Jamage Rescue Brigade, Jamage Colliery, Kidsgrove
On the 12 January 1918 there was an explosion at the Minnie Pit and 155 men and boys were killed. This photograph was taken before the Rescue Brigade descended into the pit. Pictured left to right on ...
James Cox, Dept. Superintendent of the Fire Brigade, Burton-on-Trent
Mr Cox stands proudly in front of a fire engine in the station. He is wearing a long service medal and full uniform, including a metal fire helmet. James Cox was Dept. Superintendent of Burton Town Fire ...
Jiggerer and Mould Runner.
Pottery factory interior with a view of a jiggerer and young mould runner making plates.
A flat piece of clay is placed on the rotating mould and a levered profile tool is brought down upon it.
The ...
Jiggering a dish in a pottery factory
Pottery factory interior showing a man making a dish using a jigger. flat piece of clay is placed on the rotating mould and a levered profile tool is brought down upon it.
The batter on the right ...
Jiggering and Casting.
Pottery factory interior showing a man making dishes using a jigger.
A flat piece of clay is placed on the rotating mould and a levered profile tool is brought down upon it.
The mould shapes the ...
Jiggering at Gladstone.
Pottery factory interior with a view inside a flatmaking workshop.
The worker is seated at a jiggering bench.
Jiggering was a way of fashioning flat wares using a combination of moulds and profile ...
Jiggering Workshop, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior with a view of a jiggering workshop. The picture includes the caption "Jolliers Making Saucers and Plates" but this process is normally known as jiggering. The jiggerers are making ...
Jiggering.
Pottery factory interior showing a man making plates using a jiggering machine.
A flat piece of clay is placed on a rotating mould and a levered profile tool is brought down upon it.
The mould shapes ...
Jim and Amy Craig, Derrington
Amy Craig was aged 33 at the time this photograph was taken and was pregnant with Muriel Amy, one of her four daughters. Jim was on Embarkation Leave following his call up to serve in the Northamptonshire ...
Jim Sutton, Cheddleton
A studio portrait of Jim Sutton of Cheddleton in the uniform of the Royal Artillery. He was born in Cheddleton on 2 April 1882 and lived at Babylon Row at the time. He married Louisa Sutton in 1939 ...
Joe Caddick, Pattingham
Joe was a cook for Officers throughout the Second World War.
John (Jack) Hart, Rugeley
Pictured is John Hart, known as 'Jack'. Initially Jack’s trade was as a motor mechanic, later he joined the Royal Air Force and was demobilised during November 1919. At the age of 25 Jack joined the ...
John Davies medal presentation, Buckingham Palace
John (Jack) Davies of Colwich was a gunner on Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (DEMS) during World War II. He was awarded the D.S.M. in 1945 and was presented with it by King George VI at Buckingham ...
John Spellar M.P. visits RAF Stafford
Pictured left to right: Mark Gripton; Alan Deghorn; John Spellar M.P., the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence; Mr Spellar’s unidentified aide; and Howie Jones. They are in the Mechanical ...
Jolley Shop, Taylor Tunnicliff and Co Ltd, Stone
The Jolley Shop at Taylor, Tunnicliff's Stone factory. The terms jolleying and jiggering are often used to describe the same thing. Jolleying is the older of the two terms and has regularly been used ...
Jolleying Plates.
Pottery factory interior with a view of plate makers in a jolleying shop.
Clay is placed on a rotating mould and a profile tool is brought down onto the upper side.
The boy in the foreground is ...
Joseph Charles Farmer, Royal Artillery
A portrait of Joseph Charles Farmer in his Royal Artillery uniform in 1917. During peacetime his profession was head gardener. He married Gertrude Beatrice Johnson of Tean at Cheadle in 1913. In 1914 ...
Joseph Wilmott, Town Hall, High Street, Uttoxeter
Joseph Wilmott (Joey) was the Town Hall keeper in the early 1900s. He is seen here, in front of the Town Hall wearing his uniform of frock coat and top hat, and carrying a large bunch of keys.