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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 ...

Coal outcropping 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 were ...

Coal Ovens at Downing's Blurton Tileries, Stoke-on-Trent

The kilns had domed roofs with a separate chimney and were called downdraught ovens. There were 8 to 10 "firemouths" around the outside of each oven used to stoke the fires. The hot gases were drawn ...

Coal pickers at Wimblebury Colliery, Cannock

Photograph of coal pickers at Wimblebury Colliery, Cannock during the 1921 Coal Miner's Strike. Wimblebury Colliery opened in 1872. In 1892 it was connected to the Cannock & Rugeley Colliery Company's ...

Coal Pickers Strike, West Cannock 2, Hednesford

Local miners, who were on strike, with their families illegally picking coal off the colliery waste tips. The strike lasted for 6 months. West Cannock Colliery Company had 5 sites: No.1 plant (pit) ...

Coal pickers, Cheadle

Coal pickers during the General Strike, Cheadle. During the General Strike outcrop pits were dug, about 4 feet square. This one was named Embrey's No.17.

Coal pickers, Chesterton

Coal pickers at Chesterton during the Coal Strike of 1912. They are scavenging for pieces of coal.