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Contraction in Firing. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide illustrating the effects of firing on ware.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small ...
Control panel, No. 1 Brewery, Bass, Burton-upon-Trent
Graham Preece working at the control panel in No. 1 Brewery
Conveyor Belt, W.H. Dorman and Co. Ltd., Stafford,
Founded by William Henry Dorman in 1870 on Foregate Street, Dorman's began by manufacturing cutting tools for the footwear industry, but soon began to produce more specialised machinery such as printing, ...
Conway Pottery, Park Lane, Fenton
The Conway Pottery was established in 1930 and produced earthenware, especially white cups.
Cooper at Joule's Brewery, Stone
Ken Shelley at work, finishing off the repair of a beer cask by driving on the top or chime hoop. Ken was apprenticed as a cooper at Bass brewery in Burton upon Trent. Joule's cooperage stood behind ...
Cooper at work, Burmans Cooperage, Dallow Street, Burton-On-Trent
The original firm was called J. Burman & Son, Hawkins Lane, Burton-On-Trent. It was a cask repair firm only. In 1939 they took over J. Grout & Co., Dallow Street Cooperage, which was a firm somewhat run ...
Cooper at work, Burmans Cooperage, Dallow Street, Burton-On-Trent
The original firm was called J. Burman & Son, Hawkins Lane, Burton-On-Trent. It was a cask repair firm only. In 1939 they took over J. Grout & Co., Dallow Street Cooperage, which was a firm somewhat run ...
Cooper branding casks, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
One of the Bass coopers in No.2 Brewery, branding a row of casks which look like re-makes. Behind him is a beck iron and to the side are a pile of hoops.
Cooper John Kerry at work, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
John Kerry driving on the end hoop of a cask. The other end has a trussing cable around it, and around the cask's centre is a trussing hoop.
Cooperage, Joule's Brewery, Stone,
Joule's Brewery had its own cooperage where beer casks were made. The site is now the car park of the Crown and Anchor Inn. In this photograph barrels are being repaired.
Francis Joule came into ...
Coopering family outside the Middle Yard Cooperage, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
Three generations of cooper posed outside the Middle Yard Cooperage with a union jack still in trussing hoops behind them. On the back of the photograph is written, "Teddy, Teddy's father and grandfather"....
Coopers' Initiation Ceremony, Joule's Brewery, Stone
This ceremony was known as 'trussing the cooper'.
The newly qualified cooper was placed in a barrel, which he had made himself. The barrel was then filled with a mixture which contained soot, feathers, ...
Coopers' Initiation Ceremony, Wedgwood Factory, Barlaston,
This ceremony was known as 'trussing the cooper'.
The newly qualified cooper was placed in a barrel, which he had made himself. The barrel was then filled with a mixture which contained soot, feathers, ...
Cooper's night class, Victoria Road School, Burton-on-Trent
Coopers' apprentices and lecturers at the first night class for coopers at Victoria Road School.
Cooper's Workshop, Wedgwood Factory, Barlaston,
Frank Herriman was the last cooper to be employed by Wedgwood. He retired at Christmas 1974. At the Wedgwood factory pottery and china was packed into straw-filled barrels for transportation, until they ...
Copeland & Sons Spode Works, Kingsway, Stoke-on-Trent
A view from Kingsway in Stoke towards the Spode Works of W T Copeland & Sons. The photograph is taken from in front of Kings Hall and the brick surround to the New Cenotaph is just visible in the bottom ...
Copeland House, Copeland Street, Stoke upon Trent.
A view west along Copeland Street from near Glebe Street. On the right are houses numbered 3 to 7. Number 5 was Copeland House. Copeland House was built by the Copeland pottery firm as a residence for ...
Copeland Street, Stoke-on-Trent
Copeland Street was a hive of activity in 1928. There were many businesses on this road, including Keelings timber merchants and Samuel Allsopp & Sons Brewery. The chimney to the right of the picture ...