The May Queen, Endon
The 1911 May Queen, Miss Edna Brown. The crowning of the May Queen is part of the Endon Well Dressing celebrations.
Endon has the the longest tradition of well dressing in Staffordshire, beginning ...
The Mill family, Adderley Green
The Mill family of Adderley Green, Stoke on Trent, outside their shop in Bright Street. Mrs Mill was blind and the little girl was called Emily.
The Morter family, Oulton, Stone
Back row: Winnifred Morter, Mrs Morter, Elsie Chadderton.
Front row: Trixie Morter, Eric Morter.
The Morter family lived in the Fold, Oulton. Eric Morter later emigrated to Canada, but paid a visit ...
The Nutt children, Tean
Pictured (left to right) are Arthur Henry Nutt (1860-1948), Frances Verian Nutt, (1858-1937) and Gertrude Nutt (1863-1939). Their parents were Henry and Lucy Nutt. Henry was a stone mason. He broke ...
The Old Plough Inn, Wetley Rocks
In this postcard view children pose for the photographer with the Old Plough Inn, Wetley Rocks, in the background. The Old Plough Inn stood on the junction of Leek Road, Main Road and Plough Bank. The ...
The old smithy, Coppenhall
A blacksmith filing the hoof of a horse outside the old smithy which was sited on the west side of Hyde Lea Bank, between Coppenhall and Hyde Lea. The blacksmith at the time was George Fletcher. The ...
Three boys, Florence Road, Bilbrook
Pictired from left to right are David Holden (dentists' son), Graham Hutcheson (engineers' son) and David McGeough (doctors's son). The boys all lived at Histons Hill, Codsall.
The photograph was ...
Top class, St Nicholas' Church of England Infants School, Codsall
Back row (left-right) ?, Stanley Jones, ?, Ruth Williams, ?, ?.
2nd row from the back (left-right) ?, Walter Taylor, Cyril Cotterill, ?, Annie Daw, ?.
2nd row from front (left-right) George Bradley, ...
Town Mill, Stafford
Colour-tinted postcard of view of the Town Mill in Stafford. The mill at this time was occupied by J. Brookfield and Son, who produced animal feed.
The mill was built by George Brewster in 1834, ...
Violin Class, Corporation Street Primary Boys School, Stafford
Photograph taken in the hall of Corporation Street Primary Boys School, Stafford, built in 1909. The school is now known as John Wheeldon Primary Academy (2017).
Watching the Firemen, Stafford
Photograph shows three boys sitting on the banks of the river Sow watching a fire practice on the sports field opposite.
Reproduced by Kind Permission of the Staffordshire Newsletter who retain copyright....
Wedding Group, Eccleshall,
This Edwardian bride has chosen a dress which could be used for Sunday best after her wedding and, as was fashionable after 1900, is wearing a hat in preference to a veil.
Welfare Foods Campaign, Stafford,
Welfare Foods Campaign in the Midland Region, which took place in the Food Office on Mount Street. The campaign was to encourage mothers to claim free cod liver oil and orange juice for their children.
On ...
Wolstanton Church School class 5, Wolstanton, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Before the days of free state education many school were run by churches and charitable organisations who took it upon themselves to educate the lower classes who could not afford to pay for education. ...
Woodwork class, Knightley School
Woodwork class, students holding woodwork projects.
Knightley School was built in 1874 and enlarged in 1894. In 1912 it had places for 125 children.
World Wildlife Award, Western Springs Primary School, Rugeley
Children at Western Springs Primary School are pictured here after having raised money for the World Wildlife Fund.
Worthington family
From left to right: Alice Worthington (nee Harrison, 1881-1968) and her daughters Ivy Alice Worthington (born 1916) and Rose Worthington (1912-1999).
Alice was born in Tettenhall, near Wolverhampton, ...
Worthington family, Seighford.
Members of the Worthington family outside Churchyard Cottage, Seighford. From left to right: Evelyn Mary (born 1898), Emily (1859-1923 ), and Edith May (born 1902).