Brassington Bros., Campbell Place, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph showing one of the Brassington Brothers shoe shops is thought to have been taken between 1920 and 1935. It is situated in Campbell Place, Stoke. Notice how the window area is used to a ...
Brookfields of Stafford paper bag
A paper bag from Brookfields tailors shop, Greengate Street.
In 1743 George Boulton, a draper, opened a shop on Market Square. By the 1860s the shop was known as Brookfield and Windows.
By the early ...
C.H. Riley & Son Albion Works shoe factory, Stafford
These buildings in Fancy Walk, Stafford, formed part of the C.H. Riley & Son Albion Works shoe factory, which stood on the adjacent Marston Road and closed around 1957. In later years the buildings on ...
Calash
Purple silk calash lined with hessian. Four hoops with material gathered in between.
Belonged to Mary Landor (1777-1860), daughter of John Landor, Rector of Colton. She was a spinster and spent ...
Canteen building, Lotus Ltd, Stafford
New canteen building at Lotus Ltd's factory, opened in 1968.
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded in the eighteenth century by Thomas Bostock, a cobbler. His three sons started their ...
Canteen Staff, Lotus Ltd, Stone
Eight canteen staff at the serving hatches at Lotus Hall, Lotus Ltd., Stone. Mrs Twissell is far left. Third from right is Emily Astbury.
Bostock’s shoe factory on Cross Street, dating from the ...
Canteen Staff, Lotus Ltd, Stone
Canteen staff working at a dance at Lotus Hall, Lotus Ltd., Stone pictured in the kitchen area. Far left is Emily Astbury, Mrs Twissell is third from right wearing a dark dress.
Bostock’s shoe factory ...
Canteen Staff, Lotus Ltd, Stone
Canteen staff working at a dance at Lotus Hall, Lotus Ltd., Stone. Six women at the servery with a buffet. Mrs Emily Astbury is second from right, Mrs Twissell is far right.
Bostock’s shoe factory ...
Carpenters, Lotus Shoe Factory, Stafford,
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded in the eighteenth century by Thomas Bostock, a cobbler. His three sons started their own factories in Stafford, Stone and Northampton.
Edwin Bostock's ...
Charabanc Outing, Stafford,
Female employees from Dyche's Shoe factory in Stafford on a charabanc outing. Photograph taken outside the Grand Pavilion at Matlock Bath.
The driver, wearing the white cap, is Harry Mason.
Christmas dinner, Lotus Ltd., Stone
Staff from Lotus Ltd. enjoying their Christmas dinner in the canteen at the Lotus shoe factory, Stone. Seated far left isJohn Morris.
Christmas Party, Lotus Ltd., Stafford
A Christmas party at the Lotus Ltd club, Stafford.
From left to right: Joan Wilkes (worked in the Lotus factory shop), Barbara Loveys (worked in warehouse), Pauline Insull (worked in warehouse), Margaret ...
Christmas Party, Lotus Ltd, Stafford
A Christmas party at the Lotus Ltd club. From left to right: John Loveys (wearing party hat), Maurice Coghlan, Peter Wilkes.
Christmas Party, Lotus Ltd., Stone
Pictured in the centre of the front row is Miss Christine Williams (wearing glasses) along with employees and guests during a Christmas party. This view was taken inside the wooden Bowling Clubhouse ...
Christmas Party, Lotus Ltd., Stone
Pictured second left on the front row is Miss Christine Williams along with employees and guests standing by a buffet table during a Christmas party. This view was taken inside the wooden Bowling Clubhouse ...
Church Lane, Oulton, Stone
The two-storey building with a chimney in the end gable was a shoe factory built in 1864, probably owned by Thomas Bostock & Co.
Cleaning after the Floods, Stone,
In August 1987, the Scotch Brook culvert burst causing much flooding.
Here two workers clean up flood damage in the Lotus factory shop on High Street.
Clicking department, Lotus Ltd., Stafford
Ron Andrews and Alan Lewis are pictured in the Clicking Department at the Lotus Shoe Factory in Stafford. This photograph was taken by Stafford photographer Tony Boydon.
Lotus was originally named ...