The Woodman

Staffordshire

Bank Top Colliery 3

Bank Top Colliery 3

01 Mar 1982 181
Silverdale, North Staffordshire, March 1982
Bank Top Colliery 2

Bank Top Colliery 2

01 Mar 1982 220
Silverdale, North Staffordshire, March 1982
Rudyard Lake

Rudyard Lake

01 Jan 2007 187
A New Year's Day walk around Rudyard Lake provided an opportunity for this against the light view shortly before midday. It was surprising that within half an hour it was hailing and raining heavily.
Great Marquess - Froghall

Great Marquess - Froghall

14 Jan 2007 227
Glint with everything including the wires as he Great Marquess runs round its train at Froghall on the Churnet Valley Railway. The sunny weather was a bonus for the running in visit by this locomotive before it headed for Scotland.
Rudyard Lake Railway

Rudyard Lake Railway

01 Jan 2007 210
New Year's Day steam action on the Rudyard Lake Steam Railway.
Ditcheat Manor departs Froghall

Ditcheat Manor departs Froghall

14 Jan 2007 201
The Churnet Valley Railway in Staffordshire combines picturesque countryside with occasional industrial areas. Here 4-6-0 Ditcheat Manor departs Froghall past the premises of Thomas Bolton the long-established copper manufacturers and processors. Unusually for Britain in early 2007 the sun is shining.
Rudyard Lake

Rudyard Lake

02 Jan 2007 191
A bright start to New Year's Day 2007 and a brisk walk around Rudyard Lake was in order. The reservoir was looking its best in the pale sunshine.
Pylon and sky

Pylon and sky

22 May 2007 162
Near Talke, Staffordshire.
Burslem snooker club

Burslem snooker club

22 May 2007 206
Burslem Snooker Club on Cleveland Street is the oldest billiard/snooker club in England. It was opened in 1913 and still uses the same tables. This is rather earlier than I would have guessed from the architecture which I would have put in the 1920's.
Wilkinson Bros Longport

Wilkinson Bros Longport

22 May 2007 160
Brothers Jabez and Samuel Wilkinson were working as builders and then started a new brickworks at Longbridge Hayes around 1924. A third brother, Joseph Wilkinson, joined the business and in 1934 they formed Wilkinson Bros (Burslem) Ltd. This company ran the new works until closure in the 1950s.
Foxfield Colliery

Foxfield Colliery

05 May 2007 183
Now in the care of the Foxfield Railway the colliery remains as undergoing a Heritage Lottery funded refurbishment as part of the expansion plans for the railway.
Portland Street North - Leek

Portland Street North - Leek

14 Apr 2007 258
An odd looking house in Leek with some unusual terracotta work. I suspect that this was designed by Larner Sugden, of the local architectural firm of W. Sugden & Son.
The crossing

The crossing

05 May 2007 159
Foxfield Railway Bagnall 0-6-0T 'Lewisham' at the farm crossing close to the terminus at Caverswall Road.
Cauldon Cement Works

Cauldon Cement Works

14 Apr 2007 611
The Lafarge cement plant at Cauldon in Staffordshire has a production capacity of 1 million tonnes per annum.
Wardlow Quarry detail

Wardlow Quarry detail

14 Apr 2007 178
The red/orange colouration of the limestone at Wardlow Quarry is quite evident in this detail.
Bagnall at Caverswall Road

Bagnall at Caverswall Road

05 May 2007 164
The fortieth anniversary of the Foxfield Railway was celebrated with a special weekend of trains. Bagnall built 'Lewisham' was one of the locomotives in service and is seen here moving forward onto its train at Caverswall Road Station. The countryside seen from the train looked at its best and the good news is that services from the Foxfield Colliery site could start later this year.
Portland Street North - Leek detail

Portland Street North - Leek detail

14 Apr 2007 183
Detail from above the doors.
Wardlow Quarry overview

Wardlow Quarry overview

14 Apr 2007 846
There is little activity to be seen in this section of the extensive Wardlow Quarry near to Caldon Low in Staffodrshire. This area rejoices in the name of the 'Weaver Hills' and is riddles with mines and quarrying activity.
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