Maypole Dairy shop, Eccleshall
The Maypole Dairy chain specialised in dairy produce such as butter and lard and also margarine. The chain, which had over 1,000 stores by 1926, began when George Watson set up his own business in 1887 ...
Mazda Lamps factory and Mother's Pride Bakery, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent
The industrial site on the far side of Newcastle Road (A34) had two factories. Farthest away from the camera is the Mother's Pride Bakery. This was part of Premier Foods group. Between the 1960s and ...
Meadow Dairy Co. Ltd., Eccleshall
The Meadow Dairy Company specialised in dairy products, but also sold groceries. It was formed in 1901 and had over 800 branches across the country by 1927, when it joined an arrangement with Lipton ...
Menu from the Barley Mow, Milford, Stafford
The front cover of a menu from the Barley Mow public house, Milford.
Messrs Bass's Brewery, Burton-upon-Trent
This engraving is entitled 'Old Burton, Messrs, Bass's Brewery in 1834' and shows Bass's town house on High Street to the left with the their first brewery alongside. The house still stands.
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Messrs Ind Coope & Co's Brewery, Burton-on-Trent
View from Bass Middle Brewery showing Ind Coope's Brewery (1859), and its water tower (listed Grade II), in the centre of picture, across the foreground, (part of Allsopp & Co.'s premises). The gable ...
Michael Thomas Bass II, Burton-on-Trent
Portrait of Michael Thomas Bass II (1799-1884). This painting would probably have been hung in Bass' offices on High Street.
Middle Yard cask washing plant, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
The interior of the middle yard washing plant, now the middle yard warehouse. It is shown full of casks. Those nearest the camera are being moved on a conveyor system.
Milk churn name plate, Fole Dairy, near Tean
Name plate from a milk churn belonging to Fole Dairy, near Tean. It reads: " Empty to C.W.S. Ltd./ Fole Dairy / Uttoxeter L.M.S.". Uttoxeter L.M.S (London Midland Scottish) refers to the railway station ...
Milk collection, Uttoxeter
A United Dairies milk lorry (registration number MW 7788) with churns on board, collecting churns from roadside milk churn platform.
Milk man delivering to Rugeley Times offices, Rugeley
The Rugeley Times was founded in November 1926 by Mr. Everard Frank Pope, a year after he had set up the Walsall Times. The newspaper closed in 1985.
Seen here, the milk is being delivered by Chris ...
Monster Mobile Bottle, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
The base of the bottle is the driver's cab, with a crown cork at the rear. It was constructed to be interchangeable, using BTW Bass and Worthington labels and corks. The bottle was made of fibreglass ...
Morgan’s Refreshment Rooms, Horse Fair, Rugeley
A view of John Morgan’s Refreshments Rooms at 7 Horse Fair. In later years this was known as Parchfield's Milk Bar which would become the cafe of choice for the local Teddy Boys in the 1950s and 1960s. ...
Mothers Pride Bakery and Mazda Lamps factory, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent
These two factories were just north of the junction with Clayton Lane. Mother's Pride was part of Rank Hovis MacDougal and later, from 1975, part of Premier foods and in the 1970s and 80s was the best ...
Mr Alcock, Chapel Lane, Codsall
Mr H.R. Alcock, is pictured standing outside his family butcher's shop.
To the right of the photograph is an overhead advertising banner for Codsall Supply Company.
Mr Herbert Kynaston of Jervis Butchers, Stafford
Mr Herbert Kynaston aged 67 years old, is pictured at work at the Crabbery Street butchers shop where he had worked for fifty years.
Mr Kynaston was born at Wem, Shropshire, and was apprenticed to ...
Mr Toon's retirement, Bass Old Brewery, High Street, Burton-on-Trent
The staff of the The Old Brewery Racking Room gathered to watch a retirement presentation. Mr Roe is seen presenting a collection to Mr Toon on his retirement after 58 years of service at Bass Brewery....
Mr William Ewart (Bill) Smith, Stone
Journeyman Butcher is a title not often used or heard of these days, but it implies a man who knows the meat trade from end to end. It is an apt title for Mr Bill Smith, aged 61, of 86 Newcastle Road, ...