Repatriates and American troops arrive by air
An image from the 'Yarnfield Yank', a booklet published in 1945 to commemorate the presence of US Army personnel at transit camps in Yarnfield, near Stone during World War II. The camps at Yarnfield were ...
Royal Ordnance Factory stand, Festival of Britain, Stone
Royal Ordinance Factory, Stone stand in the Trades and Industry Exhibition held on Westbridge Park as part of the Festival of Britain events held in Stone.
Workers started at R.O.F. Swynnerton in 1940, ...
Sleeping Beauty programme, Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton
Front cover of the programme for a performance of Sleeping Beauty performed by staff and residents at Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton during World War II.
Frobisher Hall was a hostel for workers at the ...
Staff outing from Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton
Staff from Frobisher Hall, on the way to a party or an outing. Nellie Kizis is on the bus looking out the window.
Nellie Kizis was born in 1921 near Edinburgh. She worked at the canteen at the Royal ...
Sun Street Greyhound Stadium, Hanley
Hanley Greyhound and Speedway stadium (also known as Sun Street Stadium) was a popular haunt for American servicemen based at Yarnfield. It lay between Clough Street, Mount Pleasant and Sun Street in ...
Swynnerton
SWYNNERTON is a very typical estate village, incorporating hall and landscaped park, churches, cottages and cricket ground. It is situated about seven miles north- west of the town of Stafford. There ...
Swynnerton Garden Fete
Mrs Basil Johnson is pictured speaking at the opening of the Swynnerton Parish Church garden fete on Saturday 2 July, which was and held in the lovely grounds of Queenswood, by kind permission of Mr and ...
Tennis group, Stonefield Park, Stone
Stone residents entertaining Otto Schreister, an American soldier billetted at Yarnfield during the Second World War. The group is pictured after playing tennis in Stonefield Park.
Standing (left ...
The Contraband Hut, ROF Swynnerton
Contraband hut and attendant at R.O.F. Swynnerton.
Workers at R.O.F. Swynnerton, a high percentage of which were women, filled shells, bombs and other armaments, including 20mm shells for Spitfires, ...
The Potteries
A general view of then Potteries, an image taken from the 'Yarnfield Yank', a booklet published in 1945 to commemorate the presence of US Army personnel at transit camps in Yarnfield, near Stone during ...
The war memorial, Granville Square, Stone
A view taken in Granville Square, Stone from behind the war memorial, looking down the High Street.
This image is from the 'Yarnfield Yank', a booklet published in 1945 to commemorate the presence ...
The Wedding of Hilda Wiles and Ernest Richards, Rugeley
This postcard view was taken on the Wedding Day of Hilda Wiles and Ernest Richards, 19 December 1931.
The photograph was taken at 16 Hill Street, Rugeley by T W Heatherley of Rugeley.
Back row (left ...
US Army troops, Cold Meece
US Army personnel boarding buses having disembarked from trains at Cold Meece. Cold Meece railway station was built in by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway to serve ROF Swynnerton, a Royal Ordnance ...
Victory celebrations, Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton
Mary Wayte (third from left) with performers in a 'V for Victory' show held at Frobisher Hall.
Frobisher Hall was a hostel for workers at the Royal Ordnance Factory at Swynnerton during and just after ...
Wedding couple, Eccleshall
Arthur G. Platt and Winifred M. Atkin pictured at their wedding at Eccleshall Parish Church on April 18th 1939. They later lived at Hallbutts Farm, Yarnfield.