Royal Mail Regal Supervan, Reliant Works, Tamworth
In 1970, the Royal Mail purchased 50 Regal Supervan III vans on a trial basis to potentially replace the Morris Minor van. However, after trials no further Reliants were purchased.
The Reliant Motor ...
Royal Visit to Doulton Factory, Burslem
This is a typical newsreel of a royal visit. This visit is in 1913. A very important visit of King George the Fifth and Queen Mary. It was only two years after the King’s coronation. At this time the ...
Royal visits to the Reliant factory
Mountbatton is pictured here on the right viewing a Reliant Rebel, with Tom Scott, the Managing Director of Reliant, next to him. The lady pictured is Mountbatton's niece.
Running Out A Potters Frit Kiln. 1937. Photographed by William Blake.
Pottery workers "Running Out A Frit Kiln". Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Ryknield Engine Co. Ltd., Burton-upon-Trent
The Ryknield Engine Company Ltd., factory and offices were based on Shobnall Road, Burton-upon-Trent. In this view there is a date-stone of 1902 on the building just below the flagpole.
This short-lived ...
Ryknield Engine Co. Ltd., Burton-upon-Trent
This photograph shows several early Ryknield motor cars in various stages of construction in the factory assembly shop.
The Ryknield Engine Company Ltd., factory and offices were based on Shobnall ...
Ryknield Engine Co. Ltd., Burton-upon-Trent
This photograph shows the chassis or vehicle frame of a typical Ryknield motor car during early stages of production. The Ryknield Engine Company Ltd. factory and offices were based on Shobnall Road, ...
Saggar House at Maddock's.
Pottery factory interior with a view of the saggar house at Maddock's pot bank, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.
The workers in the picture are in the process of placing wares into saggars in preparation for ...
Saggar House. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior of the saggar house with two men at work emptying ware out of the saggar after firing. The white dust is either alumina or silica sand which was used as a bedding material for the clay ...
Saggar Makers. Circa 1930
A saggar maker and his apprentice at work in a tile factory in the Potteries. The apprentice would be known as a 'saggar makers bottom knocker'. The saggars were made of marl, which was hard wearing and ...
Saggar Makers. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with saggar makers at work. Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Saggar making at a pottery factory
Pottery factory interior showing two men and a boy saggar making. Saggars are containers made from fireclay which protected pottery in the kiln from the intense heat and smoke during bottle oven firing. ...
Saggar making, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior showing a saggar maker finishing a saggar.
Taken at Sutherland China, Normacot Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Saggars are containers made from fireclay which protected pottery ...
Saggar Making.
Pottery factory interior showing a saggar maker and a saggar maker's bottom knocker at work.
Saggars are containers made from fireclay which protected pottery in the kiln from the intense heat and ...
Saggar Making.
Pottery factory interior showing workers in the process of saggar making.
The man on the left is making bases and was known as a saggar maker's bottom knocker.
The man on the right is joining sides ...
Saggars and Mugs. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with saggars and mugs ready for placing. Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Saggars and Mugs. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with saggars and mugs ready for placing. Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Salt Works
Salt was traditionally made by filling large vats with brine from local springs in Stafford, evaporating this and – after evaporation – taking out the salt. To meet the needs of industry for large quantities ...