Charley Pye, landlord of the Barley Mow, Milford
Charley Pye (1851-1927), seated on the right, was licencee of the Barley Mow in Milford, near Stafford, between 1884 and 1896.
Chaseley Road and Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley
A view clearly recognisable today: Chaseley Road on the left joins Penkridge Bank Road, looking towards Rugeley. The current Chase Inn can be seen amongst the trees on the left. It had previously been ...
Chebsey Vicarage
Pictured are the duaghters of the vicar, Rev. Patterson. From left to right: Violet, Brenda and Mary.
Child’s Dress
This is either a plain underdress or used for nightwear.
The dress is very plain with no noticeable details and is made out a fine woollen material.
Child’s Dress, c.1880-1900
Fine woollen dress, with an embroidered hem
Child’s Silk Dress
This dress would have been worn by either a boy or girl, as both girls and boys wore dresses until they were about 3 or 4 years old.
Children’s Chemise, c.1850-1900
The chemise was a form of underwear.
This chemise was designed to be worn by a girl when she was old enough to wear children’s clothes instead of long baby dresses.
The frill at the bottom was designed ...
Child's boots
Pair of leather child's button boots, worn by a Stafford child in the late 19th century.
Low, flat heeled, ankle boots were increasingly popular for children from the 1830s. Toes were generally square ...
Child's dress, c.1850-1910
This is a young child's dress from either the Victorian or Edwardian era.
It has been made using plain white cotton fabric and decorated with lace and broderie angalise on the hem and lower edge of the ...
Christening Bonnet, 19th century
The bonnet (pictured) is likely to have been a christening bonnet with the amount of detail and decoration on it. The long ribbons were usually used as added decoration and could be the length of the ...
Christening Gown, 19th century
During the Victorian era christening gowns became more elaborate as textiles became cheaper.
Christening gowns sometimes copied the current fashion trends. This dress has 'whitework' (a style of white ...
Christening Gown, 19th century
A boys christening gown made of white fine cotton.
It has a triangular bodice, square neckline and broderie anglaise edging.
This is a very long gown measuring over a meter from shoulder to hem.
Church Hill, Hednesford
The postcard view looks down Hednesford's Church Hill to its junction with Uxbridge Street and Rugeley Road, and across into Market Street. The coal miners' houses on the right have been demolished but ...
Clearing the River Mease, Clifton Campville
A group of men clearing the River Mease at the Squire's Retreat at the bottom of Primrose Bank, Clifton Campville. In this group are John Carter and his father Thomas Carter.
Coachman's uniform, Four Crosses Inn, Hatherton
A man modelling an early 19th century coachman's coatee and breeches found t the Four Crosses Inn, Hatherton around 1900. The wool fabric coatee and buckskin breeches are now part of the Staffordshire ...
Cock Inn, Woodseaves,
Thomas Henry Lees was a farmer and the landlord of the Cock Inn. He brewed and sold beer.
Combinations, c.1870-1900
Combinations are chemise and drawers together in one seamless article of clothing.
During the 1870’s the fashion was for the silhouette to be tight, so combinations were invented to reduced the amount ...
Combinations, c.1870-1900
Combinations are chemise and drawers together in one seamless article of clothing.
During the 1870’s the fashion was for the silhouette to be tight, so unnecessary bulk was discarded.
Combinations ...