Sheridan election token, Stafford
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), dramatist, was born in Dublin. He was Member of Parliament for Stafford 1780 to 1806. When in Stafford, he would stay with his friend William Horton, the shoe manufacturer, ...
Sidney Gee, 1/5th Battalion South Staffs Regiment
Sidney Gee wearing 'Hospital Blues' after recovering from serious chest wounds caused by shrapnel in 1916. He was treated at Whalley Hospital near Manchester and discharged from the Army on 1 February ...
Sir George Chetwynd of Brocton Hall
Oil painting. Half-length portrait of Sir George Chetwynd, 2nd Baronet of Grendon and Brocton, son-in-law to John Sparrow of Bishton Hall.
Artist: possibly school of William Owen (1769-1825).
Dimensions: ...
Sir Oliver Lodge.
Sir Oliver Lodge was born at The Views, Penkhull in June 1851. His father was a clerk with the North Staffordshire Railway. He went to a dame school in Penkhull and later to London University and the ...
Sir Philip Brocklehurst of Swythamley Park
Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst, 2nd baronet (1887-1975) pictured in France in about 1916. In 1914, Sir Philip had planned to embark on Shackleton’s Trans Antarctic Expedition, but instead gained a commission ...
Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd
Thomas Noon Talfourd (1795-1854), was a writer, judge, and politician. He was called to the bar in 1821 and was Member of Parliament for Reading as a Radical from 1835 to 1841 and 1847 to 1848.
He ...
Sir Thomas Wardle, Leek
Thomas Wardle was born on January 26 1831 to parents Joshua and Mary. His father was the owner of a silk dyeing business at Cheddleton Heath, which Thomas joined at the age of about 16, and was soon followed ...
Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe
Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet of Calke Abbey, Derbyshire was born in 1846 and died in 1924. He was a keen ornithologist and country sportsman. His summer residence was Warslow Hall and he was ...
Sir Walter Essex
Oil painting by Harold Speed (1872-1957). Portrait of Sir Walter Essex. He was the Liberal Member of Parliament for the Borough of Stafford constituency, 1910-1918.
Dimensions: height - 1070mm, width ...
Sister Webster, Board Room, Biddulph Grange Orthopaedic Hospital
Sister Webster was the Night Sister at the hospital for many years, but it is not known when she retired.
Snooker player, Constitutional Club, Stafford
Peter Shelley playing snooker at Stafford Constitutional Club on Lloyd Street. There are two trophies on a table to the left.
Reproduced by Kind Permission of the Staffordshire Newsletter who retain ...
Soldier, Army Veterinary Corps, Milford and Brocton Camp
This postcard picture shows Douglass (last name unknown) wearing his best uniform and having his photograph taken in a studio by a professional photographer.
On the reverse Douglass writes: “Dear Auntie ...
Soldier, Penkridge Bank Camp, Cannock Chase
This Church Army Recreation Hut postcard with a generic view of a soldier was sent from Private J Lawley, 11109 of ‘A’ Company, 10th South Staffordshire Regiment, Penkridge Bank Camp near Stafford, to ...
St Mary's Grove, Stafford
Standing with her spaniel outside 7, St. Mary's Grove in Stafford is believed to be Jessie May Kent. Jessie was the daughter of Edwin "Teddy" Oakley, Penkridge postman, and the younger sister of Kate ...
Statue of Sister Dora, Walsall
A postcard view of Sister Dora's Statue, Walsall. This statue by Francis John Williamson was unveiled in October 1886 at The Bridge in central Walsall. A branch of the Provincial Building Society can ...
Studio Portrait
Photograph shows a woman posing in oriental costume.
Studio portrait of a child
Carte de visite photograph of an unidentified child in Victorian costume, from a photograph album dating from the 1860s to 1890s, from Eccleshall. The photographer is unknown.
Studio portrait of a child
Carte de visite photograph of an unidentified child in Victorian costume, from a photograph album dating from the 1860s to 1890s, from Eccleshall.
The photographer is Frederick Richard Ryles whose ...