Little Red Riding Hood Doll, 1953
This doll is made using a 'composite' material.
Composite dolls became more popular during the later half of the nineteenth century, as German doll makers in Sonneberg made a cheap material out of glue ...
Main Street, Clifton Campville
Looking along Main Street in Clifton Campville. The row of terraced cottages to the left is New Row, pictured here shortly before dormer windows were inserted. A group of girls on the right appear to ...
Philip Husselbee on a toy engine, Walton on the Hill
Philip Husselbee on a toy engine owned by John Beech, a neighbour of the Husselbees in Walton-on-the-Hill, Stafford. Mr. Beech, who had worked as a butler for the Salt family, had a house full of Victorian ...
Pike Pool, River Dane, near Quarnford
Children paddling by Pike Pool on the River Dane, near Quarnford on the Staffordshire-Cheshire border.
Pingle Lane, Hammerwich
A postcard view taken near the junction with Burntwood Road, a scene easily recognisable today (2023). In the lane are a boy with a wooden barrow and children with a baby in a perambulator.
Postcard ...
Play area, Sandyford Street, Stafford
Children playing on swings, a see-saw and a rocking horse at the newly opened play area in Sandyford Street, Stafford. Looking on are Councillor John Archer (Chairman of the Recreation Committee), Councillor ...
Playing in the ford, Armitage
Children play in the ford of the Shropshire Brook alongside the bridge in Old Road, Armitage, watched by a man and a boy. The road goes on to emerge at the junction to The Green opposite today's (2024) ...
Playing in the ford, Armitage
Children pose for this photograph in the ford of the Shropshire Brook and on the bridge in Old Road, Armitage, The boy second from left is Oliver Carthy, the next boy's name is Conway and next to him ...
Purton's, High Street, Stone
A display stand of prams, bicycles and toy cars stocked by Purton's of High Street, Stone pictured in a marquee, possibly at the Staffordshire County Showground, Hopton, Stafford.
Purton's sold prams, ...
Rachel Haggis and children, Gnosall
Mrs Rachel Haggis (nee Plant) pictured with her two oldest children, Violet (1 year and ten months) and George 6 months. At the time (circa 1910) the Haggis family lived at Fern Lea, The Rank, Gnosall. ...
Rita Whilton, Hednesford
A studio portrait of Rita Edna Whilton with a doll and pram. She was born in July 1911. The reverse of the postcard tells us that the card was addressed to a teacher as a Christmas and New Year greeting ...
Riverside Recreation Centre, Stafford
Children and their tutor are pictured at the Riverside Recreation Centre in Stafford. This photograph was taken by Stafford photographer Tony Boydon.
Riverside Recreation Centre was closed and demolished ...
Riverside Recreation Centre, Stafford
Children at play are pictured along with their tutor at the Riverside Recreation Centre in Stafford. This photograph was taken by Stafford photographer Tony Boydon. If you recognise anyone in this view ...
Royal School Orphanage, Wolverhampton
Dormitory at the Royal School Orphanage on Penn Road, Woverhampton. Girls sitting on beds, others play with blocks and toys.
The Royal Wolverhampton School was originally founded as The Wolverhampton ...
Royal School Orphanage, Wolverhampton
Dormitory at the Royal School Orphanage on Penn Road, Woverhampton. Boys are reading and playing with toy blocks.
The Royal Wolverhampton School was originally founded as The Wolverhampton Orphan ...
School class group
Can anyone provide us with any information regarding this photograph?
These children appear to be in their best clothes and are of a similar age so probably a day rather than Sunday School class
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Teddy Bear Tea Party
The teddy bear gained its name due to an story about the U.S President Theodore Roosevelt.
Mr Roosevelt was invited on a bear hunt by Governor Andrew H. Longino in 1902. After he was unable to kill ...
The Cottage, Rolleston-on-Dove
The Cottage, on Brook Side, Rolleston-on-Dove, an image from the Rolleston Hall Estate Sale Catalogue, October 1919. Sir Oswald Mosley, 5th Baronet (1873-1928) had inherited the estate in 1915 on the ...