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Finishing Dept., Mason and Marson Shoe Factory, Stafford,
The finishing room was where the edges of the soles were trimmed; the heels and soles were then burnished.
This is one of a series of postcards sent to the wife of an Australian shoe manufacturer, ...
Fire damage at Gold Bros., Brewery Lane, Tamworth
Gold Brothers was located on Brewery Lane, which was off Lichfield Street, and made hinges. The building has now been demolished and flats built on the site.
Fire damage at the Reliant factory
This photograph shows the damage that a fire in the fibre glass shop caused at the factory in Two Gates. After this the fibre glass shop was moved to a site in Kettlebrook.
The Reliant Motor Company ...
Fire Damage at the Reliant Works, Tamworth
In 1966 a fire tore through the fibreglass shop at Reliant's factory at Two Gates, Tamworth. The damaged buildings can be seen in the background.
The Reliant Motor Company was formed in 1935 when ...
Fireman Stoking Calcining Kiln.
Pottery factory interior with a view of a fireman stoking a calcining kiln.
Calcining is the process of heating bone or flint to soften it for grinding down into a powder.
Bone and flint powder ...
Firing a Kiln at Minton Hollins.
Pottery factory interior showing a fireman shovelling coal into a kiln firemouth.
Formed ware is made hard by exposing it to very high temperatures, which was commonly achieved by firing it in a bottle ...
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 ...
First Aid Team, Mossfield Colliery, Longton
This group includes Tom Ibbs sitting on the front row, far left.
Mossfield Colliery was sunk in the 1850s, with up to four shafts, and closed in 1963. The colliery was located near Adderley Green near ...
First floor, Burndhurst Mill, Lower loxley
Image courtesy of the Brough family. Burndhurst Mill was built in the 18th century and is Grade II listed.
Fishing at Walk Mill, Bishop's Offley
Arthur and Winnie Boulton of Whittington, near Eccleshall fishing in Walk Mill Pool. The mill buildings can be seen in the background.
Walk Mill dates from the late eighteenth century and was used ...
Five-A-Side Football at GEC Turbine Generators Ltd., Stafford
Pictured are the Winners of the annual GEC Turbine Generators Inter-department 5-A-Side Football competition, Machine Shops ‘A’ Team, left to right: Joe Banton, Rob Skelton, Geoff Edensor, Doug Dawson ...
Fixing Spout and Teapot.
Pottery factory interior showing a man fixing a spout to a teapot.
The teapot was assembled or stuck up when the clay had dried to a leather-hard state, not completely dry.
The pieces were joined ...
Flat-Presser Making Dishes.
Pottery factory interior showing a flat-presser making dishes.
A young mould runner waits on the presser, supplying him with moulds.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.
This ...
Flatware Makers at Gladstone China.
Pottery factory interior with a group of flatware makers posing for a photograph.
The photograph was taken in the flatware making shop at Gladstone China, Uttoxeter Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, in ...
Floods, Guild Street, Burton-upon-Trent
Floods on Guild Street, Burton-upon-Trent. A Triumph Mayflower is making its way across the level crossing. Bass brewery buildings can be seen to the left and in the distance is the Magistrates Court ...
Floods, Stafford Railway Station
View from Newport Road bridge, looking towards Doxey.
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 ...
Floor Plan of a Potbank - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
This floor plan for a pottery complex may have been drawn up by local manufacturer Enoch Wood - who certainly added notes outlining his intentions.
He noted down plans for a nine-foot perimiter wall, ...