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Building Cheddleton Asylum

St. Edward's Hall under construction at Cheddleton Asylum with the completed water tower in the background. In 1890 Staffordshire County Council’s Lunacy Committee decided to build a new asylum for ...

Building Cheddleton Asylum

St. Edward's Hall under construction at Cheddleton Asylum. In 1890 Staffordshire County Council’s Lunacy Committee decided to build a new asylum for the north of the county due to overcrowding in the ...

Building Department, Birchenwood Colliery, Kidsgrove

Birchenwood colliery opened in the 1890s, most of the coal being used for coke and other by-products. The colliery actually closed in 1932, but coke and other by-product production continued by using ...

Building of the New Wedgwood Factory, Barlaston,

Proposed design for the new Wedgwood Factory front at Barlaston, by architectural practice C.S. White and Keith Murray. Josiah Wedgwood (1730 - 1795) began his apprenticeship as a potter in 1744. ...

Building site, Lotus Factory, Sandon Road, Stafford

This photograph shows the building of a new office block within the Lotus Factory site.

Building the City Central Library, Bethesda Street, Hanley

This photograph was taken during the early stages of the building of the City Central Library and Archives in Bethesda Street. On the left is the chimney attached to the boiler house and on the right ...

Building the clammins, Sutherland Works, Longton

Pottery factory interior with a view of a loaded kiln stacked with saggars prior to firing. The man is ‘building the clammins’, a temporary seal in the wall of the oven with an access point through which ...

Building the foundations of a Luhrig washer, Birchenwood Colliery, Kidsgrove

Coal needs washing before use to remove impurities. The Luhrig Washer was invented in 1887. Birchenwood colliery opened in the 1890s, most of the coal being used for coke and other by-products. The ...

Building the Memorial Hall Extension, Hixon,

The Memorial Hall was built in 1926 on High Street to commemorate the Hixon men killed in the First World War. Sir Harry Lauder, the Scottish comedian and singer, contributed to the building fund when ...

Building the Municipal Hall, Newcastle-under-Lyme

A group of men discussing plaans during the construction of the Municipal Hall on the Ironmarket. The man standing to the right is believed to be John Gallimore, builder and architect.

Building the Springfield estate, Rugeley

Rugeley's Springfield housing estate under construction by Wimpey. A Rugeley Times photograph (courtesy of the Birmingham Post).

Building the Springfield estate, Rugeley

Rugeley's Springfield housing estate under construction by Wimpey. A Rugeley Times photograph (courtesy of the Birmingham Post).

Building Whiston Church

Workers unloading stone at the site of St. Mildred's Church, Whiston which was built in 1910 to the designs of J.H. Beckett.

Building work at Parrotts Restaurant, Longnor

Parrotts restaurant occupied an early 19th century three-storied Grade 2 listed building at 7, Chapel Street in Longnor. It closed in 1995 and had been locally well-known for its set tasting menu. The ...

Buildings adjacent to Matthew Wardhaugh's theatre, Longton.

Buildings being demolished in The Strand, Longton. Matthew Wardhaugh (1813-188) was born in Whitechapel, London. He was first employed as a call boy at Drury Lane Theatre, then made a living by reciting ...

Buildings adjacent to Matthew Wardhaugh's Theatre, Longton.

Buildings being demolished in The Strand, Longton. Matthew Wardhaugh (1813-188) was born in Whitechapel, London. He was first employed as a call boy at Drury Lane Theatre, then made a living by reciting ...

Bullock & Bosson's premises, Clough Street, Hanley

Looking along the north side of Clough Street with Bullock & Bosson, typewriter and office furniture suppliers, in the foreground. Next along are F W Langley, electrical engineers, and Gough's engineering ...

Bull's Head , Leek

The Bull's Head stood on St Edward Street. In the doorway is the landlord, John Gell, pictured with his son Charles. John died in 1904. The Bull's Head closed in about 1990 and is now (2014) Bull's ...