Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester visits RAF Stafford
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester is pictured receiving a Spode plate during her visit to RAF Stafford. The Duchess travelled extensively to perform her royal duties and over the years she became ...
Princess Margaret visits RAF Stafford
Princess Margaret meets service personnel during her visit to RAF Stafford.
RAF Stafford was formed 1 December 1939 following the purchase by the Treasury of 362 acres of land near Stafford. The main ...
RAF Stafford 25 years of the Freedom of the Borough of Stafford
The Borough of Stafford conferred the Freedom of Entry into the Borough to RAF Stafford (16 MU) on 16 December 1954. To mark the 25th Anniversary of this honour there was a major parade through the town ...
Rita Whilton, Hednesford
A studio portrait of Rita Edna Whilton with a doll and pram. She was born in July 1911. The reverse of the postcard tells us that the card was addressed to a teacher as a Christmas and New Year greeting ...
Shoe design from Lotus Ltd, Stafford
The pattern cutter makes working patterns for the clicker.
The shoe design is converted into working patterns made of paper from which the design can be cut out of leather by the clicker.
This sole ...
Shoe design pattern from Lotus Ltd, Stafford
The pattern cutter makes working patterns for the clicker.
The shoe design is converted into working patterns made of paper from which the design can be cut out of leather by the clicker.
This sole ...
Shoe for a bound foot, about 1900
This small red shoe was worn by Chinese women with bound feet, about 1900. The shoe is made from silk and has embroidered decoration in the form of lotus flowers and insects. The sole is also embroidered. ...
Shoe horns and button hooks
A selection of metal and wood shoe horns and boot hooks from the Staffordshire County Museum collection.
Shoe horns are used for easing the foot into a tight-fitting boot or shoe.
Button hooks ...
Shoe trees
A selection of shoe trees from the Staffordshire County Museum collection. These wooden or metal foot-shaped objects are used to keep boots and shoes in shape when they are not being worn.
Sir George Nelson at the New Hough, English Electric Co., Stafford
Sir George Horatio Nelson, Chairman and Managing Director of the English Electric Company is pictured outside the New Hough with the New Zealand Deputy Premier Mr Walter Nash. During the visit to the ...
Stafford Co-op Department Store
This image of the Co-op’s “Fun Footwear for Summer” window display was taken using a Kodak transparency film.
The display featured giant sticks of seaside rock. The ‘rock’ was made from large cardboard ...
Stafford Co-op Department Store
Space travel was very topical during 1969 and 1970 - the first man to walk on the Moon was on 21 July 1969.
Space was the theme for this display of Clarks Footwear. Prior to his journey, an 'Astronaut' ...
Stafford Co-op Department Store
This display in Princess Street Precinct is decorated for Christmas shopping during December.
In one section of the window the mannequins are dressed in gold and silver evening dresses and in the other ...
Stafford Co-op Department Store
Space travel was very topical during 1969 and 1970 - the first man to walk on the Moon was on 21 July 1969.
In this scene an 'Astronaut' has been prepared for his journey into 'space' - 'space' being ...
Stafford Co-op Department Store
Supporting the Stafford Arts Festival.
Wearing the latest fashions these mannequins are viewing the "French Impressionists" from the Picture Loan Service, Stafford Art Gallery.
The mannequins were ...
Stafford Co-op Department Store window display
The display is of autumn and winter coats in the windows fronting Crabbery Street. It used giant spiders' webs and leaves as props to catch the eye of passing shoppers. The webs were made from black ...
Studio Portrait of Patricia Tavernor, Stafford, (1)
Pat Tavernor (nee Holt) was born on 10 November 1915. She married Geoffrey Tavernor at St. Chad's Church, Stafford, on 7 August 1939; they had one son, Ian.
Pat worked in the offices of Universal ...
Suede court shoes
This pair of navy blue blue slip on court shoes were produced in the 1940s. The suede upper has a decorative bow and stitching across the toe. It is also lined with leather and synthetic fabric. The insole ...