Shore family picnic , Great Bridgeford, Staffordshire
This was one of the Shore family picnics thrown by George Shore, who was born in 1842 in Offley Brook near Eccleshall and, at the time of the photograph, a blacksmith in Eccleshall. The picnics were ...
Skaters on Rudyard Lake
There were a number of exceptionally cold winters in the decades before the First World War which enabled locals and visitors to skate on the frozen lake. Winters cold enough to freeze Rudyard Lake are ...
Snake Train, Drayton Manor Park, near Tamworth
This postcard view shows the former Snake Train (a land train) at Drayton Manor Park and Zoo which was in service from around 1950 to 1995.
In later years the site became known as Drayton Manor Resort, ...
South Shore Baths, Blackpool. Circa 1920
This is a postcard of South Shore open air swimming baths in Blackpool. The image was taken between 1920 and 1930. Many people in the Potteries spent their holidays in Blackpool and Rhyl, often visiting ...
St John Ambulance cadets, Hednesford area
St. John Ambulance cadets on a camping trip. Mrs Jane Ridgway, a St. John's leader is seated in the centre.
St. John Ambulance Brigade Camp, Colwyn Bay
Uttoxeter St. John Ambulance Brigade camp at Colwyn Bay, North Wales.
From left to right: Len Rammal, Mr Hollins, Mr Fish, Mr Gaunt, Alf Betteny and Stan Davies.
Stafford Folk Dance Club, Cannock Chase
Members of Stafford Folk Dance Club on a hike on Cannock Chase.
Stafford Folk Dance Club, Cannock Chase
Stafford Folk Dance Club on a hike on Cannock Chase.
Stafford Grammar School, Newport Road, Stafford
A view of the School House at King Edward VI Grammar School from the south east. The two girls playing croquet are believed to be Mabel Frances Layng (later to become an artist) and Ada Clarice Layng, ...
Station Road on 'Milford Day', Milford,
Milford was a very popular weekend destination for visitors in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Excursion trains ran between Stafford and Milford stations.
Milford Day was not a ...
Steam Ship "Lucania" at Stage, Liverpool
Lantern slide showing a crowded dock at Liverpool. In the background is a steam ship called the Lucania. Photographed by William Blake.
Built by the Fairfield Shipbuilding Company in Glasgow in the ...
Steamers, Blackpool. Photographed by William Blake.
Seascape with a view of steam boats and a pier. Taken at Blackpool, Lancashire.
Stone Congregational Chapel Outing,
The Congregational Church was built on Longton Road in 1871.
After a fire in March 1886 the church was rebuilt and is now St. John's Methodist Reformed Church.
Stone Secondary Modern School trip, north Wales
Pupils from Stone Secondary Modern School pictured during a trip to Llanfairfechan, north Wales. The Secondary Modern School buildings on Old Road are nowadays occupied by Christchurch Middle School.
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Stone Traders' Association Charabanc Outing,
Members of Stone Traders' Association.
In the 1960s the association changed its title to Stone Chamber of Trade to widen activities and eligibility for membership.
Summer Holidays in Leek
Scenes of children playing in Cheddleton Road (top), and Strangman Street.
Sunday School Treat at Clayton Green, Newcastle-under-Lyme
An outing to the rural Clayton Green is captured here. Such outings were becoming more popular at the time amongst all classes of society.
Sunday walking party, near Walton on the Hill
Emily Green with William and Winifred Dutton in their best Sunday clothes out on a Sunday walk near Walton -on-the-Hill in 1918.