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General Meeting of the North Staffordshire Coal Masters - A notice from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook

In this notice, 32 North Staffordshire mine owners outline their unity with regard to two pressing issues. Wages At this time, miners were attempting to secure an increase in their wages by forming ...

Greyfriars House, Greyfriars, Stafford

Pictured is Greyfriars House at Greyfriars in Stafford. For many years this was the Unemployment Benefit Office which later formed part of the Jobcentreplus building. This photograph was taken by Stafford ...

Hednesford Mines Rescue Team

The date and team members’ names are currently unknown. Formed in 1912-1913 with volunteer miners, and working then from the disused gasworks site in Victoria Street, the Hednesford team grew to be widely ...

J H Lines, Ltd., Christmas Dinner, Stafford

Members of the Sports and Social Club of Messrs. J H Lines, Ltd., the well-known Stafford firm of engineers, are pictured at their second annual dinner at the Co-operative Café, in Gaolgate Street, ...

Jubilee Celebrations, Association of National Government Officers, Stone

To mark the golden jubilee of the founding of the Association of National and Local Government Officers’ (NALGO), a bowls match was arranged by the Stone branch of the Association, in which members of ...

Long Service Awards and Christmas Dinner, Stafford Corporation, Stafford

More than 100 employees of Stafford Corporation attended their annual dinner held at the Civic Restaurant in Stafford, where the Deputy Mayor, Alderman L Dobson, expressed seasonal greetings and presented ...

Long Service Dinner, I.C.I. Salt Works, Stafford

This photograph was taken at the eight annual dinner for pensioners of the Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., (I.C.I.) Salt Works, Stafford, which was held at the Station Hotel in Stafford. Pictured enjoying ...

Lotus '25' Club, Lotus Ltd, Stone

Pictured is the front cover of a booklet produced for the Inaugural meeting of the Lotus ‘25’ Club which was formed in 1958 for employees from the Stafford and Stone shoe factories and Lotus and Delta ...

Lotus Shoes "30s" Club Members, Stone,

Members of the Stone Lotus Shoes Ltd. "30" Club, for staff who had worked for the firm for thirty years or more. Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded in the eighteenth century by Thomas ...

Market Street, Hednesford

A colour-tinted postcard view looking north-west along Market Street, Hednesford. The barber's pole on the left edge of the card belonged to the premises of Mr J. Bird who was there for over 30 years. ...

Meeting at the Eagle Inn, Lane End - from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook

In 1831, a new Coal Miners' Union Society published a set of rules and orders. Both the union and its rules caused an uncomfortable stir amongst local coal masters. This notice was published by ...

Miss Jean Exton, "Miss Co-operator", Stafford

The sash of office for “Miss Co-operator 1952” is being presented to Miss Jean Exton, aged 17, by one of the judges, Mr S H Adamson, at a function held at the Stafford Assembly Rooms on Saturday 11 October. ...

No.3 Wing Fleet Air Arm Voluntary Band, RAF Hednesford

Official Opening of Stone Job Centre

The Mayor of Stone, Councillor Leslie Watson is pictured addressing invited guests at the official opening of the Job Centre, 35 High Street, Stone. In the background are advertising boards with cards ...

Opening Ceremony of the Polish Club, Stafford

Twins Danuta and Anna Smialowska in Polish national costume for the unveiling of the Polish Club plaque, which was performed by Hugh Fraser, M.P. for Stafford and Stone The Polish Club, or White Eagle ...

P.C. Edward Cornes, Staffordshire County Police, Stone Division

Pictured trying the handle of a shop door in the High Street, Stone, is just one of the routine jobs of Police Constable Ted Cornes. Much of the policeman’s lot is, of course, purely routine work, ...

Philanthropic Society of Journeymen Coopers procession, Burton-on-Trent

A horse-drawn lorry, belonging to James Eadie & Co., heads the procession, on which is arranged the banner of the Philanthropic Society of Journeymen Coopers, Burton-on-Trent branch.

Police Dinner and Presentation, Stone

Mr S E Peck (Assistant Chief Constable of Staffordshire) is seen presenting a chiming clock to Sergeant George Silvester, at the Staffordshire County Police Annual Dinner and Presentation, Stone Division, ...