Visitors at Blythe Colour Works, Cresswell
The visit of Stoke-on-Trent's Lord Mayor Cllr Bill Wass and Lady Mayoress to Blythe Colour Works in 1979. On the left is Bill Myatt, on the right in the white coat is John Goddard.
The manufacture ...
W.G. Bagnall Ltd., Engineering Works, Stafford
This view shows part of the Erecting Shops at W.G. Bagnall Ltd., which was established in 1870 in Castle Street, Stafford. Bagnall's first locomotive was produced in 1875, the company going on to produce ...
Wade's Pottery, Greenhead Street, Burslem
George Wade & Sons factory on Greenhead Street in Burslem. The Manchester Pottery and the neighbouring Flaxman Tile Works were known as the Greenhead Works, the centre of the Wade pottery empire. The ...
War work at Lotus Ltd, Stafford
A woman worker using a machine with 25-pounder high explosive munition shell casings either side of her.
From album of photographs of Lotus Ltd. shoe factory, Sandon Road, Stafford taken by Oswald ...
War work at Lotus Ltd, Stafford
A woman worker weighing munitions shells on scales. On the noticeboard on the wall is a poster with the message "Lotus shells 'not shoes' are best for Jerry".
From album of photographs of Lotus Ltd. ...
War work at Lotus Ltd, Stafford
A large pyramid shaped stack of munitions shells with woman using machine in background
From album of photographs of Lotus Ltd. shoe factory, Sandon Road, Stafford taken by Oswald Wild for 'Fortune' ...
Ward and Sons Shoe Factory, Stafford,
Ward's shoe factory was on Albert Terrace, Stafford.
The manager was Mr O. Finlow, seen in the centre of the photograph.
Warehouse. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide image taken in a pottery manufacturing warehouse with pottery workers packing ware.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled ...
Warehouse. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide image taken in a pottery manufacturing warehouse with pottery workers packing ware.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled ...
Warehouse. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide of a pottery factory warehouse housing lots of ware including mugs plates and jugs.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled ...
Whittles Silk Mill, Leek
Paul Anderton talks to Mr Whittles:-
We’ve come to the winding room now Mr Whittles.
That’s right. This is the top floor of the oldest part of the mill. This is where the silk is wound from skeins onto ...
Wiping Glaze. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide of a pottery worker wiping glaze.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small folder containing ...
Women Biscuit Brushing.
Pottery factory interior with a view of women sorting biscuit ware outside a kiln.
Biscuit is a term used for ware that has been fired but has not yet been glazed.
They are brushing and inspecting ...
Women Workers at Gladstone.
Pottery factory exterior with a group of female workers posing for a photograph.
Taken at Gladstone China, Uttoxeter Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, the worker's names are, left to right, Nellie Melpass, ...
Women workers, Chapman's Pottery, Longton
Group portrait of women glost workers. Probably taken at Chapman's pottery factory, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.
This photograph is ...
Woodroffe & Co., Albion Ironworks, Rugeley
Woodroffe & Co were agricultural engineers at the Albion Ironworks which stood on Mill Lane by the Trent and Meresy Canal in Rugeley. Agricultural machinery was already being manufactured at the Albion ...
Wood's furniture workshop, Kettlebrook, Tamworth
The workshop was on a hill, locally known as Jimmy Wood's Hill. The gentleman standing on the right in the bowler hat is Jimmy Wood. The young woman sitting down in the white dress in Miss Mary Ann Jones ...
Workers, Keats and Bexon Ltd., Stafford
Pictured shortly before the company's closure in 1967 are two long-serving employees at the Corporation Street factory. Jack Matthews, fitter (left) joined the firm in 1911. George Bowyer, sheet metal ...