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Burgess & Leigh, Middleport

Aerographing at Burgess & Leigh's pottery, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent. Applying glaze by pneumatic spray gun in booths. Aerography was the mechanical spraying of glaze onto pots. It was a useful technique ...

Burgess & Leigh, Middleport

The slip house at Burgess & Leigh's pottery, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent. On the left is the pug mill used to mix clay in order to remove air bubbles and give it uniform consistency. It was then cut into ...

Burgess & Leigh, Middleport

The Manager’s Office at Burgess & Leigh's pottery, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent. Established in 1851, Hulme and Booth's Central Pottery in Burslem was taken over in 1862 by William Leigh and Frederick ...

Burgess & Leigh, Middleport

Placing at Burgess & Leigh's pottery, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent. Loading saggars in the bottle kiln. Saggars are placed in ‘bungs’ about 16 feet high in concentric circles. The ladders are known as ...

Burgess & Leigh, Middleport Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent

Burgess & Leigh built the Middleport Pottery alongside the Trent & Mersey Canal in 1888-89 and it is the only complete working Victorian pottery left in Stoke-on-Trent (2o18). Traditional pottery works ...

Burgess & Leigh, Port Street, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent

A crowded printing room at Burgess & Leigh in the mid 1930’s. Much of the printing was still done by hand. Notice the roller machine in the centre of the picture. This would be used for making patterned ...

Burgess and Leigh Pottery, Port Street, Middleport

This plan shows the front of the Burgess and Leigh Pottery factory in Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent. It was built before 1922 and the gates of the building have 'Middleport Pottery' written above them. The ...

Burgess' Engineers, Stafford,

Burgess' Agricultural and Horticultural Engineers on Bridge Street. The building was badly damaged by a fire in 1962. Allied Carpets and then a bar later occupied the site.

Burgess' Ironmongers Shop, Eccleshall,

One of Burgess' first shops which opened on Stafford Street. This shop is directly opposite the present Burgess' premises.

Burgess' ironmonger's shop, Stafford Street, Eccleshall

F.H. Burgess's first shop in Eccleshall, which opened in 1900 on Stafford Street. Mr G. Burgess and Dolly Neville are standing in the doorway. Frederick H. Burgess founded his ironmongers and agricultural ...

Burgess' Ironmongers Shop, Stafford,

This shop on The Green belonged to Frederick H. Burgess. Note the washing machines and paraffin heaters in the shop window. The site was formerly occupied by Eley's Brewery. This building, along with ...

Burgess Motors, Friars Terrace, Stafford

This photograph of Burgess Motors showroom on Friars Terrace was taken by Stafford photographer Tony Boydon. Frederick H. Burgess also had an Agricultural Engineers and Ironmongers shop with offices ...

Burgess, agricultural engineers, Eccleshall

A name plate from an agricultural implement or machine supplied by Burgess Agricultural Engineers Ltd. from their showroom in Eccleshall. Frederick H. Burgess founded his ironmongers and agricultural ...

Burgess, agricultural engineers, Eccleshall

Burgess's Eccleshall branch, built 1968-1969, Stafford Street. It was demolished in 2006 and replaced by the Co-op Supermarket. Burgess's were dealers in agricultural and garden equipment and machinery. Frederick ...

Burgess’ Restaurant, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Burgess’ restaurant in Rectory Chambers on Ironmarket. The business began as Frederick Burgess, Baker. The site later became the Ali Baba Restaurant.

Burley pit engine at Apedale colliery, Chesterton

Burley Pit, Apedale

Apedale colliery, the Burley pit (c. 1850-1926) in early 1900’s. This photograph shows the bridge carrying the tub-way from the Watermills colliery to the Burley screens. There is a tub (the local name ...

Burley Pit, Chesterton

Burley Pit was part of Apedale colliery and was open between about 1850 and 1926. This photograph was taken by Thomas Warham, a local photographer, who took many photographs of Audley and its surrounding ...