Shoe factory, Browning Street and Marston Road, Stafford
A shoe factory or warehouse once occupied this building at 25 Browning Street, on the corner with Marston Road. The house to the right is 1, Marston Road.
The building at 25 Browning Street’s origins ...
Big Mill, Mill Street, Leek
Wardle & Davenport's Big Mill on Mill Street, Leek. The Big Mill was built in 1857 to designs by William Sugden. It was first occupied by Joseph Broster in 1858.
The silk manufacturing firm of Wardle ...
Midland Red bus timetable, Stafford
This unused postcard shows a copy of the front-cover of a 1935 Midland Red bus timetable for Stafford including Potteries Services. It features double-decker, charabanc, single-deck and coach styles of ...
Coronation Bridge, Victoria Park, Stafford
Men and boys pose for the photographer on the newly constructed Coronation Bridge over the River Sow in Victoria Park.
Built over the River Sow to celebrate the Coronation of King George V and Queen ...
Castle Church, Stafford
A postcard view of Castle Church which is dedicated to St. Mary, Castle Bank, Stafford.
The church is Grade II* listed. Only the 15th century tower survives from an earlier building. It was rebuilt ...
Castle Church, Stafford
A postcard view of Castle Church which is dedicated to St. Mary, Castle Bank, Stafford.
The church is Grade II* listed. Only the 15th century tower survives from an earlier building. It was rebuilt ...
Sponging, Booth’s Church Bank Works, Tunstall
Pottery factory interior depicting a female worker in the process of sponging ware. The photograph was taken at Booth's pottery factory at Church Bank Works, Bank Street in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent.
The ...
Factory and Bottle Ovens, Richardson’s Pottery, Tunstall
Pottery factory exterior taken at Richardson's pottery factory, Pinnox Street, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.
This photograph is part ...
Backstamping, Royal Albert Pottery, Tunstall
Pottery factory interior showing a female worker in the process of backstamping plates. The backstamp is the pottery maker's mark or logo.
Taken at Alfred Meakin Ltd., Royal Albert Pottery, Parsonage ...
Casting Workshop, Morley Fox Pottery, Fenton
Pottery factory interior with a view of a casting shop and workers. Rows of jugs in their moulds can be seen in the foreground of the picture. Taken at the Morley Fox pottery factory at the Salopian Works, ...
Devon Factory, Stoke-on-Trent
Pottery factory exterior including a bottle oven taken at the Devon Factory, Sutherland Street, Stoke-on-Trent. This potbank belonged to Simon Fielding & Co., 1879 to 1982.
Taken from the Gladstone ...
Phoenix Works, Longton
This photograph was taken from Longton Train Station depicts the Phoenix Works bottle ovens of the original Thomas Forester factory built in 1879 & closed in 1959. The site has had many uses and occupants ...
Factory and Bottle Ovens, John Street, Longton
Pottery factory exterior including bottle ovens. Taken at the rear of Wildblood Pot Bank, John Street, Normacot, Stoke-on-Trent.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.
This ...
John Street, Longton
This image of John Street portrays a bleak picture of working class life in the city in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Notice the close proximity of the houses to the large pottery ...
John Street, Longton
During the early 1930s Stoke-on-Trent City Council, following guidelines laid down in Parliament, commissioned a housing survey in the city. Slum dwellings were to be cleared and a massive housing programme ...
John Lockett's potbank, Longton
Pottery factory exterior including bottle ovens at John Lockett's potbank yard, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. John Lockett & Sons were founded at King Street, Longton in 1825. When John Lockett died in 1832 ...
Caroline Street Congregational Chapel, Longton
Interior view of the Congregational Church, Caroline Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. It was built in 1905 and the architect was Edward Forshaw of Uttoxeter. It replaced an earlier church built in 1819....
Caroline Street Congregational Church, Longton
Interior view of the Congregational Church, Caroline Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. It was built in 1905 and the architect was Edward Forshaw of Uttoxeter. It replaced an earlier church built in 1819.
Photographer: ...