Beach scene, Lancashire
Lantern slide of a beach scene including a group of people by a lifeboat house. This is probably the beach at Ainsdale near Formby, Lancashire where photographer William Blake grew up. Blake moved to ...
Beatrice and Florence Penton, Cannock
This portrait was taken around 1914 and shows the two youngest children of Cannock coal miner Thomas Penton and Sarah Alice Penton. They had eleven children in total, all of whom lived to adulthood. ...
Beehive corner, Hednesford
This well known store was situated on the corner of Cannock Road and Green Heath Road (West Hill) until its closure in the 1960s. It was owned by Harris, Horton & Heath at the time of this photograph ...
Biddle's Stores, Brook Square, Rugeley
A view taken in Brook Square looking towards Lower Brook Street in Rugeley.
On the left is Biddle’s Stores which started business in 1850. The decorations by the upper floor windows suggest that at ...
Black Straw Poke Bonnet, c.1850-1880
This example is made out of straw and is trimmed in lace and feathers.
A beautiful floral decoration on the left hand side breaks up the dark colouring and makes it less formal.
The cotton ribbon ...
Blacksmith, Gnosall
Joseph Beech's smithy at the junction of Beffcote Road and Quarry Lane, Gnosall.
In this photograph members of the Beech family along with employees are gathered outside the Smithy for the photographer. ...
Blacksmith's shop, Cotes Heath
Photographs shows Tom Giles' blacksmith's shop which stood opposite the church in Cotes Heath, which can be seen in the background, to the left. Tom Giles, farmer and blacksmith, was born in Farndon, ...
Blue Girl Guides Cap, 1990s
The Girls Guides started as a side organisation from the Boy Scouts. Lord Robert Baden-Powell set up a camp for boys in 1907 at Brownsea Island in Dorset to test his scouting ideas.
By 1908 girls started ...
Boathouse Lane, Armitage
At the time of this photograph Boathouse Lane ran from New Road, Armitage, near to its junction with Old Road, down to the Trent and Mersey Canal. There had been a public house named The Boathouse at ...
Bon Marche, Tean
Pictured are members of the Johnson family outside the Bon Marche General Stores on the corner of Hollington Road and Uttoxeter Road in Upper Tean. With Frances Verian Johnson (then aged 52) are her daughters ...
Bonehill House, Tamworth
Bonehill House, near the north end of Drayton Park, was the seat of Mrs. Peel, relict of the late Edmund Peel, Esq., who died in November 1850 a few months after his brother Robert Peel. The Peel family’s ...
Boothen School Class
Class 4 pupils at Boothen Church of England School on the corner of London Road and All Saints Road, Stoke on Trent.
Founded in 1859 as Boothen National Schools it originally occupied the shell of ...
Boothen School Class
Class 1B pupils at Boothen Church of England School on the corner of London Road and All Saints Road, Stoke on Trent.
Founded in 1859 as Boothen National Schools it originally occupied the shell of ...
Boothen School Classroom
Classroom interior at Boothen Church of England School on the corner of London Road and All Saints Road, Stoke on Trent. Note the gas lighting
Founded in 1859 as Boothen National Schools it originally ...
Borough Cup Presentation, Stafford
A Boulton of the Penkridge football team receives the Borough Cup from Colonel A M L Harrison, Secretary of the Staffordshire Branch of the National Association of Boys Clubs, after the final with Doxey ...
Bowers family, Coton, near Milwich
A studio portrait of Ada and Agnes Bowers, daughters of Henry and Priscilla Bowers of Coton Cottage Farm, Coton, near Milwich. Ada was born in 1894 and became a teacher at Milwich School. In 1915 she ...
Boy Bishop Pageant by St. Editha's boy Choristers, Tamworth
St. Editha's boy choristers are seen here standing outside St. Editha's, with one boy dressed as a Bishop. Included in the photograph are three Ward brothers, Stan Bourne, Bill Young, Harold Keen (carrying ...
Boy on a rocking horse, Rugeley
Thought to be James 'Jim' Henry Toy, born in 1905, when aged about 2 years. He was the son of Austin Toy, a butcher of Upper Brook Street, Rugeley, and his wife Annie (nee Lyons). This portrait photograph ...