tarboat's photos with the keyword: longton

These 2 bottle kilns in Longton were built in the late 19th century as part of the Commerce Works pottery. The pottery was run by the Chetham family from 1796 - 1869 and then taken over by H.J Aynsley in 1873. Final closure came in the 1990s and the site has stood derelict since. The building is listed Grade II but I doubt that will save it.

Former North Western Road Car Leyland Leopard with cut-down Alexander Y bodywork. The bus was converted and used by Crosville, C-Line and Midland Red North as a recovery vehicle. Now preserved and seen at a Gladstone Pottery Museum bus day.

Bristol VRT - ECW WTU487W at the 2015 running day based at the Gladstone Pottery Museum.

I spotted this modernist style house in Trentham Road, Longton, from the top of a bus and grabbed a shot as we passed. I would love to know a bit more about this building but searching has so far drawn a blank.

A range of shops in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. The Beck Building of 1877 is probably associated with the firm of Beck, Blair & Co, Beaconsfield Pottery, Anchor Road, Longton.

Potteries Omnibus Preservation Society owned 1949 Leyland Titan OPD2/1 heads away from the Gladstone Pottery Museum during the 2010 Potteries Running Day. Although the event had to be cancelled at short notice in 2011 it will go ahead on August 5th 2012.

Portland Road Pottery in Longton certainly doesn't look like your normal Staffordshire pot bank. It looks as if it was built in the 1890s as stable with associated house and perhaps office accommodation. Nowadays it is used for wholesaleing wares from the lower end of the market.

The original Independent Chapel in Caroline Street, Longton, was built in 1819 and as the Congregational Church this was replaced by a new building in 1905. There is a wealth of terracotta and art-nouveau glass in this building which appears little altered. Today it is known as Longton Community Church.

Potteries Connection Classic Bus Running Day. With Renown at the wheel the Berresford fantasy fleet Leyland Leopard PSU4 with Alexander Y type bodywork passes the pottery museum on the last run of the afternoon of service 6B to Ford Green Hall via Hanley Bus Station. What an absolutely stunning paint job - it looked great!

The latest addition to the Berresfords fantasy fleet is yet to be badged up and yet was pressed into service after an injector failure on the Swift during the Potteries Running Day. Here it heads for Hanley and Ford Green soon after picking up outside Longton St James church.

Berresford liveried Leyland Leopard PSU4 on its return from Ford Green Hall on the morning of the Potteries Connection Classic Bus Running Day. I susequently had a most enjoyable run on this bus to the Foxfield Railway at Blythe Bridge.

Railway warehouse in Longton, still advertising pre-1923 joint ownership.

The Sutherland Works stands on Normacot Road in Longton dates from c1850 and is listed Grade II. Sutherland China was founded by William Hudson in 1889 and operated from the Alma Works, Longton until 1892 when the company moved to the Sutherland Pottery. Hudson and Middleton joined their respective businesses in 1941 and continued to operate from this works.

Decorative keystone over the archway at the Walkers Nonsuch toffee factory in Longton. It records the initials of the original owners, boiled sweet manufacturers, Horleston Brothers Ltd. See the previous image for whe whole building.

Edward Joseph Walker began making toffee at his Stoke-on-Trent sweet shop in the 1890's. The business flourished and in 1915, he and his son Edward Victor Walker established Walkers' Nonsuch as an independent family company, producing toffee from a factory near his shop. In 1947 they moved to these premises in Calverley Street, Longton which was built in 1894 for boiled sweet manufacturer, Horleston Brothers Ltd. The company is still family owned and manufactures only toffee.

Pottery yard entrance, Sutherland Rd, Longton.

The older parts of the Aynsley factory, on Sutherland Road in Longton, appear to be empty and shut. I think they must have bought a job lot of blue paint last time the place was decorated.

Today I was able to explore a few bits of the Potteries that I had not seen before. This is a scene part way along Short Street in Longton where the boundary wall of Enson Works with its several bottle ovens stands looking rather forlorn. The whole pottery is listed Grade II but its condition is very poor.