Prison Officers at Stafford Gaol
The governor and prison officers in the courtyard of Stafford Gaol.
Prison Warden and Family, Stafford Gaol
Head turnkey, Mr J. Chidley, and his family outside their home in the North Tower, Stafford Prison. The railings on the left separates the garden from the exercise yard.
The towers were built in ...
Prisoners Returning from Labour, Stafford Gaol
Labour in Victorian prisons could consist of stone-breaking, pin-heading, oakum picking (untwisting lengths of old tarred rope) and working on the treadwheels.
Here prisoners are returning from labour ...
Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Dennis Holland outside Stafford Police station dressed as prisoner, a character from the film 'In the Nick' a British comedy film directed by Ken Hughes and starring Anthony Newley, Anne Aubrey, Bernie ...
Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Although he looks more like the Michelin Man, Dennis Holland is dressed as William Blood in his spacesuit, the main character in the film 'The Man in the Moon', a 1961 British comedy film Starring Kenneth ...
Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Dennis Holland dressed as a character from the film 'Cinderfella' a comedy film version of the classic Cinderella story produced by Jerry Lewis, written by Frank Tashlin, and starring Jerry Lewis, Ed ...
Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Dennis Holland riding a motorcycle and dressed as a character from the film 'Anatomy of a Murder' staring James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Eve Arden, George C. Scott, Arthur O'Connell, Kathryn ...
Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Dennis Holland dressed as a character from the cast of the film 'The House of the Seven Hawks'.
Dennis, a member of the Odeon Cinema staff, went out into Stafford town centre 52 weeks of the year ...
Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Dennis Holland dressed as a cowboy to promote the film 'Last Train From Gun Hill' a 1959 Western by action director John Sturges, starring Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones and Earl Holliman.
Dennis, ...
Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Dennis Holland dressed as the character Sinbad to promote the film 'The 7th Voyage of Sinbad' directed by Nathan H. Juran and Starring Kerwin Mathews, Torin Thatcher, Kathryn Grant, Richard Eyer and ...
Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Dennis Holland dressed as a character from the film 'The Bell Boy' a 1960 comedy film written, produced, directed by and starring Jerry Lewis.
Dennis, a member of the Odeon Cinema staff, went out into ...
Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Dennis Holland, with bulldog, dressed as a naval character from the film 'The Bulldog Breed', a 1960 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom and directed by Robert Asher.
Dennis, a member of the ...
Reception Ward, Stafford Gaol
The reception ward was located in the gate-house (now demolished). This was where new prisoners arrived and were examined. The reception ward contained a warm and cold bath and an oven to fumigate clothing.
Here ...
Roof view from Stafford Gaol Tower
Family living in one of Stafford Gaol's three towers. The towers were built in the mid-nineteenth century as accommodation for prison warders and their families. During the housing shortage of the 1920s ...
Saying Grace, Standon Boys' Farm Home
Boys saying Grace before a meal St Standon Boys' Farm Home. Cases of stuffed birds are displayed on the far wall.
The home in Weston Lane, Standon Bridge, near Eccleshall was founded by the Waifs ...
Scold's bridle
An iron scold's bridle or brank from Stafford. Its date is uncertain, possibly early 17th century.
The scold's bridle was generally employed as a punishment for slander and similar minor misdemeanors. ...
Scold's bridle leaflet
A leaflet describing and illustrating a scold's bridle from the Parish Church of Walton, in Surrey.
St. George's Hospital Chapel, Stafford
This was originally the chapel for the County Asylum on Corporation Street. The asylum opened in 1818, to accommodate 120 private and pauper patients.
The hospital moved to Seisdon near Wolverhampton ...