Diamond Jubilee celebrations, New Street, Burton-on-Trent
The decorations in New Street for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee 1897, as viewed from the end of the street nearest High Street. New Street No.1 Crossing can be seen in the distance. The arch over ...
Doctor and chauffeur, Cheddleton
A North Staffordshire doctor paying a visit in his chauffeur driven car. The reverse of this postcard has a note stating that the photograph was taken at Cheddleton Asylum but we have been unable to ...
Doctor's glass stirring rods
Glass stirring rods for medical use.
Collected from the medical practice of Dr. S.E. Godwin, G.P. of 44 Stockwell Street, Leek, Staffordshire, from the 1920s until c.1973.
Doctor's Surgery, Wheaton Aston
The Surgery is situated on Pinfold Lane near its junction with High Street. The building was replaced by modern housing consisting of four flats, named the Old Surgery in 2020-21.
Dora Wiles at Yarnfield Hospital
Dora Wiles from Rugeley is pictured at Yarnfield Hospital, near Stone.
This photograph is from a collection of photographs relating to Dora who was a patient at Yarnfield Hospital in 1928 and in ...
Dora Wiles with Patients and Nursing Staff, Yarnfield Hospital
Back row (left to right): Mrs Fernyhough, Miss Somers, Nurse Barnett, Edna Terry and Dora Wiles.
Centre row: unknown, E Bancroft, Miss Topliss, R Danks, Florrie and Ella Gilbert.
Front row: Maisie Bentley ...
Dora Wiles, Rugeley
This photograph is from a collection of photographs relating to Dora Wiles who is pictured outside her home 16 Hill Street, Rugeley. Dora was a patient at Yarnfield Hospital in 1928 and in 1930 and during ...
Double ended measure
Turned wooden double-ended egg cup shaped measure. One end slightly larger than other. Use not known, but probably used by a chemist or pharmacist to measure medical powders by volume.
From the ...
Dr Hewson, Coton Hill Asylum, Stafford,
Coton Hill Asylum was built in the 1850s and opened in 1854. It was originally built as an extension to the County Asylum in order to house private patients. It was to be known as The institution for ...
Dr. A.M. McAldowie
Born in Aberdeen in 1852, Alexander Morison McAldowie moved to Staffordshire in 1876 when he was appointed House Physician at the North Staffordshire Infirmary. He later had a private practice at Brook ...
Dr. John Kerr Butter, Cannock
Dr. John Kerr Butter sitting in his BSA car with his chauffeur, John William Wardle. He lived at Highfield House on Wolverhampton Road, Cannock. The house later became the Police Station, but was demolished ...
Dr. Parkes' surgery, Normacot Road, Longton
This property, possibly 84, Normacot Road, had been the local headquarters of the Blackshirts, a fascist organisation of the inter-war period. Their posters (reading "India Betrayal") were still visible ...
Dr. Wilkins and the Billiards Team, St. Edwards Hospital, Cheddleton
Members of the team and Dr. Wilkins pictured with their trophies in the hospital grounds.
Duchess of Sutherland Ambulance Tent Hospital, France
Nurses and wounded soldiers at Millicent, Fourth Duchess of Sutherland’s Ambulance Tent Unit hospital in northern France during World War I.
Millicent Fanny St. Clair Erskine was born in 1867 in ...
Duchess of Sutherland's Ambulance Tent Hospital, France
The original staff of Millicent, Fourth Duchess of Sutherland’s Red Cross Hospital in France during World War I.
Millicent Fanny St. Clair Erskine was born in 1867 in Fife. In 1884 she married Cromartie ...
Duckett type toilet. Circa 1972
This type of toilet was in general use in working class housing in the Potteries from around 1880.
Dunsley Home of Rest, Dunsley
The building dates from the early 1800's and was known as Dunsley House or Dunsley Villa. From 1912 until the 1930's the building was used as a rest home by the Girls' Friendly Society.
Dust Extraction Equipment. Photographed by William Blake.
Exhibition stand showing dust extraction equipment made by W.E. Browning & Co., Leytonstone.