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Rose Queen Pageant, Christ Church School, Stone

Christ Church School Rose Queen and classmates pictured in the school playground on Northesk Street, Stone. Rose queen (left) Cathie White and retiring rose queen ( right) Margaret Biggs. Cathie’s sister ...

Rose Queen Pageant, Christ Church School, Stone

Christ Church School Rose Queen and classmates pictured in the school playground on Northesk Street, Stone. In this group are: Val Simcox, Pat Walley, Julie Fitzgerald, (New Queen) Eileen Cole, Ann ...

Rose Queen procession, Christ Church School, Stone

The Rose Queen Festival was held at Christ Church School in Stone. This is the outcome of a reminiscence session in which Year 4 pupils from Christ Church First School were divided into groups and ...

Rose Queen, Christ Church School, Stone

Christ Church School Rose Queen, Diane Martin (wering a crown but no sash), and her retinue in the playground of Christ Church School on Northesk Street, Stone. The boy and girl seated on the far right ...

Rose Queen, Christ Church School, Stone

Christ Church School Rose Queen, Diane Martin, and her retinue, pictured in the school playground on Northesk Street, Stone. Standing in the back row are Trevor Mincher (2nd from right) and Jane Artus ...

Rose Queen, Christ Church School, Stone

Susan White pictured here was Rose Queen for Christ Church School in Stone in 1957. This is the outcome of a reminiscence session in which Year 4 pupils from Christ Church First School were divided ...

Rose Queen, Oulton, near Stone

This group of Oulton children were photographed after the ceremony of crowning the Rose Queen, held on the Vicarage lawns on the afternoon of Saturday 23 July. On the left is the Vicar of Oulton, the ...

Rose Queen, Whitmore

Photograph taken at the Rose Queen ceremony at Whitmore Rectory in about 1955. Alan Latham is the page boy on the right.

Royal Mail Float, Stafford Pageant

A Stan Robinson haulage contractors' lorry decorated for the Stafford Pageant by the Royal Mail. The people in the photograph are Royal Mail employees dressed in fancy dress for the occasion.

Royal Mail Float, Stafford Pageant

A Stan Robinson haulage contractors' lorry decorated for the Stafford Pageant by the Royal Mail. The people in the photograph are Royal Mail employees dressed in fancy dress for the occasion.

Royal Mail Van, Stafford Pageant

A Morris 1000 Royal Mail delivery van decorated with balloons with a caricature of 'Postman Pat' waving from the back of the van.

Royal Visit to Doulton Factory, Burslem

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This is a typical newsreel of a royal visit. This visit is in 1913. A very important visit of King George the Fifth and Queen Mary. It was only two years after the King’s coronation. At this time the ...

Rule Britannia, Studio Portrait, Stafford

Photograph from the Bertam Sinkinson collection shows a young woman dressed as Britannia, wearing a helmet and white toga, brandishing a trident and a shield decorated with the Union Jack. This glass ...

Salt C.E. Primary School Fancy Dress Party,

Salt C.E. School was built by the Earl of Shrewsbury in memory of his daughter, who died in 1856.

Salvation Army Decorated Float, Stafford Pageant,

The Salvation Army's decorated float 'The Rock of Ages', Stafford Pageant, seen here on Siemens Road. The gentleman standing at the front is Peter Wakefield, his daughter Francis Eliza Wakefield born ...

Satin Christening Gown, 1930s

This christening gown was worn by Graham Potts in 1939. Graham's two sons were also christened in the same gown some years later.

School Concert Group, Stowe by Chartley

School girls, St Joseph's Convent, Stafford

A group of Upper V students dressed in European folk dance costume. Forebridge Villa on Lichfield Road was bought in 1903 by sisters from the French Order of St. Joseph of Cluny. Here they established ...