Pelsall Road, Brownhills
The last two buildings to the right of this delightful postcard still exist (2018). The one facing, far right, was built as the offices of Brownhills Board of Health in 1882 on Chester Road opposite the ...
Penny for the Guy, Stafford
These boys found a novel way of persuading people to “spare a penny for the guy” before bonfire night on 5 November 1950. The boy on the right presses a switch on the battery he is holding and the guy’s ...
People in Marston Lane, Rolleston on Dove
Philip Dale and son, Stafford
This carte de visite studio portrait shows Philip Dale (1832-1917), brazier and ironmonger of 11 Greengate Street, Stafford with his son, Philip Thomas Dale (1865-1953).
Philip Dale was born in Gaolgate ...
Phoebe Clarke and family, Hednesford
Phoebe Clarke, nee Woollams, married James William Clarke at Pershore in 1886. After the birth of their first child they moved to Hednesford in about 1888 where James worked (and died) in the booming ...
Phyllis Clark, Seighford
Phyllis Clark is pictured feeding chickens at Rose Cottage, Seighford.
Acknowledgement: thank you to Mr Terry and Mrs Jan Harrison (nee Lawton) for the additional information.
Physical jerks before breakfast, Uttoxeter ACF Camp
The young cadets had an inspection parade at 7.30am, before physical jerks (exercises), which Edward Wilson, one of the cadet leaders recalled, "soon dispelled any remains of sleepiness".
Picking Coal. Photographed by William Blake.
People foraging for coal during the Coal Strike, March 1912.
Pig killing in back yard, Cannock area
Pike Pool, River Dane, near Quarnford
Children paddling by Pike Pool on the River Dane, near Quarnford on the Staffordshire-Cheshire border.
Pingle Lane, Hammerwich
Viewed from near the junction with Burntwood Road, this scene is easily recognisable today (2023).
This postcard, published by W.H. Smith & Son is from their Walsall Series and was posted to and from ...
Pingle Lane, Hammerwich
A postcard view taken near the junction with Burntwood Road, a scene easily recognisable today (2023). In the lane are a boy with a wooden barrow and children with a baby in a perambulator.
Postcard ...
Play area, Sandyford Street, Stafford
Children playing on swings, a see-saw and a rocking horse at the newly opened play area in Sandyford Street, Stafford. Looking on are Councillor John Archer (Chairman of the Recreation Committee), Councillor ...
Playground, Holmcroft Primary School, Stafford,
Playground, Standon Boys' Farm Home
Boys in the playground at Standon Boys' Farm Home, including groups who are playing dice games.
The home in Weston Lane, Standon Bridge, near Eccleshall was founded by the Waifs and Strays Society ...
Playing in the ford, Armitage
Children pose for this photograph in the ford of the Shropshire Brook and on the bridge in Old Road, Armitage, The boy second from left is Oliver Carthy, the next boy's name is Conway and next to him ...
Playing in the ford, Armitage
Children play in the ford of the Shropshire Brook alongside the bridge in Old Road, Armitage, watched by a man and a boy. The road goes on to emerge at the junction to The Green opposite today's (2024) ...
Police Barracks, Park Street, Stafford
The original police barracks were at the back of the Guildhall on Market Square. These were demolished in 1867 to make way for the covered market.
The military barracks on Friar's Terrace became vacant ...