The White House, Clayton Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme

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Date:1919

Description:The 'White House' was owned by Alboin Birks, the ceramics artist. Later it became the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Madge and Tom Tivey. Tom Tivey served in Mesopotamia during World War One where he contracted malaria and was injured by a bullet to the chest which damaged his lung. After the war he became a writer and lecturer for the Staffordshire College of Building. Over the course of his service he served with the 5th North Staffordshire Regiment, the Leicester and the Northumberland Fusiliers and eventually became Platoon Sergeant.


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1910s
Relaxing in the garden of 'Sunnyside', Northwood Lane, Clayton
Relaxing in the garden of 'Sunnyside', Northwood Lane, Clayton

Frederick Everitt was a chauffeur and amateur photographer who lived at 'Sunnyside' ...

1930s
Newcastle-under-Lyme Town Planning Scheme Map, Clayton and Westbury Park area
Newcastle-under-Lyme Town Planning Scheme Map, Clayton and Westbury Park area

The town planning scheme allocated areas or zones for different types of development ...

1960s
Clayton Fields,Newcastle-under-Lyme
Clayton Fields,Newcastle-under-Lyme

A view across Clayton Fields, prior to the construction of Westbury Park. Aside ...

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Donor ref:PA 8293 (22/48639)

Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme

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