The clammins knocked down, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior with a view of an oven after the firing has taken place. This view shows the temporary seal, or ‘clammins’ knocked down and the saggars are still stacked inside. Taken at Hudson ...
The Contraband Hut, ROF Swynnerton
Contraband hut and attendant at R.O.F. Swynnerton.
Workers at R.O.F. Swynnerton, a high percentage of which were women, filled shells, bombs and other armaments, including 20mm shells for Spitfires, ...
The Counting House, Job White & Sons Ltd, Compton Mills, Leek
Towards the end of the 20th century the accounts office was turned into an art gallery.
The courtyard of Steventon & Sons Pottery, Burslem
John Steventon produced earthenware at the Royal Pottery, on Steventon Place, off Market Place in Burslem from 1923. The company goes back to the 1890s and the site was a pottery in the 1800s. This ...
The Dyehouse, Job White & Sons Ltd, Compton Mills, Leek
The men are hank-dyeing in wooden dye-barks. This age old method was still used locally until the 1960s, and until an even later date at Thomas Whittles' factory.
The English Electric Co. Ltd., shop floor, Butt Lane, Kidsgrove
Located on the Nelson Industrial Estate the factory opened in 1954 employing about 200 people. The factory worked on such things as advanced radar equipment, early computers and control panels. After ...
The English Electric Co., Stafford
Standing in the centre of this photograph wearing a hat is thought to be Mr Parkinson, Superintendent and on his right is Mr J Rogers, General Manager of Works. They are pictured with members of the ...
The English Electric Co., Stafford
Employees are pictured alongside a generator stator frame which would later form part of a hydro-electric generator for the Waitaki power station built on New Zealand’s South Island during the 1920s to ...
The English Electric Company and the LMS 10000
The LMS (London, Midland and Scottish Railway) Diesel Electric Locomotive No 10000 under construction at Derby Railway Works.
The locomotive was designed by the LMS Chief Mechanical Engineer, H G ...
The Foaming Quart, Greenhead Street, Burslem
The foaming Quart public house stood at the junction of Greenhead Street (straight ahead) and Overhouse Street (to the left) in Burslem. The public house appears on maps in the mid 19th century and was ...
The Order Office at Lotus shoes, Stafford
The order office at Lotus Ltd's factory on Sandon Road.
Use the 'zoom' tool to view the numbers corresponding to names of the people in the photograph:
1, unknown
2, Charlotte Clay
3, unknown
4, ...
The Potter's Printer at Work.
Pottery factory interior with a view of a potter's printer and his female assistant at work.
They are printing transfers using a 'press print' and an engraved copper plate.
Ink from the engraving ...
The Potter's Wheel, Wellington Works, Longton
Lantern slide showing a thrower and assistant working at a potter’s wheel, with a third worker manually turning the wheel at J.H. Cope’s Wellington Works on the corner of Commerce Street and Stafford ...
The Potter's Wheel. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with workers at the potter's wheel. Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The Potter's Wheel. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with workers at the potter's wheel. Taken at, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The Potter's Wheel. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with pottery workers at the potter's wheel. taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The Potter's Wheel. Photographed by William Blake.
Postcard with an view of two women operating a potter's wheel at a Longton pot bank in Stoke-on-Trent.
On the reverse of the post card it is stated that the image was taken in 1880. However, this date ...
Thomas Piggott & Co., Tipton
Women workers at the Thomas Piggott & Co.'s works in Tipton during World War I. Probably taken around 1917-1918, these war workers are engaged in heavy duty industrial activities traditionally undertaken ...