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"Our cause is gained!" - Notice from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
A big decision In 1812, the people of the Potteries were struggling for their livelihoods. One government decision could make a...
"Perfect neutrality!" - 1831 election notice from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
At the 1831 elections, few men's opinions seemed to count for as much as those of Josiah Wedgwood II. Taking sides During 18...
"Placer" Filing a Saggar. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with a pottery worker known as a placer filling a saggar. This image appears elsewhere in the collection and was used for a pre...
"Scourers", Dusting off the Flint. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing pottery workers in the process of scouring. This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or sli...
"Scourers", Dusting off the Flint. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing pottery workers in the process of scouring. This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide...
"Scourers", Dusting off the Flint. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing pottery workers in the process of scouring. This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or sli...
"Strawing" China for Packing. Photographed by William Blake.
A pottery worker "Strawing" China as part of the packing process.
 "The Devil In The Potteries." Photography and Design by William Blake.
Industrial landscape taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. This design, with its damning caption, is one of many tha...
"The fate of the community..."- 1812 election notice from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
In the 1800s, an election would be among the biggest local attractions of the year. The main event Thousands would flock to ...
"The Real Devil in Stoke On Trent." Photography and Design by William Blake.
Industrial landscape taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. This design, with its damning caption, is one of many that appear to conf...
"The Wellington Quick-Step to Anarchy" - Article from the <i>Public Enquirer</i>, taken from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
exhibition Moderate readers of the Public Inquirer on Saturday April 23 1829 might have choked on this partisan account of the movement for Catholics' ...
"Violence and Outrage" - 1812 election notice from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Election time In 1812, election time was a very different spectacle compared to the media circus of today. Mass rallies were...



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