Stafford Fire Station, Mill Bank, Stafford
View of Stafford Fire Station on Mill Bank. The fire engine to the left is a Leyland FT4A Pump Escape, registration JRE 294. It was delivered to the Stafford Borough Fire Brigade in December 1939 and ...
Stafford Volunteer Fire Brigade and Engines, Stafford,
Stafford Volunteer Fire Brigade, established in 1877, on the grammar school playing field. The school building can be seen in the background.
The horse-drawn, steam powered engine was named 'Elizabeth' ...
Stafford Volunteer Fire Brigade,
Group portrait of Stafford Volunteer Fire Brigade, established 1877.
Stoke-on-Trent Fire Brigade
Photograph of a group of six fire fighters and tender pictured at Longton Fire Station which stood near the junction of Uttoxeter Road and Commerce Street. Note the pottery works in the background.
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 ...
Stone Fire Brigade and Horse-drawn Fire Engine,
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 ...
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.
The English Electric Co., Stafford Works Fire Engine
The English Electric Co., Stafford Works, Aster Merryweather, Fire Engine is pictured with the Fire Crew including a Fire-Woman (which was quite unusual at this time). The fire engine was housed in the ...
The fire at Wetmore Maltings, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
The morning after the fire, with fire engine, a soldier and a fireman in front of the burnt buildings.
Bryan Chinn recalls;
I attended this fire as a sub-officer of Ind Coope Fire Service, and ...
Thorneycroft fire engine, Rugeley
A 1954 Thornycroft fire engine that spent most of its life at Rugeley fire station and was found on a Powys farm. It is now (2023) with Staffordshire Fire and Rescue awaiting restoration.
Timber yard blaze with emergency services, Wilnecote Tamworth
This fire involved three stacks of 40ft long Swedish high tension cable poles that were lying alongside the main Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Birmingham railway line at Wilnecote sidings. Tamworth, Atherstone ...
To the Nobility, Gentry, and all Descriptions of Persons interested in preserving or producing Fac-similies of their writings. Document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Ralph Wedgwood the Inventor
Ralph Wedgwood had patented an idea for a device that allowed writers to make numerous copies of documents as they were being written.
The idea was basically similar ...
Union Hotel and the old Fire Station, Longton
This photograph was taken at the junction of Uttoxeter Road and Commerce Street (off to the right) in Longton, signed with old style finger posts. The building on the left was the Union Hotel and to its ...
Unveiling of new fire engine, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The unveiling of Newcastle-under-Lyme's new fire engine and wheeled extendable ladder on the High Street. The engine was manufactured by Messrs Shand Mason & Co., hydraulic engineers of London.
The ...
Watching the Firemen, Stafford
Photograph shows three boys sitting on the banks of the river Sow watching a fire practice on the sports field opposite.
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