Elderly lady marionette, Walford Puppets
Puppet used by Douglas Hayward in his puppet shows. It originally formed part of Walford Puppets.
This marionette forms part of the Hayward Puppet Collection, now part of the Staffordshire County Museum ...
Experimental marionette, by William Simmonds
Experimental figure with a flywheel balance made by William Simmonds.
William Simmonds (1876-1968) trained initially as an architect. He then studied at the Royal College of Art under Walter Crane, ...
Father Christmas marionette, by Waldo Lanchester
This Father Christmas is bald with a large white beard and he wears a red hooded cloak. This puppet was originally made as a policeman and he still wears his blue uniform underneath the cloak.
Waldo ...
Female frost marionette, by Douglas Hayward
Marionette made by Douglas Hayward. Douglas Hayward had already been a touring puppet player from the 1950s when he set up the Marionette Theatre and Puppet Museum at Abbots Bromley in 1975. When the ...
Female puppet
A female puppet by an unknown maker
This puppet forms part of the Hayward Puppet Collection, now part of the Staffordshire County Museum collection.
Fernleigh Garden Party, Stafford
The Stafford British Legion Band is pictured at the Fernleigh Garden Party.
Back row members from left to right are: ?, Eddie Barrett, Paul Price, ?, ?, Tommy Hughes (standing), Fred Gee (Conductor), ...
Festival of Remembrance, Victoria Hall, Hanley
One of the bands pictured is the Stafford British Legion Band.
Gangster marionette, by Matthew Palmer
This large gangster marionette is called 'Al Caselsca'. He has a large nose and chin with stubble, and has a cigar in his mouth. he is wearing a pin-striped suit and is carrying an open violin case. ...
Gent in a tweed jacket marionette, by D'Albert
Wooden figure, man in brown suit with tweed Jacket and red tie. Made by D'Albert.
Ernest Mortimer (1896-1966) was a ventriloquist, conjuror and puppetteer who adopted the stage name 'D'Albert the Royal ...
George Robey at Bratt and Dyke, Hanley
George Robey with Gordon Dyke demonstrating ‘Granton Edge’ kitchen knives in the kitchenware department. Comedian, actor and singer George Robey was one of the greats of the music hall and was knighted ...
Geppetto and Pinocchio marionette, by D'Albert.
Wooden figure in the style of Disney's Geppetto holding his own puppet, Pinocchio. Made by D'Albert.
Ernest Mortimer (1896-1966) was a ventriloquist, conjuror and puppetteer who adopted the stage name ...
Ghost Puppet, by Douglas Hayward
Skeleton dressed in a veil used in Danse Macabre. Made by Douglas Hayward.
Douglas Hayward had already been a touring puppet player from the 1950s when he set up the Marionette Theatre and Puppet Museum ...
Girl Guide Pantomime, Yarnfield, Stone
Grand Musical Tory Concert - Election caricatures from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
This notice sends up an imaginary concert staged by an 'aristocratic' political party of 1812, caricatured here as the 'Tory Humbug.'
At this time, Members of Parliament had to own property worth at ...
Group portrait, Stonefield Park
Members of Stone Town Band.
Harlequin marionette, by Walford Puppets
A marionette used by Walford Puppets in their own shows. This marionette forms part of the Hayward Puppet Collection, now part of the Staffordshire County Museum collection.
Hartshill Institute, Hartshill Road, Stoke
This plan is of the Hartshill Institute.
An article in The Staffordshire Sentinel and Midlands Counties Advertiser of Saturday, January 15, 1859 reports on the official opening of the building.
Its ...
Highwayman marionette, by William Simmonds
William Simmonds (1876-1968) trained initially as an architect. He then studied at the Royal College of Art under Walter Crane, and at the Royal Academy schools, exhibiting at the Academy from 1903. During ...