Industry Gallery

The Potteries EPW045337

FAIRFIELD POTTERY, Slippery Lane, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. The heart of the potteries with a series of kilns, towers and workshops producing all kinds of ceramics. A G Hackney & Co for whom the photograph was taken ran an industrial porcelain works here. Also in this shot from July 1933 are a rope works, Britannia Pottery, Havelock Works, Vulcan Pottery, St James Street Pottery and others. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

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At the village water pump AA97_05320

BARTON HARTSHORN, Buckinghamshire. General view showing people collecting water from the village water pump. A woman is helped by a young girl while two well dressed ladies look on. Photographed in 1901 by Alfred Newton and Son

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People, Rural, Village

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ALEXANDRA PALACE, Muswell Hill, London. Alexandra Palace was built in 1873 as a North London counterpart to Crystal Palace in Sydenham, South London. Set in Alexandra Park it was intended as a venue for public recreation, education and entertainment. It contained a concert hall, art galleries, a museum, lecture hall, banqueting room and a theatre. In 1936 it was used as the television headquarters of the BBC. The BBC radio mast is still in use as shown in this aerial photograph from August 2006

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