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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.
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Enson potbank on Short Street, Longton was built by John Proctor in 1843; in 1870 it was bought by Middleton and Hudson and renamed the Alma Works, later becoming the Delphine Works. The factory was then purchased in 1948 by Spencer Stevenson & Co who specialised in domestic bone china and hotelware and renamed it the Enson Pottery Works. Production ceased in 1963 and the Grade II listed bottle kilns and range were largely derelict by 1998 when the site was purchased by Stoke City Council who renovated the historic site and built a modern extension to create the Centre of Refurbishment Excellence (CORE) used for IT development, education and business. The discarded object in the foreground shadows may be of interest. The water closet has been produced in vast numbers in the Potteries since 1849, the nickname for which has an intriguing etymology. The term, and indeed the bodily function associated with it, is said to have come about from the Yorkshire plumber Thomas Crapper (1836-1910) who was the first to display a flushing lavatory, in his London sanitaryware showroom. The popularity of the indoor flushing toilet was greatly increased when Thomas was granted a Royal Warrant in 1888 by Prince Albert (later King Edward VII) for supplying thirty porcelain lavatories with cedarwood seats to Sandringham House. Every cistern and toilet supplied from then on was branded 'The Venerable Thomas Crapper and Company'. The term 'crapper' entered popular use when American Servicemen stationed in England in WW1 saw his name cast into the front of the cistern and it soon became army slang for relieving the bowels, as in "I'm going to the crapper". Taken with a 1976 Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera Alpha 1 on Polaroid (TIP) film
One of the Isle of Bute's more unusual tourist attractions are the restored victorian toilets next to the ferry terminal. They are an impressive example of victorian plumbing!
from the 1954 'Catalogue 282 for the Plumbing, Building, Painting and Decorating Trades' from W. Emery & Co. Ltd., Arundel St., Sheffield.
A brochure {c.1965] by Shanks & Co. Ltd. of Barrhead, Scotland. This Clarendon washbasin remained in production for many years during the Armitage Shanks era - into the '90s, I think.
One of the Isle of Bute's more unusual tourist attractions are the restored victorian toilets next to the ferry terminal. They are an impressive example of victorian plumbing!
Illustration from 'Planning Your Bathrooms and Powder Room'. Briggs Manufacturing Co., Detroit IL 1945
Advertisement by The Leeds Fireclay Co. Ltd. and Oates & Green Ltd. appearing in The Contractors', Merchants' and Estate Managers' Compendium 1905. The credit for this very pleasing work goes to one 'J.B.F.'
Seen in a 1963 issue of Architectural Review is this very period piece - bathroom fittings by the long established Shanks who were based at the Tubal Works in Barrhead, then Renfrewshire, in Scotland. The company was formed by John Shanks, a local plumber, who in 1866 set up the works to manufacture taps and fitting and in 1904, with the move to the new and larger Tubal Works, began manufacturing the ceramics such as toilets, baths and basins as seen here. In 1969 they merged with rivals Armitage, to form Armitage Shanks, and the combined company became part of the Blue Circle Industries Group in 1980. The Barrhead plant closed in 1992.
The suite seen here is one of the variations on avacado green that was very popular in the day but it is seen against a rather '50s style decor. During the 1960s interior decor fashion, even in bathrooms, would become a little livlier even if the green colours were still a popular choice.
Whitehead's Chimney - The chimney is all that remains of Whiteheads fireclay and brickworks near Clayton, Bradford. Whiteheads made sanitaryware and chimney pots. It was decorated in 1911 with the company's tiles and glazed bricks to commemorate Bradford City winning the FA cup.
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Catalogue of Sanitary Goods in 'Semi-Porcelain' manufactured by A. J. Wilkinson Ltd., Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent. Jan. 1901.
Page showing the Shanks sanitaryware colours available in 1933. From Shanks & Co. Ltd.'s 1933 "D" catalogue of sanitary earthenware manufactured at Longpark Pottery, Kilmarnock which had recently been acquired by the firm to add to their existing works at Barrhead.
Advertisement by W. N. Froy & Sons Ltd. of Hammersmith in The Architectural Review, Oct 1929. Froys were one of the first British distributors for the baths and vitreous china sanitaryware of the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Co. of Pittsburgh. All the ware was imported from America: this was before the mergers in the U.S. and Europe that eventually led to the Ideal Standard brand and before the Hull sanitaryware plant had been thought of. The colour range here is a bit of an enigma. The 'Standard' colours included Claire de Lune Blue rather than Norse Blue, and the colours listed in this 1929 advert don't correspond with the exotic sounding 'Standard' colour chart - "Rose du Barry", "Ming Green", "Ivoire de Medici", "Orchid of Vincennes", "T'ang Red", etc., which is shown in a brochure issued by Froy 6 months later in March 1930.
Enjoy the convenience of a lovely bathroom. (Standard plumbing fixtures cost no more than others.) Booklet "Plan Beauty For Your Home with Standard Plumbing Fixtures". Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Co., Pittsburgh, PA. 1937
Illustration from the 1961 Catalogue 230 from Gardiner, Sons & Co. Ltd., Bristol. The Armitage Green sanitary ware is by Edward Johns & Co. Ltd. (Armitage Ware).
From Catalogue "F" (List No. 805). Shanks & Co. Ltd., Tubal Works, Barrhead, Scotland. n.d. [c.1936]
Modernus Closet Suite in Orchid de Vincennes. From the 1939 catalogue of Lumley & Hunt Ltd. of Hove and Worthing, Sussex.
One of the marvellous Architectural Review's 'special numbers' and this, from May 1936, looks at brickwork. It covers the history and typology of bricks and brick construction in the UK as well as looking at overseas examples before bringing together examples of contemporary architecture using the products and skills.
A striking advert issued by the Hull based company Ideal Boilers & Radiators for thier wrought copper fittings used to make copper to copper pipe joints. The company'sroots appear to be in the late Victorian formation of the National Radiator Company of Hull that became the Ideal Boiler and Radiator Company at some point in 1934 possibly I wonder under the influence of the American American Radiator and Standard Sanitaryware Corporation who appear to have had full control from the late 1940s and who introduced the "Ideal - Standard" brand. The name still survives after much changes of ownership and structure.
Advertisement in The Engineers' and Surveyors' Compendium & Diary 1902. Joseph Cliff was part of the Leeds Fireclay Co. Ltd.
Pictorial endpapers to the Catalogue of Stoneware Drainage Specialities by The Standard Brick & Terra Cotta Co. Ltd., of Buckley, Flintshire. May 1930.
Bathroom Suite No. 3 from Catalogue of Baths, Lavatories, Sinks, Sanitary Ware and Appliances for the Plumbing & Decorating Trades. Baxendale & Co. Ltd., Miller St., Manchester.. 1923
From the catalogue "Mellowes' Sanitary Fittings No. 6", Aug 1919, by Mellowes & Co. Ltd., London (Works at Sheffield)
John Smeaton's Patent "Amphora" Water Closet Apparatus as shown in the 1889 catalogue of Llewellins & James, Castle Green, Bristol.
China Clay is the the lifeblood of Fowey Docks.
Around three quarters of a million tonnes are exported from Fowey annually.
The majority is in bulk form, i.e. loose, however it is also shipped on pallets and in big bags.
The product serves the paper industry in Norway, Sweden and Finland.
It also supplies the ceramics industry (Tableware and Sanitaryware) in Egypt, Italy, Portugal and many other countries.
Leaflet promoting the Hollywood bathroom range of vitreous china sanitaryware. Front shows the pedestal washbasin in pink with Hollywood vitreous porcelain (not plastic) handles. George Howson & Sons Ltd., Eastwood Sanitary Works, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. 1960.
From General Catalogue HG: Armitage Ware Quality Plumbing Fixtures by Edward Johns & Co. Ltd., Armitage, Staffordshire. 1958
Ideal Boilers and Radiators Ltd. (Ideal-Standard): From Clay to Vitreous China. 1939. [Neo-Classic Bath, Sussex Basin, Modernus W.C.]
A bathroom design with fully tiled walls and green sanitary fitments. Illustration from the January 1936 catalogue of the Standard Range & Foundry Co. Ltd., Wholesale Builders' Merchants of Queen's Road, Watford.
The bathroom of one of the semi-detached 'cast iron' council houses situated on site at the Black Country Museum. This is the bathroom of a house in a 1940s setting, although the sanitary ware and primitive plumbing are not far removed from most interwar and post war housing. ...That's if you were lucky enough to have a bathroom and inside toilet!
The bathroom in the house I grew up in was quite similar, although it had a bigger window, so wasn't so dingy. The bare water pipes in our bathroom ran just above skirting-board level and looked much neater. The toilet set up was similar to this example, but our toilet featured a STOM (of Bilston) made overhead cistern, this example being a similar looking Thomas Dudley 'Cascade' type. In fact, the Thomas Dudley factory is but a stone's throw from the Museum site and is still in business.
This house was unusually warm especially being made from cast iron, so should have been quite cold given the weather. I well remember how cold old houses like this were, so I can only assume that it has been insulated in its rebuild?
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Old Birmingham Road is a recreated 1930s street at the Black Country Living Museum and links St James's School with the Cradley Heath Workers' Institute which is the building at the end of the street. The buildings here have been set in the 1930s to tell the story of the years leading up to the Second World War.
Museum staff in St James's School demonstrate lessons and school life from the turn of the 20th century. The school building opened in Eve Hill, Dudley in 1842 for pupils aged 5–11. It was decided to transfer the building to the museum in 1989 and relocation was completed by October 1990, with the exhibit opening the following year.
Hobbs & Sons fish and chip shop and H Morrall's gentlemen's outfitters have been returned to 1935 condition. The shops come from Hall Street, Dudley and date from the late-18th century and refaced with bright red pressed brickwork in 1889.
Four buildings were rescued from Birmingham Street, Oldbury and date to about 1860. The block is dominated by the green painted fascia of Humphrey Brothers, builders' merchants, who occupied the premises from 1921. It has a replica shop front from about 1932. Humphreys sold fireplaces, sanitaryware and building supplies including Walpamur, a flat paint used for internal walls. The motorcycle shop is based on the business of A. Hartill & Sons which was located in Mount Pleasant, Bilston. The window displays of locally made six Sunbeam motor bikes from 1929–34. Next door is Alfred Preedy & Sons tobacconist shop, established in Dudley in 1868. James Gripton's radio shop is from the 1920s and this reconstruction, set in 1939, contains 'new' and second radios.
The Cradley Heath Workers' Institute was built with surplus funds raised in 1910 during the strike for a minimum wage by women chain makers. The Arts and Crafts style building was designed by architect, Albert Thomas Butler, and opened on 10 June 1912. It became a centre for educational meetings, social gatherings and trade union activities in Cradley Heath. Re-erected at the museum it is a monument to Mary Macarthur and her campaign to establish a national minimum wage in the "sweated trades" where people worked long hours for poverty wages typically in appalling conditions. The building contains reconstructed offices, a news room with a digital interpretation of the background to the strike and a large hall which is used for a wide range of activities including theatre performances and concerts.
The bus in the background is a 1946 Sunbeam W Trolleybus. A trolleybus is an electric bus that draws power from overhead wires (generally suspended from roadside posts) using spring-loaded trolley poles. Two wires and poles are required to complete the electrical circuit. This differs from a tram or streetcar, which normally uses the track as the return path, needing only one wire and one pole (or pantograph). They are also distinct from other kinds of electric buses, which usually rely on batteries. Power is most commonly supplied as 600-volt direct current, but there have been, and are, exceptions.
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Frm the catalogue of W. A. Baker & Co. Ltd., Newport, Mon. [c.1902]. The maker of the Victrion closet is nowhere stated, though there is some evidence suggesting Johnson Bros. of Hanley, Stoke on Trent.
From 'Twyford's 1899 Catalogue of Sanitary Specialities in Complete Combinations'. Twyfords Ltd., Cliffe Vale Potteries, Hanley, Staffs. 1899.
Catalogue No. 22. of Modern Bathroom and Sanitary Fittings. n.d. [c.1925]. Nicholls & Clarke Ltd., High St., Shoreditch, London E.1.
Catalogue d'Articles Sanitaires 1910-1911. Unfortunately the first page, which might have revealed the name of the issuing company, has been torn out of my copy and I cannot identify the French trade mark. So the catalogue remains a bit of a mystery to me. Some of the 'articles sanitaires' identified by name (mostly W.C. Pans) are made by Johnson Bros. of Hanley, Staffordshire, England.
Detail from advertisement in The Contractors' Compendium 1893 by George Skey & Co. Ltd , Wilnecote Works, nr. Tamworth.
Illustration of an upmarket bathroom fitted with Twyfords sanitary appliances from an undated catalogue [c.1925] issued by Twyfords through their agents in Brussels, J. &. G. Davis. The text is in French. I don't recall seeing this illustration elsewhere in catalogues for the home trade, so it might possibly have been confined to publicity material for the export market. J. & G. Davis were Twyford's irepresentatives "pour La Belgique, ses Colonies, et Le Grand- Duche de Luxembourg".