Parade, Brocton Military Camp
9th Lincoln Regiment church parade.
Cannock Chase had been used as a military training ground since the 1870s. During the First World War two military camps were built on the Chase - Brocton Camp, ...
Playing Christmas Carols, Princes Street, Stafford
The following members of the Stone Town Band are pictured:
Back (left to right): Doreen Vance ? and Peter Brunson.
Front (left to right): John Street, Eddie Barrett and David Holifield.
Mr ...
Playing Christmas Carols, Princes Street, Stafford
The members of the Stone Town Band pictured from left to right are: Kevin Short (conductor), John Street, Sylvia Mallory, David Vining, Steve Hicks, Nick Wright, Don Simpson (hidden), Frank Burbridge ...
Portable bandstand, Stone
A portable bandstand designed and built by Haynes and Sons, wheelwrights, Stone in 1920. The bandstand was suitable for 25 instrumentalists, and cost £100 Little real effort was made to market and sell ...
Portrait bust of George Handel
Pearlware portrait bust, height 235mm. George Frederick Handel (1685-1759) was a German-born composer, resident in England. His works include 'Messiah' and 'Water Music'. Eight years before he died he ...
Prize Jazz Band, Stafford Pageant,
Prize Jazz Band parade on Lichfield Road, at the junction with Riverway.
The procession through Stafford ended with a fair on the town common. A prize was awarded to the best decorated entries and ...
Procession, Abbots Bromley
A postcard view of a procession (led by violinists) which may be a Sunday School outing, proceeding along the road by the Market Place and Crown Bank in Abbots Bromley.
Queen's Gardens, Newcastle-under-Lyme
An afternoon's entertainment is pictured here in the Queen's Gardens.
The band in the bandstand is that of the Staffordshire Regiment. The Gardens were laid out in 1897 on land that had been bought ...
RAF Stafford Service Personnel on Parade
Service personnel from RAF Stafford are pictured marching along Victoria Road towards Stafford town centre. In the background amongst the trees is the County War Memorial and on the right Stafford Station ...
RAF Stafford Service Personnel on Parade
Service personnel from RAF Stafford are pictured marching at the junction of Lichfield Road, Newport Road and Bridge Street in Stafford. In the background the shop buildings remain (October 2015) however, ...
Remembrance Parade, High Street, Stone
Stone Town Band during a Remembrance Parade marching along the High Street towards the War Memorial in Granville Square. Among the members of the band is Eric Williams playing a cornet.
The Stone ...
Riverway Girls School, Stafford
This picture shows a scene from “The Masques of the Seasons”, one of the many delightful items in a programme of music, verse and drama presented by students at Riverway Girls School before a large audience ...
Rocester Melody Makers, Uttoxeter
Rocester Melody Makers 'jazz' band playing kazoos in the parade at Uttoxeter Carnival.
Photographer: Gerald McCann of High Street, Uttoxeter.
Royal Doulton Band at the Royal Albert Hall, London
Director Ted Gray conducting the concert. The concert was accompanied by a 1000 strong male voice choir.
Ted Grey in is younger days was the principle cornet player with the famous Fodens Motor Works ...
Royal Doulton Brass Band, Trentham Gardens
Playing for the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire.
Players include Nigel Cavill, Derek Deakin, Arthur Allen, John Street, Peter Blakeman, Ted Gray (Conductor), Trevor Hazell, Jim Garner, Ray Barraclough, ...
Ruby Murfitt, Hanley
Ruby Murfitt, accompanying a choir at the Victoria Hall, Hanley. A talented pianist, she lived at 63 Lichfield Street, Hanley and was much in demand at musical events in the Potteries.
She was born ...
Rugeley Bandsmen
Bandsmen at the rear of the Globe Hotel, Rugeley. The inscription on the drum refers to 21st Company Staffordshire Rifle Volunteer Battalion, North Staffs Regiment.
Rugeley Town Band
Standing in the centre of the back row, wearing a bowler hat is Mr J. Roberts, the conductor. The taller man to his right is Mr C.F. Mason the builder, whose son Fred later married Mr Roberts' daughter ...