Picking Coal. Photographed by William Blake.
People foraging for coal during the Coal Strike, March 1912.
Pig demonstration, Rodbaston Farm Institute, Penkridge
Women's Land Army recruits attending a demonstration at the pig farm at Rodbaston, led by Mr Neal.
Rodbaston College's origins lie in 1919 when the War Agricultural Committee opened an agricultural ...
Pig feeding at Hollywood Farm, Hilderstone
Feeding the pigs at Hollywood Farm, near Hilderstone. This photograph was taken near the beginning of the Cookes' tenancy of the farm. William Cooke looks on. The Cooke family were at Hollywood Farm between ...
Pit-bottom Main Distribution Sub-station, Lea Hall Colliery, Rugeley
View of a man operating switches in the unground 3,300 volt Main Distribution Sub-Station. On the right hand side are a row of generators, with a telephone and fire extinguishers on the left hand wall. ...
Placer filling a Saggar
Factory interior with a pottery worker known as a placer filling a saggar. Photographed by William Blake.
This image appears elsewhere in the collection and was used for a presentation by Blake entitled ...
Placer. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide of a pottery worker known as a placer.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small folder ...
Placing a Biscuit Kiln, Maddock’s pottery, Burslem
Pottery factory interior taken at Maddock's pot bank in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.
The workers are placing saggars in a biscuit kiln priot to firing.
Saggars
Saggars are containers made from fireclay ...
Placing at the last firing at the Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior depicting a man placing ware into a saggar prior to firing. Taken at the Sutherland Works, Normacot Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, this was the last ever firing at the factory. ...
Placing biscuit ware in saggars, Minton's Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent
Pottery factory interior depicting two men in a placing shop. The men are placing (or bedding) plates in saggars prior to firing. Taken at Mintons Ltd., London Road, Stoke-on-Trent.
Saggars
Saggars ...
Placing the Oven, last firing at the Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior taken at the Sutherland Works, Normacot Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. The two men are placing saggars for the very last firing at the factory. One of the men is named Fred Greasley. ...
Placing, Aynsley pottery, Longton
Pottery factory interior taken the Aynsley pot bank in Commerce Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
The workers are placing saggars in an oven prior to firing.
Saggars
Saggars are containers made ...
Placing, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior depicting a pottery worker known as a placer at his bench. The man is placing biscuit ware in saggars prior to firing. The powdery substance in the trough is either powdered flint ...
Placing, Taylor Tunnicliff and Co Ltd, Hanley
Placing saggars in the oven at Taylor, Tunnicliff's Eastwood factory, Hanley.
The firm was founded in 1867 by Thomas Taylor and William Tunnicliff, eventually concentrating on making specialised pottery ...
Placing, Taylor Tunnicliff and Co Ltd, Hanley
Placing pieces in saggars ready for firing in the ovens at Taylor, Tunnicliff's Eastwood factory, Hanley.
The firm was founded in 1867 by Thomas Taylor and William Tunnicliff, eventually concentrating ...
Plant's Hole outcrop pit, Lightwood, Cheadle
This outcrop pit is 'Plant's Hole', at Lightwood, Cheadle. During the General Strike outcrop pits (about 4 feet square) were dug for coal getting. From left to right: Arthur Plant, Jack Alcock, Albert ...
Plate Maker. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing a plate maker at work.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small folder containing ...
Plate Maker. Photographed by William Blake.
Portrait of a plate maker at work.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small folder containing approximately ...
Platemakers.
Pottery factory interior showing a man making plates on a revolving mould.
The rotating mould is being powered by the young boy.
This is often called jolleying. The upper side of the plate is shaped ...