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Sturgess Factory, Stoke-on-Trent

One of the machine rooms at the Sturgess factory in Stoke-on-Trent. It is believed to show women workers making tents during World War II in a disused pottery factory building on Sturgess Street, off ...

Supermarine Spitfire

This Mark XVI Supermarine Spitfire is housed in a specially-refurbished gallery at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent, where it is undergoing restoration by Supermarine Ltd.

Survey of Air Raid Damage

An official surbey of air-raid damage commissioned by the City of Stoke-on-Trent in 1941.

Swynnerton village

On the right is Nellie Kizis walking with a friend through Swynnerton village. Nellie was born in 1921 near Edinburgh. She worked at the Royal Ordnance Factory at Swynnerton during the 2nd World War and ...

Tailor's shop, Yarnfield

US Army personnel having a cigarette break. US Forces occupied Beatty Hall, Howard Hall and Duncan Hall in Yarnfield during World War II. An image from the 'Yarnfield Yank', a booklet published in ...

Tank Ramp on Cannock Chase

Pictured are the remains of a tank ramp located close to The Cutting, Brocton Road, Milford. The ramp was used to unload tanks manufactured during World War II by the English Electric Co., in Stafford. ...

Tanks being tested on Cannock Chase

Pictured is a tank being put through its paces on the tank testing ground on Cannock Chase. This tank was one on many produced during 1939 to 1945 by The English Electric Co. Armoured Vehicle Factory ...

Tanks testing on Cannock Chase

Pictured is a tank being put through its paces on the tank testing ground on Cannock Chase. This tank was one on many produced during 1939 to 1945 by The English Electric Co. Armoured Vehicle Factory ...

Tea Van, Stoke-on-Trent

The Lord Mayor, Lady Mayoress, Council Officials and Civil Defence members during the Second World War. Mobile tea vans like this would have been operated by such groups as the Women's Voluntary Service ...

Tennis group, Stonefield Park, Stone

Stone residents entertaining Otto Schreister, an American soldier billetted at Yarnfield during the Second World War. The group is pictured after playing tennis in Stonefield Park. Standing (left ...

Thank you card from a soldier, Eccleshall

A thank you card from a soldier for a gift of cigarettes from the pupils of Eccleshall Church of England School. This was part of a scheme organised by the Overseas League during World War 2 to provide ...

The Annual Fire Pump Competitions at RAF Stafford

This photograph was taken during the annual fire pump competitions which were held between the fire crews at each RAF storage depot. The fire crews are pictured on parade during an inspection along with ...

The Barracks, Yarnfield

The Barracks at Yarnfield. US Forces occupied Beatty Hall, Howard Hall and Duncan Hall in Yarnfield during World War II. This photograph is believed to show Duncan Hall. An image from the 'Yarnfield ...

The Choir, Drake Hall, near Eccleshall

Page 20 of 'Drake Hall - A War-Time Hostel', a souvenir book produced for staff and residents at the Swynnerton Royal Ordinance Factory hostel at Drake Hall, produced in 1945. Choir mistress Mary Shillito ...

The Contraband Hut, ROF Swynnerton

Contraband hut and attendant at R.O.F. Swynnerton. Workers at R.O.F. Swynnerton, a high percentage of which were women, filled shells, bombs and other armaments, including 20mm shells for Spitfires, ...

The Dutch Camp at Wrottesley

The men are erecting the buildings to house the Dutch Servicemen who escaped the German invasion. The buildings were erected on part of the Wrottesley Estate at Perton adjacent to the new Perton Airfield. ...

The Dutch Camp at Wrottesley Park

Pictured here is a billet to house the Dutch Servicemen who escaped the German invasion. The buildings were erected on part of the Wrottesley Estate at Perton adjacent to the new Perton Airfield. In about ...

The English Electric Co., Stafford

Apprentices and trainees are pictured posing for the photographer as they take part in this scene for the Stafford Pageant. Many of the apprentices are dressed as devils with one on the front row holding ...