Codsall Wood Women's Institute
Members of the Codsall Wood Women’s Institute pictured on an outing to Messrs Brinton’s Limited, Carpet Manufacturers, Kidderminster.
Front row left to right: unknown, Mrs Minnie Beeston, unknown, ...
Codsall Wood Women's Institute
Members of Codsall Wood Women's Institute taking part in a darts tournament.
Coffee Tavern, Oakamoor
The 1911 census lists that Annie Tipper was running a tobacconists and confectionery shop here at the Coffee Tavern. Her husband was working at the nearby copper works as a wire drawer. The Tipper family ...
Col. and Mrs Haszard, Milford Hall
A portrait of Col. Gerald Haszard and Mrs Dyonese Haszard (nee Levett) in the Sitting Room at Milford Hall.
The daughter of William and Maud Byrd Levett of Milford Hall, Dyonese Rosamund Levett was ...
Colehill, Tamworth
Looking north along Colehill towards Lower Gungate. Standing on the corner with Church Street can be seen the Baptist Church, originally built as a theatre but converted into a chapel around 1821. From ...
Colouring Doll's Heads In The Potteries. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with paintresses decorating doll's heads.
This images appears elsewhere in the collection and was used for a presentation by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small folder ...
Colwich Lock
Looking west into Colwich lock, filling up, on the Trent and Mersey Canal with the railway bridge in the background and the lock-keepers cottage on the right. A North Staffordshire Railway water tower ...
Colwich Mothers' Union
This group is believed to be the Colwich branch of the Mothers' Union with toddlers and babies. The woman in the centre holds twins. This photograph was possibly taken on the driveway of Colwich Vicarage....
Combinations, c.1870-1900
Combinations are chemise and drawers together in one seamless article of clothing.
During the 1870’s the fashion was for the silhouette to be tight, so combinations were invented to reduced the amount ...
Combinations, c.1870-1900
Combinations are chemise and drawers together in one seamless article of clothing.
During the 1870’s the fashion was for the silhouette to be tight, so unnecessary bulk was discarded.
Combinations ...
Comic football match, Abbots Bromley
A postcard view of a group posing for the camera, those in fancy dress were participants in a comic football match held in Abbots Bromley on Christmas Day 1923.
On the reverse the only remarks are: ...
Concert at the Odeon, Hanley
A group pictured at a concert held at Hanley Odeon which includes pianist Ruby Murfitt standing back row, 2nd left. She played for Alderman Mrs J. Barber with Mr Perry. A talented pianist, she lived ...
Concert party, Ellenhall
A concert party at Ellenhall, February 1938, probably held in the Schoolroom.
Back row (left to right): Elsie Skitmore, Tom Skitmore, Frank Turner, Linda Morris, Frances Lawrence, Nora Bourne, Billy ...
Confectioners, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A Confectioners on the High Street displaying a wide variety of sweets and chocolates in its window. The lady standing outside the shop is presumably the owner.
Constance Evelyn Meakin, Hartwell Hall
Constance Evelyn Meakin (nee Paddock, 1875-1966) was born at Hartwell Hall, Barlaston in 1875 and was the daughter of George Frederick Paddock, a solicitor, and Matilda Esther Paddock. This studio portrait ...
Constance Meakin and Charles Fowke, Stone or Stafford
Constance Meakin (centre) with Charles Fowke (2nd from left) at an event in Stone or Stafford. Stafford photographer C.E. Fowke was Mayor of Stafford in 1951 and 1952. This might be a Women's Institute ...
Constance Meakin, Darlaston Hall
Constance Evelyn Meakin (nee Paddock, 1875-1966) was the second woman to serve as a member of Staffordshire County Council and was a County Councillor for 37 years from 1920. She was also a member of ...
Cookery Class, Sutherland Institute, Longton
A cookery class at the Sutherland Institute, Longton with the caption: "The Cheerless Air of English Cooks Under the "U" Boat Menace. April 1917."
Photographer: William Blake of Longton.