Salt cart from Common Road Saltworks, Stafford
Used for taking common salt from the hurdles to the storehouse at British Soda Co.'s works on Stafford Common. It was collected when the works closed in 1970.
Brine deposits were discovered under ...
Salt panner's paddle from Common Road Saltworks, Stafford
This tool was used to chip salt and limescale off the salt pans at British Soda Co.'s works on Stafford Common. It was collected when the works closed in 1970.
Brine deposits were discovered under ...
Salt panner's skimmer from Common Road Saltworks, Stafford
A skimmer for lump salt. It was used to skim salt from the evaporation pans into tubs. It was used at British Soda Co.'s works on Stafford Common and was collected when the works closed in 1970.
Brine ...
Sneyd Oxide Factory, Commercial Street, rear of 98 Waterloo Road, Burslem
This building was constructed between 1878 and 1900 and is part of Sneyd Oxide Factory and Warehouse. It consists of one irregular unit with basement and a courtyard to rear. There is a double doorway ...
Spic and Span Shoe Polish Works, Stafford,
Derelict Spic and Span Shoe Polishes Ltd. factory on Glover Street. The lower section on the right was used between 1932 to 1938. The remainder of the building to the left was used from 1938 to 1954.
Spic ...
Spic and Span Shoe Polishes Ltd., Stafford,
Spic and Span Shoe Polishes Ltd. was established in Glover Street on 3 June 1932. the company was partly owned by Lotus Ltd., the shoe manufacturers.
In 1938 the company, under the directorship of ...
Staff at National Benzole Depot, Chatterley, Tunstall
Sitting third from the left, front row, is Howard Percy Foxon (1907-1977), who was in charge of the Chatterley Depot for ten years. He worked at the site between 1924 and 1941. Between 1939 and 1941, ...
Staff at the National Benzole Depot, Chatterley, Tunstall
Sitting third from the left, front row, is Howard Percy Foxon (1907-1977), who was in charge of the Chatterley Depot for ten years. He worked at the site between 1924 and 1941. Between 1939 and 1941, ...
Starting up, United Lamp Black Works, Four Ashes
Albert Machin lighting a burning pan at United Lamp Black Works, Four Ashes. Creosote, a by-product of the manufacture of coal-gas, was burned in wheeled metal pans to produce the lamp black which was ...
Still Plant Benzol House, 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 ...
Sulphate of ammonia storehouse, Birchenwood Colliery, Kidsgrove
A by-product of coke ovens, sulphate of ammonia is used as a fertiliser. Frequent and prolonged exposure to the it can cause gastrointestinal problems and skin and eye irritation. There is no evidence ...
Taiwanese visitors, Blythe Colour Works, Cresswell
A group of Taiwanese visitors pictured outside the 1938 Office Building at Blythe Colour Works.
The manufacture of underglaze colours in Cresswell began in 1870, when a small works was set up by Pigott ...
Tanker of glaze, Blythe Colour Works, Cresswell
A tanker of GdSe (gadolinium selenide) glaze pictured at Blythe Colour Works, ready for delivery to H & R Johnson's ceramic tile factory in Tunstall. From left to right: T. Mason, T. Boulton, B. Bailey.
The ...
The Fowlea Brook near Ravensdale, Tunstall
Looking south from beside the Fowlea Brook towards the Talke Chemical Company's sulphuric acid works (left) and the National Benzole petroleum works (right). Behind is the higher land of Bradwell Woods. ...
The Wildblood family, Blythe Colour Works, Cresswell
Frederick Wildblood (seated) was the founder and owner of the Blythe Colour Works at Cresswell, set up to provide colours, enamels and glazes for the pottery industry. He lived at Ash House on Cheadle ...
Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd., Stafford
Front cover of 'Useful Grinding Data', a book produced by Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd. of Stafford.
The Universal Grinding Wheel Co. was established on Doxey Road in 1913. The offices opened ...
Vik warehouse destroyed by fire, Sandon Road, Stafford
Staff survey the aftermath of the fire. A major fire at the Vik Supplies Sandon Road premises in 1962 resulted in a new factory being built on the Common Road site. Spectators look on as flames engulf ...
Vik warehouse destroyed by fire, Sandon Road, Stafford
A major fire at the Vik Supplies Sandon Road premises in 1962 resulted in a new factory being built on the Common Road site. Spectators look on as flames engulf the building.
Vik Supplies Ltd was formed ...