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Dispute over ideas
Printed notice from James Keeling regarding an infringment of patent on his oven for firing pottery.
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The Truck System
This was a system whereby the workers were forced to accept goods in lieu of payment.
They would be payed i...
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This notice outlines the aims of the Association for the Prosecution of Felons, formed in the Potteries in order "to bring Offenders of every descr...
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This building is presently used as offices but was originally constructed as a fire station in 1913. The original frontage had two large decorative...
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Photograph of a bomb damaged shop on the High Street in Pittshill, Stoke-on-Trent.
Part of an official survey commissioned in 1941 by the City o...
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The early 1800s brought hard times for potters in Stoke-on-Trent. Costly wars disrupted trade abroad, while poor harvests caused hunger at home.
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The plaque on the fire engine in this photograph tells us that this is the County Borough of Stoke-on-Trent Burslem District Fire brigade.
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Personnel of Burslem Police force line up for an official group photograph at the end of the nineteenth century. The original police station was si...
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Business leaders in Burslem, Cobridge, Longport and Tunstall here unite in their efforts to prosecute wrong doers - they are to form an Association...
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A meeting has taken place at the Legs of Man Inn in Burslem, to discuss the formation of an assocation to defend the neighbourhood at a time of cri...
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The Truck System
This was system whereby the workers were forced to accept goods in lieu of payment.
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At the beginning of the 19th century, parish workers called church wardens were responsible for dealing with anti-social behaviour on the Potteries...
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