Eccleshall Pageant
A Pageant scene depicting Bishop Robert de Lymesay consecrating Eccleshall Church, which Elias de Jantonice is rebuilding, 1090 AD.
Eccleshall Pageant was organised to raise funds for the rebuilding ...
Eccleshall Pageant
A Pageant scene depicting the Battle of Blore Heath which was a battle in the English Wars of the Roses. It was fought on 23 September 1459, at Blore Heath in Staffordshire.
Eccleshall Pageant was ...
Eccleshall Pageant
A Pageant scene depicting the accession of George III. The Countess of Lichfield played Lady Anson.
Eccleshall Pageant was organised to raise funds for the rebuilding of the school, and to portray ...
Eccleshall Pageant
A Pageant scene depicting the murder of the Princes Wulfad and Rufin by Wulfere, King of Mercia. According to legend, Stone owes its origin to the murder of the two Saxon Princes, Rufin and Wulfad by ...
Eccleshall Pageant, (3)
Pageant depicting Queen Margaret of Anjou returning with some of her defeated troops from the Battle of Blore Heath, in 1459. Mrs W.E. Carter played Queen Margaret.
Eccleshall Pageant was organised ...
Edwardian Black Skirt
Edwardians preferred a simpler style, after the Victorians, with silhouette’s 'thinning'.
For the first time in decades skirts were not exaggerated and were more natural in appearance.
This skirt ...
Edwardian Wedding Dress
This cream satin dress was in the typical style of the day, it has a high waist and a high collar and would have been worn with a corset.
Gigot sleeves were popular during the period, as the sleeves ...
Edwardian Wedding Dress
This wedding dress was worn by Winnifred Mary Leeke (nee Robinson). She was married in Stone Roman Catholic Church in around 1909.
It is made of cream silk and has an inner hem lining specially made ...
Elizabeth I Pageant Costume, Stafford,
Elizabeth I Pageant Float, Stafford,
Prize winning pageant float depicting Queen Elizabeth I's visit to Stafford in 1575.
The annual procession through Stafford ended with a fair on the town common. A prize was awarded to the best decorated ...
Elizabeth Mary Blake. Photographed by William Blake.
Full length portrait of Elizabeth Mary Blake in a graduation cap and gown.
Elizabeth Mary Blake. Photographed by William Blake.
Full length portrait of Elizabeth Mary Blake in a graduation cap and gown.
Elkes' Carnival entry, Uttoxeter
An Elkes' delivery van covered to make it look like a house made of biscuits. Standing on either side are the 'chef' and the driver.
Elkes' Girl Pipers, Uttoxeter
Group photograph of Elkes' Girl Pipers in full dress, 17 girls in all. The girl in the middle wears a leopard skin and has a large drum. The other girls wear tartan kilts, plaid socks, velvet jackets, ...
Emily Mary Foster and Gertrude Fanny Foster, Cheddleton
Sisters Emily Mary Foster, aged 15, and Gertrude Fanny Foster, aged 17, of Brund Farm, Cheddleton. The girls are possibly dressed for a Confirmation ceremony in this studio portrait.
The Foster family ...
Empire Day at Marmion Street School, Tamworth
Empire Day was an annual event held on the 24th May.
Empire Day Celebrations, Dove Bank School, Kidsgrove
Children from Dove Bank School are here seen dressed up to celebrate Empire Day. Empire Day was held every year on the 24th May. Mary Beech is seen on the back row, second from the left.
Endon May Queen
The May Queen, Miss Edna Brown, being driven to the well, there to be welcomed by the vicar. The crowning of the May Queen is part of the Endon Well Dressing celebrations.
Endon has the the longest ...