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Firing a kiln in a pottery factory

Pottery factory interior depicting a man firing a kiln. Formed ware is made hard by exposing it to very high temperatures, which was commonly achieved by firing it in a bottle oven. The bottle ...

Firing Pottery. Photographed by William Blake.

Lantern slide with a view of the smokey industrial landscape as pottery manufacturers fire their products in kilns and ovens. This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation ...

Flag Tower, Alton Towers

The Flag Tower stands five storeys high and and at one time served to provide excellent views of the surrounding countryside. It occupies the highest point of Bunbury Hill to the west of the house. The ...

Floodgate Cottage, Trentham

Floodgate Cottage, Trentham. Photographed by William Blake.

View of Floodgate Cottage, Trentham, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

Floods, Bridge Street, Stafford

This view was taken from outside The Picture House. In the centre is the public library which occupied this site until 1999, when it moved to part of the Shire Hall on Market Square. The building on ...

Floods, High Street, Stone,

In August 1987, the Scotch Brook culvert burst causing much flooding.

Floods, Newport Road, Stafford,

A long period of rainy weather resulted in the River Sow rising to its highest level ever recorded, flooding the railway station and stopping all traffic. At the junction of Newport Road and Bridge ...

Floods, Pilgrim Street, Stafford,

A long period of rainy weather resulted in the River Sow rising to its highest level ever recorded, flooding the railway station and stopping all traffic. At the junction of Newport Road and Bridge ...

Floods, St. Thomas' Mill, Stafford

View of the flood from St. Thomas' Mill.

Florence Camm, stained glass studio, Smethwick

Born in Smethwick in 1874, Florence Camm was a talented artist, stained glass designer and decorative metalworker. She studied at Birmingham School of Art between 1892 and 1910, and exhibited regularly ...

Florence Colliery, Longton

Lantern slide with a view of Florence Colliery, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Photographed by William Blake. Named after the Duke of Sutherland's daughter, the pit was opened in 1874 and was worked ...

Florence Colliery, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.

Industrial landscape taken at Florence Colliery, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Named after the Duke of Sutherland's daughter, the pit was opened in 1874 and was worked until 1990.

Florence Colliery, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.

Industrial landscape including Florence Colliery, Longton, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire. Named after the Duke of Sutherland's daughter, the pit was opened in 1874 and was worked until 1990.

Florence Colliery. Photographed by William Blake.

View of Florence Colliery, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Named after the Duke of Sutherland's daughter, the pit was opened in 1874 and was worked until 1990.

Foley China Works, Fenton

Pottery factory exterior taken at the Foley China Works, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent. Date unknown but the photograph was taken before 1978. Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection. ...

Foregate Street, Stafford,

This view of Foregate, looking towards Greyfriars, is virtually unrecognisable today. The photograph is taken from just beyond the junction with St. Patrick's Street, and the cobbled area and lamppost ...

Foresters Convalescent Home, Walton Pool, Stourbridge

This nursing home was founded by the Ancient Order of Foresters and built in 1893. During World War II the home was arefuge for children evacuated from Birmingham and Felixstowe. It has been a private ...