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Free Hand Painting, Wedgwood Factory, Barlaston,
Miss Millicent Taplin, head of the free hand painting department is standing to the right in the photograph.
The design shown here was referred to affectionately at the Wedgwood Factory as 'Shrimp' ...
Froghall Lime Kilns
A view taken from the Froghall to Foxt road showing the lime kilns on the left. Trees have grown considerably since this photograph was taken, obscuring the view.
Froghall Works
Thomas Bolton & Sons set up a copper works at nearby Oakamoor in 1852-3. By 1890 there was no more room for expansion at Oakamoor so they began building at Froghall. Major extensions followed in the ...
Full Oven
Lantern slide looking inside a full pottery manufacturing oven. Photographed by William Blake.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled ...
Furlong Lane from Newport Lane, Middleport
The camera is looking northwards along Furlong Lane from the Newport Lane corner. On the left, the first building, then shops, still stands and is offices. Further down on the right hand side are the ...
Furlong Mill, Furlong Lane/Navigation Road, Middleport
The main part of this building was constructed in 1842, then enlarged in 1913. In total it comprises of eighteen buildings which include two bottle kilns. One of the buildings on this site used to be ...
Furlong Mills Co., Ltd. Burslem
Pottery factory exterior including two calcining kilns.
Taken at Furlong Mills Co., Ltd., Furlong Lane, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.
Calcining is the process of heating bone or flint to soften it for ...
Furlong Mills, Middleport
The camera is looking southwards along Furlong Lane in Middleport. Furlong Mills in Furlong Lane, Middleport is a mill for the preparation of potting materials. It was built in 1842, marked on maps as ...
Furlong Tile Works, Newport Lane, Middleport
The Furlong Tile Works was on the east side of Newport Lane just before the junction with Furlong Lane. Just beyond the works is the White Swan public house which was originally two small houses until ...
Furnace workmen, Apedale, Chesterton
William Williams, is on the extreme right of the third row down. His brother Alfred is directly behind the pipe-smoker on the front row and immediately behind him is Albert Trickett.
Abraham Parker ...
Furnace workmen, Apedale, Chesterton
William Williams, is on the extreme right of the third row down. His brother Alfred is directly behind the pipe-smoker on the front row and immediately behind him is Albert Trickett.
Abraham Parker ...
Furnival Pottery. Circa 1920
Women select ware and place it into order in racks. This is probably hotel ware made for general dinner table use.
This would be the final quality control stage and inferior ware would be set aside.
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Furnival's potworks, Elder Road, Cobridge.
Furnival's pottery was at the southern end of Elder Road, close to the junction with Waterloo Road. This photograph was taken from Waterloo Road. Although the works has been demolished, the two buildings ...
Fustian Mill on Oxford Road, Fegg Haye, Stoke-on-Trents.
The fustian mill is on the west side of Oxford Road. The mill was part of Congleton Cutters "English Velvets".
Fustian is the old name for corduroy, a kind of cotton velvet. The cotton cloth had extra ...
Fustian Mill, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Interior view of the Fustian mill on Hempstalls Lane. Fustian is a heavy cloth woven from cotton, often used for mens suits.
This is better known today (2013) as Johnson's Photopia.
G.H. Downing Football Team, Audley Road, Chesterton
G.H. Downing Ltd. was a tile company and was one of the largest employers in Chesterton between 1900 and 1960's. The firm had three working yards, in Apedale, Brookhouse, and Audley Road, Chesterton.
G.H. Downing workers, Audley Road, Chesterton
Workers at G.H. Downing's brick and tile works on Audley Road, Chesterton. Standing in the kiln doorway 5th from left is the gang leader James Hall.
The company was founded by James Downing in the ...
G.H. Downing workers, Audley Road, Chesterton
Workers at G.H. Downing's brick and tile works on Audley Road, Chesterton. Seated on the left hand side with her arm around a man's shoulder is Annie Jones (later Hall, born 1903).
The company was ...