Chauffeur and passengers, Stafford
A motor car with three women passengers dressed in typical Edwardian motoring outfits and a chauffeur to the left. We have not been able to identify the people or the location but it was taken in or ...
Chauffeur in Daimler Car, Creswell Hall,
Alfred Bate was chauffeur to the Meakin family of Creswell Hall.
He is seen here in an early Daimler car.
Cheadle Co-operative, High Street, Cheadle
The Cheadle Co-operative shop at no.8 High Street, Cheadle was opened in 1905 and by 1916 had became the Leek and Moorland Co-operative Society. The window displays feature Pelaw Polish which was the ...
Children-in-Need Presentation, Stone,
On 27 November 1987 Stone Division Guides held a mammoth fund raising event at G.E.C. Stone in aid of the B.B.C. Children-in-Need Appeal.
Each unit held their own fund raising event, including an ...
Children's Ward on Christmas Day, Biddulph Grange Orthopaedic Hospital
Obviously Father Christmas had a lot of requests for dressing up kits in this year. These young boys are certainly pleased with their cowboy and sailor outfits, not to mention all the other presents on ...
Children's Ward on Christmas Day, Biddulph Grange Orthopaedic Hospital
View of nurses, Mrs Rochelle the Matron and children, some with their Christmas presents on the ward decorated for Christmas.
Brian Harland aged 2 1/2 at the time is the little boy in the bus conductor’s ...
Children's Ward, Biddulph Grange Orthopaedic Hospital
Young patients, some of whom are playing in the centre of the picture, and nurses on the ward. This picture must have been taken in the summer because the outside doors are fully open.
The blocks under ...
Children's Ward, Stafford General Infirmary,
The foundations of Stafford General Infirmary began in a rented house in Foregate Street in 1766, making it one of the oldest hospitals in the country. Funds were acquired through subscriptions and bequests.
An ...
Christening a New Fire Engine, Stafford
Mayor William Thomas Richardson and Mayoress Emily Richardson of Stafford christening a new fire engine on Market Square. The fire engine was named 'Emily' after the Mayoress.
The fireman on the right ...
Christmas Day, Biddulph Grange Orthopedic Unit
Dermot Martin, the young patient in the photograph, recalls: 'I was born in 1954 and went into Biddulph when I was five with the condition known as Perthes disease. Some of my earliest memories are of ...
Civic Parade, Market Square, Stafford
Crowds and civic dignitaries in the Market Square, Stafford, with the Shire Hall behind.
Civic Parade, Stone,
Parade of police and firemen in the High Street.
Club Walk, Woodseaves
Photograph taken outside the Plough Inn, Woodseaves.
Photographer: Harry Osbourne of Woodseaves.
Colton Post Office
Colton's Postmistress, Mrs Connie Deacon with Post Lady, Miss Nellie Rotchell, outside of the village Post Office which was situated in the end Martlin Cottage on Martlin Lane, Colton. The post box can ...
Co-op window display, Stafford,
Shop window display of school uniforms at the Co-operative Society Department Store, Gaolgate Street.
County Court Debtors' Yard, Stafford Gaol
Imprisonment for debtors was abolished in 1870, but this did not extend to those who failed to pay penalties imposed by the County Court.
Debtors were allowed privileges such as hot meals, if they ...
County Mental Hospital, Stafford
Nurses in an antenatal ward at the County Mental Hospital in Stafford. Standing behind the bed is Nancy Davies (nee Shelley) who was conscripted as a mental nurse during World War II.
Originally built ...
Cricketers, Common Plot, Stone
This postcard shows a group of men on the Common Plot, Stone, some of whom are wearing cricket whites and spikes. This group appears to include convalescing soldiers as one man is in Army uniform and ...