Lunch Queue, Brooklands School, Stafford,
Brooklands opened on Eccleshall Road in 1946 as a private school.
At first only a small number of five and six year olds were admitted, but the number of pupils increased and by 1962 126 children ...
Maids at Shugborough,
Elsie Hanson (Schoolroom Maid) and Maisie Stephens (3rd Housemaid) standing on the Laundry drying green at Shugborough. This is now the site of the restaurant at Shugborough.
Maids, Shugborough
Six maids in uniform outside the Servants' Quarters, Shugborough. Far left is Florence Elsmore, 2nd from right is Hilda Loveday.
Mr and Mrs Amies' Diamond Wedding, Stafford
Photograph taken at 'Inglewood', Rowley Avenue, on the occasion of Mr and Mrs Thomas Amies' Diamond Wedding anniversary celebrations.
Mr Amies was Mayor of Stafford in 1889.
Nesta Jones, Shugborough
Nesta MacDonald (nee Jones), Laundry Maid at Shugborough Hall 1924-1927, with her bicycle on the towpath of the Trent and Mersey Canal.
Olive Plummer, Cook, Shugborough
Olive Plummer pictured outside Shugborough Hall. Olive was Cook at Shugborough from at least 1939 until 1949. She was born Olive Grundy at Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire in 1895 and married Reginald Plummer ...
Omnibus with Driver and Groom, Ingestre,
Omnibus at Ingestre with horses, driver and groom.
Pam Rose and maids, Shugborough
Pamela Rose (daughter of George Rose, Head Chauffeur to the Earl of Lichfield between about 1920 and 1962) standing with two maids on the cricket ground at Shugborough.
Rachel Plant , governess, Stafford
Rachel Plant as governess. Rachel was the daughter of Thomas Dalton Plant of Stafford and she is seen in this Edwardian photograph with her two charges and their parents, Mr and Mrs Cundy.
Rock Cottages, Great Haywood
Rock Cottages stood opposite St Stephen's Church, Great Haywood. Eliza Loveday (seated) with her daughter Elsie Loveday in the front garden.
Servants at Moor Court, Farley
A group of servants believed to have been part of the staff at Moor Court, Farley, near Alton. Moor Court was built in 1861 and was the home of the Bolton family, copper manufacturers at Oakamoor and ...
Servants at Pendrell Hall
Pendrell Hall was built in 1870 and originally called Pendryl Hall.
The Gaskells moved to Pendrell Hall from The Birches in 1910 and remodelled the house and added the lodge. The Hall was purchased ...
Servants from Drayton Manor, Fazeley
A photograph thought to be of servants from Drayton Manor.
Drayton Manor was the home of the Peel family and was built by Sir Robert Peel's father in about 1790. Drayton Manor was demolished in the ...
Servants, Elford Rectory
A group of five maids pictured in the garden of Elford Rectory. The Vicar of Elford at the time was the Rev. Francis Edward Paget, M.A.
Slater Family and Domestic Servants, Stone,
Thomas and Emily Slater with their children Kathleen (aged 12) and Edward (aged 8) and servants. The family lived on Lichfield Road in a house now known as The Rectory.
On retirement the family moved ...
State Chariot at Ingestre Hall,
The Earl of Shrewsbury's State Chariot standing outside Ingestre Hall, in preparation for the coronation celebrations of June 1953. The coachman and two footmen wear state livery which includes white ...
Tea Party, Eccleshall,
Tea party in the garden of Frank Hudson's chemist shop on High Street.
The Fountain, Darlaston Hall
An image from a photograph album belonging to the Jervis family, with the caption: 'The Fountain, Garot and Brionne, the dog'. Louis Garot, born in Belgium, was butler to Swynfen Jervis and his wife, ...