Sandyford from Little Chell Lane, Little Chell
The photograph was taken looking westwards from the top of Little Chell Lane. The panorama includes Sandyford to the right with the, now demolished, spire of Christ Church, Tunstall towards the left edge. ...
Sevres Blue and Gold Vase, presented to Holditch Colliery Rescue Brigade, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The vase was presented to Holditch Colliery Rescue Brigade following the Holditch pit fire and explosion which killed 30 miners including an entire rescue team in July 1937. The vase is one of two made; ...
Shaffalong Colliery sod-cutting ceremony, Cheddleton
Onlookers at the ceremonial cutting of the first sod by Mrs James Meakin (in the centre of the photograph) at the site of the shafts for the new colliery venture at Shaffalong in October 1906. Children ...
Shaffalong Mine, Cheddleton
A view of the short-lived Shaffalong Mine at Cheddleton.
In 1904 James Meakin of Westwood Manor granted permission for boreholes to be dug to look for coal and iron on his land at Shaffalong, Westwood ...
Shaffalong Mine, Cheddleton
Offices of the Westwood Manor Coal and Iron Co. Ltd. at the short-lived Shaffalong Mine at Cheddleton.
In 1904 James Meakin of Westwood Manor granted permission for boreholes to be dug to look for ...
Shaffalong Mine, Cheddleton
A view of the short-lived Shaffalong Mine at Cheddleton.
In 1904 James Meakin of Westwood Manor granted permission for boreholes to be dug to look for coal and iron on his land at Shaffalong, Westwood ...
Shelton Bar and Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
A view from Wolstanton Colliery looking towards Hanley Deep Pit and Sneyd Colliery. In the foreground are the Rolling Mills of Shelton Bar.
Photographer: Herbert Ogden, Chief Area Surveyor for the ...
Shelton Bar and Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
A view from Wolstanton Colliery looking towards Hanley Deep Pit and Sneyd Colliery. In the foreground are the Rolling Mills of Shelton Bar.
Photographer: Herbert Ogden, Chief Area Surveyor for the ...
Shelton Bar and Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
A view from Wolstanton Colliery looking towards Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works. The pit head gear of Hanley Deep Pit is in the distance to the left.
Photographer: Herbert Ogden, Chief Area Surveyor ...
Shelton Bar Steelworks
When we were a fully integrated steelworks we stretched from Etruria right up to the Grand Hotel in Hanley – we’d got the plant spread out. The by-products from the iron-making furnaces – what’s known ...
Shelton Iron and Steel Works slag heaps, Stoke-on-Trent
The view south east from the Dryden Road and Barrett Drive area of Cobridge towards Shelton and Hanley. The church tower in the centre belongs to St Mark's, Shelton. The large and small mounds arte slag ...
Shelton Iron and Steel Works, Etruria
A view of the Trent and Mersey Canal at Etruria, showing Shelton Iron and Steel Works, Etruria. To the right is Etruria Hall, and in the distance are two spoil heaps made of the waste from local coal ...
Shelton Iron and Steel Works, Fowlea Valley, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph was taken from the Emerson Road area of Cobridge looking south down the Fowlea Valley. The foreground was once part of the old Grange Colliery which supplied the steel works using the ...
Shield winners outside Littleton Colliery
The shields are thought to have been awarded for inter-colliery sporting competitions. Left is Brian Mellor (Overman), right, Roy Metcalfe (Deputy).
Cannock and Huntington Collieries Company started ...
Sideway from Rookery Lane, Stoke-on-Trent
This was the view eastwards from Rookery Lane towards the Staffordshire Collieries and Iron works in Sideway. Alongside are the spoil tips of the coal and iron works. This is now the site of the Bet 365 ...
Sidings at Gypsum Mine, Fauld
Petrol locomotive at Fauld Gypsum Works.
Silverdale Colliery pit head, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This picture of Silverdale Colliery pit head was taken in June 1976. At the time it was one of the few remaining tandem head gears in the country and had been in existence for over 100 years.
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Silverdale colliery tunnel, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is an underground tunnel at Silverdale Colliery in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Silverdale, which ceased production in December 1998, was the last coal mine to close in the Potteries area.
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