Oatcake slice
An iron oatcake slice used when making Staffordshire oatcakes, collected from Wolfdale Farm, Rushton Spencer, north Staffordshire.
They were baked once or twice a week on a special built-in bakestone ...
Oatcake spriddle, Warslow Area
Used to remove Staffordshire oatcakes from griddle when one side is cooked, and to turn them over to cook the other side. Wooden handle with sheet iron blade. Collected from Warslow in the Staffordshire ...
Oatcake sprittle
A wooden oatcake sprittle, used to turn over Staffordshire oatcakes when cookiing them on a griddle or bakestone. It was later used as a breadboard. Collected from Over Boothlow Farm, Longnor, Staffordshire.
From ...
Oatcake sprittle
A wooden oatcake sprittle. It was used to remove Staffordshire oatcakes from griddle when one side is cooked, and to turn them over to cook the other side. One corner of the paddle has been repaired ...
Oatcake toaster
A rack used for toasting Staffordshire oatcakes, collected from Crofts Farm, Longnor, Staffordshire. Wooden handle, with iron prongs.
From the Staffordshire County Museum collections.
Oatcake toasting rack
Iron toaster with a stand at the front and long handle. The oatcake holder is semi-circular and can be moved backwards and forwards for heating the contents. This blacksmith-made example was purchased ...
Office, 2 Crabbery Street, Stafford,
Office in Crabbery Chambers.
The office belonged to Staffordshire County Council Register Office and Transport Department, and the Staffordshire Association for Mental Welfare.
On the ground floor ...
Old Cottage, Wootton, near Eccleshall
A picturesque view of a woman and boy outside a cottage door at Wootton, near Eccleshall.
This colour tinted postcard was posted from Eccleshall by Miss Annie Ainsworth to Miss A. Bolton at the Winton ...
Old Road Farm, Barlaston
Old Road Farm house with the farmer and his family. The man in the bowler hat is possibly the farmer, John Hassall Kirkham. The farm house no longer exists, although some of the farm buildings have survived ...
Old Town Hall, Stafford,
There has been a shire building in Stafford since the 1280s, used as a meeting place for the County Court and later for other civic meetings.
The Old Town Hall building was built in 1586. In 1795 ...
Oldacre Lane, Brocton
A postcard view of Gamekeeper's Cottages and their inhabitants on Oldacre Lane, Brocton. This postcard was published by W.H. Smith & Sons, Stafford.
Olive Plummer, Cook, Shugborough
Olive Plummer pictured outside Shugborough Hall. Olive was Cook at Shugborough from at least 1939 until 1949. She was born Olive Grundy at Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire in 1895 and married Reginald Plummer ...
Omnibus with Driver and Groom, Ingestre,
Omnibus at Ingestre with horses, driver and groom.
Open Day at the GEC Castle Engineering Works, Stafford
The GEC Castle Engineering Works in Stafford held an Open Day in 1977 to mark the occasion of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee. During the event there were various attractions for the visitors including examples ...
Ornamentor, Wedgwood Factory, Barlaston,
Prestige ornamentor Kevin Dodd at the Wedgwood factory, applying bas reliefs to a Jasper copy of the Portland Vase, the Wedgwood 'icon'.
It is not known where and when the Portland Vase was discovered, ...
Oulton Road, Stone
Houses on Oulton Road, looking towards Oulton Cross. The nearest house on the right is Ingleside, built in 1904. Beyond the far house are the grounds of Alleyne’s Grammar School.
A postcard view by ...
Oulton Rocks, Oulton, near Stone
Oulton Rocks was probably built in the mid 1860s for Edward Capper Copeland J.P., earthenware manufacturer. Following his death in May 1875 it was sold and by 1880 another earthenware manufacturer, Charles ...
Outing, Codsall Women's Institute
Codsall Women's Institute pictured on a trip to the Cotswolds. Nancy Johnson far right, Christine Hommers 2nd from right.