The Industrial School for Boys, Werrington
The Stafford County Industrial School for Boys opened in 1868 accomodating 107 boys aged or over. Initially the premises were based around an old farmhouse and an adjacent barn and cottages. It originally ...
The Lauders Care Home, Ashby Road, Burton-upon-Trent
A large town house on Ashby Road, Burton-upon-Trent converted into a residential home for the elderly. It is now (2019) Tower View Care Home.
This Image is from a collection of photographs of Burton ...
The Lodge, Military Hospital, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Lodge at the Military Hospital on Newcastle Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme. The building has since been demolished and is now (2017) occupied by part of the Royal Stoke University Hospital car park.
During ...
The Moat House, Tamworth
Situated in Lichfield Street on the banks the River Tame, this Grade II* listed building is believed to date from 1572 and was built by the Comberford family. An 18th century gazebo can be seen on the ...
The Palace Theatre, Rugeley
This advertisement for The Palace appeared in the ‘Carnival Cracker’ the Rugeley Hospital Carnival, Diamond Jubilee Year 1931, Official Programme.
The Programme also announced that there would be ...
The Paregoric Shop and MacGregor Baths, Church Street, Tamworth
The Old Paregoric shop is the first building on the left, with MacGregor's Baths and Institute to the right of it. The Paregoric Shop was given its name after a patent medicine containing opium.
The ...
The Salvation Army Citadel, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A view of the Salvation Army Citadel on Bridge Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme.
The building was demolished in the late 1970s or early 1980s, not long after this photograph was taken.
The new Salvation ...
The Shrubbery, Station Road, Stone
The early 19th century town house formerly known as The Shrubbery, adjoining the buildings of St. Mary’s Home on Station Street, Stone.
In the latter half of the 19th century it was the home of doctors ...
The story of Clara Greensell, of Codsall
The story of Clara Greensell taken from court, parish and workhouse records. The document above shows Clara was apprenticed to Thomas Wellings, innkeeper of the Crown in Codsall. In July 1835 a court ...
The village water pump, Walton on the Hill
The old village pump at Walton on the Hill. The photograph was taken in 1993 by Philip Husselbee. His mother Laura Husselbee, nee Dutton, remembered playing around it as a child in the early 1900s. ...
The Village, Alstonefield
The three houses on the right-hand side date were originally one building. Its earliest use is thought to have been as an inn, but it is best known as the old parish workhouse, part of the Ashbourne Union. ...
The Workhouse, Horninglow Street, Burton-on-Trent
The frontage of the Old Union Workhouse on Horninglow Street. Underneath the photograph has been written, "Sold to Messrs Bass & Co June 1891 for £3000".
Toddlers at Biddulph Grange Orthopaedic Hospital
This cheery bunch of youngsters pictured in the hospital grounds, have all had their legs bandaged as part of their treatment for a range of illnesses including C.T.E.V. , C.D.H. (Congenitally Deformed ...
Trainee medical staff, Staffordshire General Infirmary, Stafford
Nurses and medical staff practising care on a dummy patient on a ward at Staffordshire General Infirmary, Foregate Street, Stafford.
Reproduced by Kind Permission of the Staffordshire Newsletter who ...
Trainee nurses, Staffordshire General Infirmary, Stafford
The 15th annual reunion and prize-giving held in the William Withering Hall at Staffordshire General Infirmary, Foregate Street, Stafford. Nancy, Lady Bagot of Blithfield Hall presented prizes, hospital ...
Travelling medicine measure
Travelling medicine measure. Cylindrical card box with Morocco leather textured black,green and red paper covering. Embossed with inscription "Medicine Glass" and "Minim Measure". It contains a glass ...
Treatment Room, Royal Brine Baths, Stafford,
The brine baths were believed to cure rheumatism, the warm brine improving circulation. This photograph shows the gentlemen's private treatment room.
In the 1880s a thick bed of salt was discovered ...
Trent and Mersey Canal, Stone
A postcard view looking north along the Trent and Mersey Canal at Stone. On the left is Stone Union Workhouse.
Stone parish workhouse was originally built in 1793 for about 60 inmates. After the ...