. They ...
Meakin's Newfield Pottery, Tunstall
Alfred Meakin's Newfield Pottery stood on High Street between Tunstall and Sandyford in the area known as Newfield. Just to the right of the photograph were Newfield Sidings, at the end of the Newfield ...
Melbourne Works, King Street, Fenton
Close up of the main entrance to Melbourne Works in Foley. The companies listed by the main door are Hales, Hancock & Goodwin Ltd, British Pottery and Healacraft Ltd.
Middleport Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent
A view of Middleport Pottery from the Trent and Mersey Canal.
Established in 1851, Hulme and Booth's Central Pottery in Burslem was taken over in 1862 by William Leigh and Frederick Rathbone Burgess, ...
Middleport Pottery.
Pottery factory exterior, chimney and bottle oven, taken at Middleport Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent.
Allotments and greenhouses can be seen in the foreground.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum ...