BBC Midlands Today visits RAF Mountain Rescue Team at RAF Stafford
The BBC Midlands Today Team with presenter Kay Alexander (Kay is in the centre of the photograph, under the Mountain Rescue sign) are pictured with the RAF Mountain Rescue Team at their base at RAF Stafford. ...
Bent's Brewery staff, Stone
Bent's Brewery was established in Newcastle-under-Lyme in the 1790s by William Bent. The business remained in Newcastle until 1936, when manufacture transferred to Liverpool.
The company expanded in ...
Bert and George Procter, Gladstone China, Longton
Photograph of Bernard, known as Bert (seated), and George Procter, his son, pictured in the Office at Gladstone China, Uttoxeter Road, Longton. The office was described as 'bare and grimy.'
The Procter ...
Bert Jackson at Dorman's, Stafford
Bert Jackson had worked for Dorman’s for 45 years at the time of this photograph. He is pictured operating an Asquith Boring Machine dealing with a three cylinder block for a diesel engine.
Founded ...
Bi-centenary Souvenir, John Jervis, Earl St. Vincent, Stone,
Souvenir card celebrating the bi-centenary of the birth of Admiral John Jervis.
John Jervis was born in 1735 at Meaford Hall, just outside Stone. He was First Lord of the Admiralty from 1801 to 1804 ...
Biddle's Stores, Brook Square, Rugeley
A view taken in Brook Square looking towards Lower Brook Street in Rugeley.
On the left is Biddle’s Stores which started business in 1850. The decorations by the upper floor windows suggest that at ...
Biddle's Stores, Brook Square, Rugeley
This postcard view shows John Biddle’s Stores which started business in 1850. The decorations by the upper floor windows suggest that at the time this photograph was taken the town was celebrating Edward’s ...
Biddulph Grange Orthopaedic Hospital, Ward 1
This picture shows children outside the hospital wards in the summer time, when they were nursed in the fresh air.
The house was given originally to Stoke-on-Trent council, but after a short period it ...
Bilston - A Bilston Chap : woodcut engraving
Image of a man in a smock, carrying a pick axe, and a basket. Reproduced in Palmer and Crowquill's `Wanderings of a Pen and Pencil,' p.28, [from Illustrated London News?]
Birchenfields Farm, Armitage
Birchenfields Farm in Bardy Lane. This Grade 2 listed building dates from the 17th century and is timber-framed on a stone plinth. This image is taken from a glass negative.
Biscuit Placing, Shelley’s pottery, Longton
Pottery factory interior depicting a man bedding plates using a setter prior to placing in a saggar and firing.
The setter was a piece of kiln furniture that provided more support than bedding the ...
Blacksmith outside Red Cross Smithy, Knypersley
Blacksmiths outside the Red Cross Smithy at Knypersley, near Biddulph, Staffordshire. Various items are in the background: rakes, forks, scythe blades and mower blades, with a plough. On the left is ...
Blacksmith, Gnosall
Joseph Beech's smithy at the junction of Beffcote Road and Quarry Lane, Gnosall.
In this photograph members of the Beech family along with employees are gathered outside the Smithy for the photographer. ...
Blacksmith, Stone,
Mr Salmon, blacksmith at Stonefield Forge.
Blacksmith, Stone,
Mr Salmon, blacksmith at Stonefield Forge.
Blacksmiths at Endon Smithy
Blacksmiths at Endon Smithy with a mound of horseshoes commissioned for the Great War. Mr. C. Perkins is standing on the left and wearing the longer apron, Mr. W. Scott is on the right
Blacksmiths at the County Show, Stone
Blacksmiths and officials at Staffordshire Agricultural Society's County Show in Stone. The society held its first show in Stone in 1844. Standing first from right, wearing a trilby is Eric Hammersley, ...
Blacksmith's shop, Cotes Heath
Photographs shows Tom Giles' blacksmith's shop which stood opposite the church in Cotes Heath, which can be seen in the background, to the left. Tom Giles, farmer and blacksmith, was born in Farndon, ...