Silk bobbins and loom, Thomas Whittles Ltd., Leek
Silk bobbins and loom set up at the Wellington Mills on Strangman Street. The mills were built in 1853 and owned for most of their working life by Thomas Whittles Ltd., a family firm which traded from ...
Silk bobbins, Thomas Whittles Ltd., Leek
Silk bobbins set up at the Wellington Mills on Strangman Street. The mills were built in 1853 and owned for most of their working life by Thomas Whittles Ltd., a family firm which traded from the premises ...
Silk thread manufacture, Thomas Whittles Ltd., Leek
Dyeing and washing silk thread at the Wellington Mills on Strangman Street. The mills were built in 1853 and owned for most of their working life by Thomas Whittles Ltd., a family firm which traded from ...
Silk winding machinery, Thomas Whittles Ltd., Leek
Silk winding machinery at the Wellington Mills on Strangman Street. The mills were built in 1853 and owned for most of their working life by Thomas Whittles Ltd., a family firm which traded from the ...
Silk winding machinery, Thomas Whittles Ltd., Leek
Silk winding machinery and operator at the Wellington Mills on Strangman Street. The mills were built in 1853 and owned for most of their working life by Thomas Whittles Ltd., a family firm which traded ...
Silk winding machinery, Thomas Whittles Ltd., Leek
Silk winding machinery at the Wellington Mills on Strangman Street. The mills were built in 1853 and owned for most of their working life by Thomas Whittles Ltd., a family firm which traded from the ...
Sir Thomas Wardle, Leek
Thomas Wardle was born on January 26 1831 to parents Joshua and Mary. His father was the owner of a silk dyeing business at Cheddleton Heath, which Thomas joined at the age of about 16, and was soon followed ...
Sir Thomas Wardle's house, 54 St. Edward Street, Leek
Staff at the Tape Mill, Cheadle
The mill workshop interior showing tape looms, with the workshop decorated for Christmas celebrations. Sarah Horden in the centre.
The mills on Tape Street were built by J. & N. Philips of Tean, cotton ...
Stafford Laundry, circa 1960
Stafford laundry was established in 1899. In 1952 its manager, Arthur Leese, recorded what went on behind the scenes, for showing at Womens Institutes and other societies.
When I first started as a junior ...
Stockroom at Watson's Mill, Job White & Sons Ltd., Leek
These two men appear to be checking off stock in the stockroom. The picture was one of a number taken at Job White & Sons Ltd. during the year of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation.
Sturgess Factory, Stoke-on-Trent
One of the machine rooms at the Sturgess factory in Stoke-on-Trent. It is believed to show women workers making tents during World War II in a disused pottery factory building on Sturgess Street, off ...
Tagging for laces, Job White & Sons Ltd., Compton Mill, Leek
These ladies are finishing off the laces by attaching the plastic ends. On the wall are pictures of their favourite film stars. The picture was one of a number taken at Job White & Sons Ltd. during the ...
Tailor's Workshop, Stafford,
Tailors' workshop belonging to H. Hulme and Sons on Gaol Square. The owner, Mr Anthony Hulme, is second from the left. His wife, Ellen, is second from the right. Seated far left is Henry Hulme. One ...
Tape Mill, Cheadle
The mills on Tape Street were built by J. & N. Philips of Tean, cotton tape manufacturers, in 1798. The main three-storey building was built in about 1823. The factory closed in 1972 and was partly demolished ...
Taverner's tape factory, Burton-upon-Trent
Staff pictured at Taverner's tape factory on Shobnall Street, Burton-upon-Trent. The manager at the time was Joseph Botham so he is probably one of the men sitting on the front row.
John Taverner ...
Tean Hall Mills
A view of the finishing shop of Tean Hall Mills, with High Street in the foreground. This building probably contains parts of earlier buildings of 1747 and 1774-5, but the pediment appears to date from ...
Tean Hall Mills, Upper Tean
Examining tapes for quality before packing.
In 1747 John and Nathaniel Philips took over their father's linen tape-weaving business and established the company 'J. & N. Philips', based at Tean Hall. ...