School May Queen group
Can anyone provide us with any information regarding this photograph?
Thought to be a may Queen and her attendants.
Photograph originally from Joan Anslow's collection.
Schoolchildren practising maypole dancing, Hednesford
Children dancing around a maypole in the playground. The boys are wearing short trousers and knitted jumpers or jackets and boots. Most of the girls are wearing pinafores, with long socks or stockings ...
Scold's Bridle, apparantly used in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Scold’s Bridle was a form of torture exclusively used on women. The bridle is an iron framework resembling a muzzle or cage that encloses the head of the victim, with a ‘curb-plate’ with a spike placed ...
Seabridge Park, Clayton
Seabridge Park is located between Seabridge Community Centre and Seabridge Lane. It was constructed by the same company that built Westbury Park in the 1970s and 1980s, less than a kilometre away. Prior ...
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.
Shakey Bridges, near Seighford
Children standing on 'Shakey Bridges' which carries a public footpath over the River Sow between Creswell and Seighford. There is still a footbridge here and nowadays the M6 crosses close to this site.
At ...
Shaw Place, VE Day. Leek
Residents of Shaw Place, a cul-de-sac off Buxton Road, pictured celebrating Victory in Europe Day in 1945. The houses were built in the 1920s.
In the left hand group, standing, are Joyce Harding (2nd ...
Siemens factory and the Hough sports ground, Stafford,
Tinted postcard of Siemen's engineering works from the cricket ground at The Hough, near Lichfield Road; on the right is the cricket pavilion (now replaced by a purpose-built telephone exchange) and to ...
Silver Candlestick, Whitby family
One of a pair of silver candlesticks that belonged to the Whitby family.
Thomas Whitby (1531-1621) aquired Shugborough. His son John Whitby sold Shugborough to the Anson family in 1624 and purchased ...
Silver tankard, Whitby family
Silver tankard, belonged to the Whitby family.
Thomas Whitby (1531-1621) aquired Shugborough. His son John Whitby sold Shugborough to the Anson family in 1624 and purchased Haywood Abbey, Great Haywood. ...
Singer Sewing machine
Hand operated sewing machine with horizontal bobbin feed and sliding spool plate, two bobbin holders, tension adjuster and wooden shaped polished handle. Transfer decorated design, including inscription: ...
Skinner & Co, Leek
Lamps, Tin Baths and Buckets.
In earlier times, shop fronts and windows were used to advertise wares much more prominently than today, as can be seen here by Skinner and Co., ironmongers of Derby Street, ...
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 ...
Slum Clearance Area 13, Paradise Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A photograph of Paradise Street in Newcastle-under-Lyme taken in the mid 1930s.
This was one of the first areas to be demolished and its residents re-housed in new council housing. The terraced housing ...
Small Girl with a Rabbit, Eccleshall,