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Closing Room, Lotus Shoe Factory, Stafford

Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded in the eighteenth century by Thomas Bostock, a cobbler. His three sons started their own factories in Stafford, Stone and Northampton. Edwin Bostock's ...

Closing Room, Lotus Shoe Factory, Stafford

Lotus was formerly Edwin Bostock's shoe factory, which was on Foregate Street, Stafford. The factory was destroyed by fire in 1901, but was rebuilt on Sandon Road in 1903. Bostock's became Lotus Ltd. ...

Clough Hall Colliery Anti-Union Notice - from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook

Colliery owners did not take kindly to miners' early attempts to form trades unions. Market forces Most believed in an 'iron law of wages,' which dictated that wages would be related to market forces. This ...

Clough Hall Public Steam Laundry

Photograph of workers outside the Clough Hall laundry building, with a horse and cart advertising their service. We believe that the Clough Hall Laundry was in one of the outbuildings of the mansion, ...

Clough Street, Hanley

North Staffs Joinery and William Fleet (carpets and upholstery) had their premises on Clough Street, on the Corner of Mersey Street. Mersey Street is at the eastern end of Clough Street, the buildings ...

'Club Feast', Marchington

The 116th annual Marchington 'Club Feast'. The procession is seen leaving the church, with some villagers carrying banners. A policeman stands in front of the Dog and Partridge pub, and Mrs Lucy Sandham, ...

Coach and Horses Hotel, Pasturefields, Hixon,

The Coach and Horses public house had a 42 bedroom motel added to it which subsequently closed in 1991. It was then converted into the 65 bed Anson House Nursing Home. The pub was converted into ...

Coach Trip, Stoke-on-Trent

Coach trips were popular during the 1950's, and much quicker and more comfortable than the early charabancs. Here is a company's staff outing, probably from Royal Doulton, about to depart for Blackpool ...

Coal Delivery, "Chatterley Whitfield"

Coal for the domestic hearth. An old man leads his donkey and cart in the muddy lane outside Whitfield House in winter.

Coal Exchange

Lithograph print by Edward Bawden (1903-1989). The Coal Exchange, Manchester. Dimensions: height - 410mm, width - 450mm

Coal face, Tailgate Roadway, Rugeley

View of the coal face with pit props and roof supports. Four miners wearing helmets stand in the background.

Coal getting at Longton

Photograph taken during the Coal Strike of 1926. This photograph was probably taken from the East Vale /Meir Hay area of Longton. It’s the location of the much earlier Meir Hay Colliery. There ...

Coal getting, Longton

Coal getting during the 1926 miners' strike. Photograph taken by J.A.Lovatt on the outskirts of Longton. This photograph was probably taken from the East Vale /Meir Hay area of Longton. It’s the ...

Coal getting, Longton

Photograph taken during the Coal Strike of 1926. This photograph was probably taken from the East Vale /Meir Hay area of Longton. It’s the location of the much earlier Meir Hay Colliery. There were ...

Coal Merchant's Shop Window, Stafford,

Coal mine workings Cheadle area

Possibly taken at a rise, an underground shaft driven upwards. This photograph was taken during the 1921 Miners Strike. During strikes, if miners knew where the coal seams outcropped, they would ...

Coal miners at Mid Cannock Colliery

This group of nine coal miners at waiting at the pit head for the 'kibble (bucket) to take them underground. To the side are two notices giving instructions on the use of the underground apparatus. The ...

Coal mining by hand

The men is this picture are using hand tools to remove coal from the rock face and are loading it into a wagon. As you can tell from the picture mining was hot, dark and claustrophobic work and the risks ...