Hose cart with Firemen, Stafford Fire Service
With the hose cart are Corporal J. Thorpe (left) and Thomas Edwin Haywood (1886-1958) (right). Thomas was the younger brother of Alfred Ernest Haywood, who would become Stafford's Fire Chief Officer.
Ind Coope and Allsop Fire Brigade, Burton upon Trent
The fire crew are, left to right: Tom Woodward, Ralph Stevens, Alf Price (Sub Officer), John Stevenson and Norman Edwards.
The fire engine, registration FHA222 is a Dennis Merryweather Pump escape ...
James Cox, Dept. Superintendent of the Fire Brigade, Burton-on-Trent
Mr Cox stands proudly in front of a fire engine in the station. He is wearing a long service medal and full uniform, including a metal fire helmet. James Cox was Dept. Superintendent of Burton Town Fire ...
Joyce Yates, Peak Farm, Codsall Wood
Joyce worked in the Fire Brigade during World War Two.
Birthday 27 September 1902, she would have been 39 coming 40. Photograph taken at The Peak, Chillington Lane, Codsall Wood. Member of the Auxillary ...
Keeling's Patent Substitute for Red and White Lead - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Improved Glazes
Printed notice by industrialist and inventor James Keeling. Here he makes various claims about an improved formula for ceramic glazes, which he has patented.
The glaze is 30% cheaper ...
Keeling's Substitute for White and Red Lead, in Making Glazes - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Patent notice and conditions of use
Printed notice informing pottery manufacturers of a new patented glaze made by James Keeling.
Conditions for using the substitute glaze applied.
Manufacturers ...
King Edward VII Motoring through Stone,
King Edward VII passed through Stone on his way to Alton Towers. Crowds lined the route to catch a glimpse of him, as seen here on Granville Square.
The whole town was decorated for the occasion and ...
Leather fire bucket
This leather fire bucket has copper riveted seams and a metal hoop around top. It bears a crest with the motto 'Fide Sed Cui Vide' and the intials EB.
This item is part of the Staffordshire Fire Service ...
Leyland fire engine, Stafford
This fire engine is a Leyland FT4A Pump Escape, registration JRE 294. It was delivered to the Stafford Borough Fire Brigade in December 1939 and was christened "Eveline” after the Mayoress, Councillor ...
Leyland fire engine, Stafford
Stafford fire engine and firemen at the christening of the fire engine "Eveline". This fire engine is a Leyland FT4A Pump Escape, registration JRE 294. It was delivered to the Stafford Borough Fire Brigade ...
Longton Fire Brigade.
Group photograph of Longton Fire Brigade. Taken in Union Square, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.
This photograph is part of the collections ...
Lotus Shoe Factory Fire Brigade, Stafford,
Group portrait of Lotus Shoe Factory fire brigade.
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded in the eighteenth century by Thomas Bostock, a cobbler. His three sons started their own factories ...
Mayor Leason Thanking Firemen after Floods, Stone,
Mayor Philip Leason thanking the fire brigade for their hard work during the floods of August 1987.
Mayors Procession, George Street, Tamworth
In the procession are the Military Band, Brass Band, Fire Brigade, Police, and Girl Guides. Notice the excellent terracotta facade of Needhams, done by Gibbs and Canning, which is partly hidden by the ...
Mechanical Apparatus for Firefighting - an advertisement from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
In Enoch Wood's day, factories and coal mines needed more than buckets of sand to put out serious blazes.
The trouble was that there was - as yet - no rapid-response fire service to call upon.
Unsurprisingly, ...
Mill Wheels, Mill Bank, Stafford
A postcard view by Mill Bank, Stafford, of the mill Wheels from the town mill which was built by George Brewster in 1834, on the site of the medieval town mill. It was powered by two wheels, fed from ...
Mr Das Gupta, Stafford Fire Brigade
This formal portrait shows Mr S.L. Das Gupta, a member of Stafford's Fire Brigade wearing formal uniform. Mr Das Gupta was a fireman under Captain Alfred Ernest Haywood's leadership in the early 1930s ...
National Fire Service, Hanley, Stoke on Trent
The Auxiliary Fire Service was formed from volunteers at the outbreak of war, to assist the regular Fire Brigades. The name was changed to The National Fire Service in August 1941 when the regional regular ...