Helena Mary Shelley, Little Haywood
This is believed to be a portrait photograph of Helena Mary Shelley of Little Haywood, born in 1913. Photograph taken by Cooper & Sons, Central Pier & Promenade, Blackpool.
High Street, Stone,
On the left is Evan and Sons ironmongers and garage, established in 1840.
The building with the bow windows is the Crown Hotel. The hotel was damaged by fire in 1778. The new building was designed ...
High Street, Stone, (1)
The building with the bow windows is the Crown Hotel. The hotel was damaged by fire in 1778. The new building was designed by Henry Holland in 1780. The inn was a stop for stage coaches from London, ...
High Street, Stone, (2)
View of the High Street looking towards Granville Square. On the far right is the Unicorn public house.
On the right is the Fountain Inn. To the left of the inn is Charles Clarke's pawnbrokers shop; ...
Horsefair and Upper Brook Street, Rugeley
A fine postcard view of Rugeley at the junction of Horsefair (right), Elmore Lane (left, in front of the Globe Hotel) and Upper Brook Street (ahead). The fine creeper clad building was Dilger's, House ...
Hunt Meet, Stafford,
Crowds gathering to watch the hunt meet in Victoria Square.
The Bird in Hand public house can be seen in the background.
In the garden of "Church View", High Street, Pattingham
Nancy Law & John Scriven in the garden behind Church View cottage in about 1929. Church View was on the site of the present-day Co-op Store, in High Street.
Izaak Walton Walk, Stafford,
The development of Izaak Walton Walk in the 1880s was part of the Corporation's river improvement scheme.
Trees were planted along the length of the walk, and seats and railings were added.
John Street, Longton.
John Street consisted of many houses and courtyards. This was a closed court off Lower John Street and it is easy to image the unsanitary conditions that people lived in. The houses were surrounded by ...
John Street, Longton. Factory Wall. Circa 1930
This image of John Street portrays a bleak picture of working class life in the city in the late nineteenth & early twentieth centuries. Notice the close proximity of the houses to the large pottery factory. ...
Johnson children, Salt
Children of Arthur George Johnson and his wife Winifred Johnson taken at Salt circa 1921. Left to right Arthur, Sydney, Ida (front), Isabel and Daisy. They lived at Ivy Cottage, Salt until Arthur George ...
Jubilee Sports Day, The Cliffs, Great Haywood
Childrens' Sports Day at the Cliffs, Great Haywood on the occasion of King George V's and Queen Mary's Silver Jubilee in May 1937.
Juggling Clown Automata
A clockwork juggling clown in a glass fronted box.
Dimensions: height 330mm, width 360mm, depth 190mm
Kathleen Chatterton, Maroi Cottage, Bolehall, Tamworth
Miss Kathleen Chatterton (born 1902) seen on a rocking horse in the garden of Maroi Cottage, Amington Road, Bolehall, Tamworth.
Knitting dolls' clothes for charity, Lotus Ltd, Stone
Three employees of the Examining Department, Lotus Ltd, Stone with knitted dolls' clothes made for girls in children's homes at Hoar Cross, Matlock and Ashbourne, and in the care of foster parents around ...
Lady's Maid and girls, Shugborough
Gertie Hulme, Lady's Maid to Lady Lichfield, with Pam Rose (daughter of George Rose, Head Chauffeur to the Earl of Lichfield from about 1920 to 1962), and Lady Celia Anson. They are picnicing by the ...
Landon's fish & chip shop, Uttoxeter Road, Longton
Peter Landon outside the family fish and chip shop at 1, Uttoxeter Road, Longton, with pet cat “Smokey”. Peter is dressed in his Sunday best clothes just before going to church. As it is a Sunday the ...
Lasting Dept., Mason and Marson Shoe Factory, Stafford,
In the lasting department shoe uppers were stretched over lasts before the heels and soles were added. Spare wooden lasts can be seen hanging from the ceiling.
This is one of a series of postcards ...