Blast Furnace workers, Apedale, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Abraham Parker put the first furnace at Apedale into blast in 1789. The works passed through a number of owners until 1890 when the Midland Coal, Coke and Iron Company was formed and took the ironworks ...
Blast furnaces, Congreaves Iron Works, Cradley Heath
Blast furnaces at Congreaves Iron Works, Congreaves Road, Cradley Heath. The British Iron Company set up its ironworks at Cradley Heath in 1825. By 1860 there were six blast furnaces on the site and ...
Blessing at Knightley Church
The Bishop of Lichfield blessing the church as part of its 100th anniversary celebrations.
Christ Church was built in 1840 on land given by Lord Lichfield. The architect was Thomas Trubshaw and the ...
Blockley's, 48 High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Blockley's grocers and wine merchants was located at number 48 High street for many years and later became Hargreaves.
Blood donors, Lotus Ltd, Stafford
A new use was found for the sports pavilion at the Stafford factory of Lotus Ltd., which was usually the venue for many social functions. This picture presented an unusual scene when a mobile unit from ...
Blue Girl Guides Cap, 1990s
The Girls Guides started as a side organisation from the Boy Scouts. Lord Robert Baden-Powell set up a camp for boys in 1907 at Brownsea Island in Dorset to test his scouting ideas.
By 1908 girls started ...
Boatman and family on the Trent & Mersey Canal at Rugeley
Bob Kemsley, blacksmith at Bagnall’s, Stafford
Pictured is Bob Kemsley who was photographed by the Staffordshire Newsletter for an article published on Saturday 23 August 1952, on retaining the skills of industrial veterans, many of whom were over ...
Boer War New Year Card, Westhorpe, Stafford
New Year card sent by the Peach family, referring to the Boer War (1899 - 1902). This was one of two wars (the first was 1880 - 1881) fought by the British in South Africa against the Boer settlers.
The ...
Boiler Stokers, Derby Oxide Colour Works, Rugeley
Workers stoking boilers with coal at the Derby Oxide Colour works which was situated on the River Trent at Colton Mill, Rugeley. The 'Lancashire' boiler was made by Edwin Danks and Co. of Oldbury and ...
Boothen Colliery , Hanley
Patrick Hamilton, the image donor's great grandfather is second from the left. He was Colliery Banksman at Racecourse/Boothen Colliery, Hanley, Stoke on Trent in the late 1880s to 1900s.
Borough War Memorial, Stafford,
Laying wreaths by the Borough War Memorial on Victoria Square, Mayoral Sunday, 1945. The mayor is Mr H. Wallace-Copeland.
The Borough War Memorial was unveiled in 1922 in memory of the Stafford men ...
Boy Bishop Pageant by St. Editha's boy Choristers, Tamworth
St. Editha's boy choristers are seen here standing outside St. Editha's, with one boy dressed as a Bishop. Included in the photograph are three Ward brothers, Stan Bourne, Bill Young, Harold Keen (carrying ...
Boys selling kindling
Four boys and a toddler with a barrow loaded with bundles of kindling. The location of this photograph is not known, but is possibly Oxford Gardens, Stafford.
Bradbury's Wheelwrights, Great Haywood
The Bradbury family were farmers and blacksmiths. They owned Elm Farm, which was demolished in 1967 to make way for modern housing.
Wheelwrights made and repaired wheels for horse-drawn vehicles. ...
Braiding Machine Room, Job White & Sons Ltd, Compton Mills, Leek
Brass Band, Standon Boys' Farm Home
Boys' brass band at Standon Boys' Farm Home.
The home in Weston Lane, Standon Bridge, near Eccleshall was founded by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1885. This was the second Boys' Home operated by ...
Bratt & Dyke's shop window, Stafford,
School uniform window display, Bratt & Dyke's, Greengate Street.