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Stoke-on-Trent Fire Brigade

Four fire fighters and tender pictured at Longton Fire Station which stood near the junction of Commerce Street and Uttoxeter Road. Note the headlamp dimmers used during blackout in World War II. Jack ...

Stoke-on-Trent Fire Brigade

Stoke-on-Trent Fire Brigade pictured at Longton Fire station. Jack Underhill is in the 3rd row from the front, 7th from left..

Stoke-on-Trent Police Station

The photograph shows the front of Stoke on Trent Police Station on Hartshill Road. The building has changed use to become site of the Coroner's Court and Chambers. This was a substation of the city force ...

Stone Fire Brigade and Horse-drawn Fire Engine,

Stone Police Annual Charity Ball

Around 400 people attended the annual charity ball held at the Lotus Hall in Stone. The event was organised by the Sports and Social committee of the Stone Police Division and proceeds from the function ...

Stone Road, Tittensor

A postcard view looking north along the main road through Tittensor, now a busy dual carriageway. On the left is a policeman with his bicycle.

Stone-breaking Yard, Stafford Gaol

Prisoners were put to work on treadwheels, pin-heading or stone-breaking. This was a form of punishment and also enabled the prisoner to earn his keep. Here prisoners with wheel barrows are collecting ...

Studio Portrait of a Fireman, Stafford,

Mr Ernest Haywood was Captain of Stafford Fire Brigade. When he retired in 1942 he was made a Freeman of the Borough.

Superintendent Arnold, Stone Police

Born in Bolton, Lancashire in 1882, Robert Arnold was apprenticed as a shoeing smith to his blacksmith father, but joined the Staffordshire Constabulary in 1904. In his early police career he worked ...

Supt. Mary Elizabeth Wright Q.P.M, Stafford

Supt. Wright served in the Staffordshire County Police from 26 August 1944 until her death on 17 November 1972. She was awarded the Queen's Police medla for distinguished service. Mary was Sergeant ...

T. Rowntree's New Invented Churn - Advertisement from the Enoch Wood scrapbook

A New Invention and some Bold Claims Advertisement for a new kind of milk churn consisting of two almost horizontal cylinders on a stand. The manufacturer explains the advantages of using this churn ...

Tamworth Police Station

Oil painting on board of Tamworth Police Station , Staffordshire. St. Editha's church can be seen to the right. An oil painting by C.W. Sheldon, formerly in the collections of the Staffordshire Police ...

Tank, Anson Street, Rugeley

A World War 1 tank pictured outside the Police Station on Anson Street in Rugeley shortly after the end of the war. This tank was one of two which were sent to the Army Camps on Cannock Chase for training ...

Technical Training School, Standon

Originally a Church of England home for 'waifs and strays' and later classified as an Industrial School, by 1938 it was an Intermediate Approved School' for boys aged 13 to 15 committed there by the legal ...

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 Cenotaph and Anson Street, Rugeley

On the left is the Police Station and on the right is the Post Office. Rugeley War Memorial was unveiled on Sunday, 23 January 1921 at 3.00 pm. by the Right Honourable The Earl of Dartmouth, Lord Lieutenant ...

The Court House, Kingswinford

A postcard view of the Court House public house on Dudley Road, Kingswinford. Grade II listed and built in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and used as a court house, it was converted into a public ...

The Crown and Anchor, Stone

The thatched Crown and Anchor public house was built in 1675, but was severely damaged by fire in 1937. It was rebuilt in time to celebrate George VI's coronation the following year.