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A restored pottery works (or 'potbank' as they are called locally in the Potteries area of North Staffordshire) with a bottle oven in the range built in 1860 and recently renovated and converted into affordable housing. In 1842 Captain John Buller and Mr J.Devett purchased a pottery works in Devon and started in business as the Bovey Tracy Pottery Company. Using Cornish clay and coal from Staffordshire they produced a wide range of ware including bed knobs and door furniture. As the business grew, it suffered increasingly from the cost of transporting coal to Devon so the owners decided to move the company to Staffordshire to be close to raw materials sources. In 1862 W.W.Buller & Co were operating the Joiners Square, Hanley pottery works and were one of the first companies to explore the new markets created by electrical power. By the 1880's they were supplying porcelain insulators and associated iron fittings in large quantities for lucrative government contracts and exporting to Australia, Africa, India, Canada and Europe. In 1885 Bullers purchased the metal foundry of Jobson Bros of Tipton, Staffordshire and the company was renamed Bullers Ltd following incorporation in 1890. The business continued to expand and the Hanley site became inadequate so in 1917 a new factory was built at Milton on the Leek Road, at that time in open countryside. In 1959 Bullers Ltd and Taylor, Tunnicliff amalgamated to form Allied Insulators Ltd., a company which is still in business today operating from the Albion Works adjacent to the Gladstone Pottery Museum, Longton (see www.flickr.com/photos/nigelphoto2011/52783316863/ ). The Joiners Square factory was taken over by the Wedgwood Group for a period in the 1970's but had been vacant and in a state of derelicton for some time when in 1999 extensive restoration work was undertaken by Stoke-on-Trent City Council and converted into apartments. The building now provides eight low-rent units, a part of the Imperial Court Residential Complex operated by Stoke-on-Trent Housing Association. A positive outcome for a Grade II listed potbank of historical importance, saved for the future and providing much needed affordable housing. 'RoidWeek Spring 2023 Day 2. Taken with a 1976 Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera Alpha 1 on Polaroid (TIP) film
One of only eight remaining Grade II Iisted Odeons of 258 beautiful Art Deco cinemas built in the 1930's by Oscar Deutsch, this one in Hanley, Soke-on-Trent opened on 13th February 1938 showing Max Miller in “Educated Evans”. Behind this small entrance foyer on the corner of Trinity Street, the bulk of the auditorium along Foundry Street provided seating for 1,036 in the stalls and 544 in the circle. Decoration is in typical Odeon style with a slender 'Streamline Moderne' fin tower on the left side (dwarfed by the monstrous 1970's Brutalist concrete excrescence next door) and clad in cream faience tiles. The cinema was closed by the Rank Organisation on 15th November 1975 with Roger Daltry in “Tommy”. The auditorium was stripped out in 1980 and used as a storage facility but on 4th August 1982 it was damaged by fire, although luckily the main shell of the building escaped. It then lay derelict for over a decade: however in the '90's the building was renovated and by 1999 a bar was operating in the former foyer area. In 2003, the auditorium had been brought back into use as the Chicago Rock Café. In 2008 it changed hands again and become the Revolution bar & nightclub but that closed in 2012 and the building has been empty for the last decade. In December 2021 plans were announced to demolish the former Odeon to build flats. Although as at April 2023 planning approval hasn't yet been granted, give it enough time for the Council's apparent headlong dash to eradicate any traces of the City's past and yet another iconic and historic building will disappear for ever. 'RoidWeek Spring 2023 Day 6. Taken with a 1976 Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera Alpha 1 on Polaroid (TIP) film
Trendle Hill, or more commonly known as Giant Hill, at Cerne Abbas, Dorset; the trees stunted and shaped by the prevailing Westerly wind. Taken with a 1975 Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera model 1 on Polaroid (TIP) B+W film. 'RoidWeek Autumn 2022 Day 5, Photo 1.
The oldest street of houses in Cambridge dating back to the C14th. runs between Trinity and Gonville & Caius Colleges. Taken with a 1975 Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera model 1 on Polaroid (TIP) B+W film
Polaroid OneStep Autofocus SE circa 1997
Polaroid 600 black & white film expired.
Polaroid Week 2024
Day Five or was it Day Six (getting old)- image one
I don't know why it's yellow, and I don't know why it's where it is.
Polaroid SX-70 Alpha1 SE, Polaroid Color SX-70 film.
Polaroid Week | Spring 2025
The robins were doing fine, but something - a fox ? - ransacked the nest.
Polaroid SX-70 Alpha1 SE, Polaroid Originals B&W SX-70 film.
Polaroid Week | Spring 2023
The Somerset Levels is the one of the most important wetland areas in the UK and provides the perfect conditions for willow growing. Basket-making willow, known as "withies" have been grown here for two centuries and is now the only area left where its still cultivated for the production of baskets, furniture, garden items and high quality artists' charcoal.
Coate's English Willow Company was founded by willow grower and merchant Robert Coate in 1819, and is still run by the Coate family today. Taken with a 1981 Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera Supercolor Autofocus on Polaroid (TIP) film. 'RoidWeek Autumn 2022 Day 4, Photo 2.
View towards Albion Bridge which carries the Eastwood Road, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent over the canal. The tree to the right of the canal is on the site of Johnson Brothers Imperial Works which was built in 1896; on the same side of the canal on the far side of the Eastwood Road can be seen two Grade II listed Calcining Bottle Kilns on the site of Johnson's Trent Sanitaryware Works and directly opposite on the left side of the Caldon canal Johnson Brothers Hanley factory once stood. In 1968 Johnsons joined the Wedgwood Group and although just before WW2 the company had been the largest manufacturer of earthenware in the world, by 1990's like all Stoke-on-Trent potteries, overseas competition and high energy costs (where have we heard that before?!) had reduced the company to just one factory, Eagle Works located a few yards behind where this photograph was taken. In 2003 Johnson Brothers production was transferred to Indonesia and the Hanley, Imperial and Trent Sanitaryware factories were demolished for housing which can be seen here in the middle distance. Taken with a 1981 Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera Supercolor Autofocus on Polaroid (TIP) film.
Polaroid SX-70 Alpha1 SE, Polaroid Originals Blue 600 Reclaimed Edition film.
Polaroid Week | Spring 2023
King Alfred's Tower is a folly in Somerset, England, on the National Trust Stourhead Estate. The tower stands on Kingsettle Hill and is designated as a Grade I listed building. Henry Hoare II planned the tower in the 1760s to commemorate the end of the Seven Years' War against France and the accession of King George III. It stands near the site of Egbert's Stone, where it is believed that Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, rallied the Anglo-Saxons in 878 before the Battle of Edington against the Danish invaders. The tower was damaged by being struck by a plane in 1944 and restored in the 1980s. Taken with a 1981 Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera Supercolor Autofocus on Polaroid (TIP) film. 'RoidWeek Autumn 2022 Day 2 Photo 2 .
Three of the the seven bottle ovens of the Gladstone Pottery Museum, Longton where the latest series of Channel 4's Great Pottery Throwdon was recently filmed. The bottle oven on the left is from the original Gladstone potbank, the two on the right in the range were part of the Roslyn China (formerly Park Place) works. In 1970 when then-owners Thos. Poole Ltd decided to close the Gladstone pottery works, local businessman Derek Johnson bought the site and transferred ownership to the Staffordshire Pottery Industry Preservation Trust to be run as a museum. The City of Stoke-on-Trent took over ownership in 1989 and assumed management of the museum in 1994. The history of the site goes right back to the early days of pottery manufacture in North Staffordshire and is actually two potbanks, Gladstone and Park Place works, the latter changing the name to Roslyn China in 1946. The first recorded operators of the site were potters Thomas and Michael Shelley who bought the land from Lord Longton in the latter part of the C18th and built two factories but operated them jointly. In 1815 the site was split and the Gladstone part continued in the ownership of the family until 1857 when it was tenanted to Thos.Cooper and his successors. Some time in the 1870's the name was changed to the Gladstone Pottery Works in honour of Wm. Gladstone, the longest serving British Prime Minister to date (12 years, so a bit longer than Liz Truss then!). The factory ceased production in 1939 for the duration of the Second World War and the business was amalgamated with Thomas Poole Ltd. who operated the Cobden pottery works. After the war the bottle ovens at Gladstone works were rebuilt and production resumed under the directorship of the Poole family but in May 1970 the site was put up for sale. The two bottle ovens in the range to the right of the photo are also Grade II listed and formed part of Park Place works known as Roslyn China works since 1946, owned by the Thomas Wild Group. In 1963 production was transferred to other works within the group following a program of rationalisation and Roslyn was reunited with the next-door Gladstone factory. Unfortunately owing to severe funding cuts suffered by Stoke Museums (a key part of this utterly incompetent Government's 'levelling down' plans no doubt) this wonderful museum is only open from April-October but its well worth a visit for anyone interested in the history of The Potteries and the ceramics industry. Incidentally, the shadow of the smoke cast on the nearest bottle oven is from a chimney of the adjacent Albion Works which is home to Allied Insulators Ltd. This company was formed in 1959 by the amalgamation of Bullers and Taylor,Tunnicliff one of the few ceramic manufacturers still operating. Taken with a 1976 Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera Alpha 1 on Polaroid (TIP) film
The three Grade II listed calcining kilns at the Fountain Street Works in Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent are named Salt, Pepper and Vinegar on account of their analogous shapes. They were built in 1900 by William Baker & Co. replacing other calcining kilns which had been in operation since 1839. The site was acquired by James Kent & Co in 1909 to supply quartz and ox bone powders for their bone china production at nearby Old Foley works. The kilns were loaded with layers of flint and coke and then fired for 3 days at a temperature of 1400°C to render it friable. After a further two days of cooling the contents of the kilns were then unloaded and sieved to remove the coke and residue before being transferred to the grinding pans. The flint was ground by large millstones to a very fine powder to be added to the clay mix and give strength in the production of stoneware or white-ware. Ox bone would be fired at a lower temperature of 850°C before being ground and further added at a ratio of 10% to the clay mix in the production of bone china, and 30% for fine bone china. James Kent started his pottery business in 1897 at the Old Foley works and the firm continued in family ownership until 1981 when both sites were bought by Bayer (UK) Ltd. In 1985 the business was sold once again and then went through a succession of ownerships until 2003 when it was bought by the current private shareholders. The Old Foley works was bulldozed in 2006 but the James Kent Group continues today at the Fountain Street works manufacturing materials for the ceramics industry such as refractory elements, silicates, zirconium, frits for glazes and china clay. 'RoidWeek Spring 2023 Day 1. Taken with a 1976 Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera Alpha 1 on Polaroid (TIP) film
The Middleport Pottery Works was built by Burgess and Leigh (established 1862 at Central Pottery Works, Burslem) and was hailed as a model factory when it was first opened in 1889; the company changed the trading name to Burleigh in the 1930's. The factory was designed to make all production processes more efficient and for the easy movement of workers and materials. The finished product was loaded by crane next to the packing house onto barges to be transported along the Trent and Mersey canal to the Port of Liverpool for export. Today the main factory buildings are still occupied by Burleigh which continues to produce high quality decorated tableware using traditional skills and processes. The site is also home to a visitor centre, several small studios such as Burslem Pottery making handcrafted stoneware, Alex Allday Ceramic Design, Emma Bailey Ceramics and other craft and gift shops. The commercial narrowboat tied up at Middleport wharf is 'Dane' No.965 built in 1946 for the Mersey Weaver & Ship Canal Carrying Co Ltd. In 1960 she was converted as a pleasure boat but fell into an advanced state of disrepair. Dane was extensively restored by the Narrowboat Heritage Foundation Trust over a three year period completed in 2016. Taken with a 1976 Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera Alpha 1 on Polaroid (TIP) film
The Chapter House, Wells Cathedral, Somerset, UK. Taken with a 1981 Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera Supercolor Autofocus on Polaroid (TIP) film. (After Frederick Evans, Edwin Smith). 'RoidWeek Autumn 2022 Day 1 Photo 1 .
Polaroid SX-70 Sears Special
Impossible Project SX70 Color
Summer, 2015
Polaroid Week 2016
Day 2
Photo 2/2
Land Camera 100/manual conversion, Fujifilm FP-100C Professional/cleared negative, DSLR Scan w/Negative Lab Pro
Rachael under an oak tree in Bothell, Washington.
Camera: Polaroid Pathfinder Land Camera 110A
Film: T-Max 100, 4X5, Expired 8/1997
Exposure: 1/125, f-11
Developer: Rodinal 1:50
Gales Creek Road. Tillamook State Forest, Oregon.
28November2020
Fuji FP-3000B (exp 11-2014), Polaroid Land Automatic 225. Scanned negative, PS inversion.
this picture is for Cyan Blue, one of the best photographers around and especially inspiring with not only his actual Polaroid work but with his dedication to the medium! Thanks Matt!
Polaroid Week 2016
Day 3
Photo 1/2
Polaroid Sun 600 LMS
Unknown film stock
Summer, 2013
From what I can gather from other photos take around this time, I believe this film was one of the earlier PX600 black frame film that I had cut.
Portland Oregon.
15Oct2020
Fuji FP-100c, Polaroid Colorpack II Land Camera.
'Roid Week Autumn 2020 6/1
Polaroid week, day 2.
Abandoned gas station triptych; Las Vegas, New Mexico.
SX-70 OneStep Rainbow + 600 Flash + SX-70 Original + black/yellow, green, red duochrome film.
Polaroid week, day 1.
Abandoned house triptych; Villanueva, New Mexico.
Polaroid SX-70 OneStep Rainbow + 600 Flash + SX-70 Original + black/yellow, green, red duochrome.
The three bottle ovens (so-called because of the iconic shape) on the corner of Bournes Bank and Enoch Street in the centre of Burslem are the last vestiges of what was once the Acme Marls works, manufacturers of kiln furniture for the pottery industry. They are thought to be the last surviving examples of down-draught kilns remaining in the City of Stoke-on-Trent, the centre of the UK pottery industry for three centuries. The company was founded in 1932 by Lt.Col J.W.A.Lovatt and his brother making saggars, kiln cars, pernettes and other refractory supports on which pottery is stacked during firing. . . . . . And for those of an enquiring mind, a saggar is a kidney shaped tub made from fireclay about 60cm long, 40cm wide and 30cm deep into which the raw clay pots such as plates, cups and saucers, bowls, teapots etc are stacked on pernettes (little separators or stilts) for firing. Which gives rise to a very British employment occupation, the 'saggar-maker's, bottom-knocker's mate'. Producing saggars to the correct specification was a skilled job and needed a craftsman, the saggar-maker. However making the base of the saggar required less skill and could be left to a lesser craftsman, the bottom-knocker. He made the base of the saggar by placing clay in a metal hoop and knocking it into shape. In turn, he had a mate to help him prepare the clay, clear up the mess and make the tea. So very obviously he was the 'saggar-maker's bottom-knocker's mate'! The Three Sisters in Burslem were still being fired until 1977 and are now Grade II listed. In 1985 the company changed its title to Acme Projects and in 2000 concentrated the business at the Tunstall works. The Burslem site was sold off and is now abandoned and overgrown. Acme Projects Ltd continued in the ownership of the Lovatt family until 27th August 2019 when it was finally dissolved. Taken with a 1976 Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera Alpha 1 on Polaroid (TIP) film