Armament Research Department, ROF Swynnerton
Portraits of staff at the Armament Research Department, Group IIH at R.O.F. Swynnerton photographed at the time of V.E. Day in May 1945.
From left to right, top to bottom: W.J. Moyce, R.W. Batchelor, ...
Assembly shop, ROF Swynnerton
An assembly shop at R.O.F. Swynnerton, the woman on the left is identified as Ivy.
Workers at R.O.F. Swynnerton, a high percentage of which were women, filled shells, bombs and other armaments, including ...
British Legion Queen, Stone
Miss Anne Tomlinson is pictured receiving a powder compact from Mrs P C Sawyer, after her selection as Stone British Legion Queen at a dance organised by the Stone Branch of the British Legion, held at ...
Brucheville Hall, Normandy, France
An image from the 'Yarnfield Yank', a booklet published in 1945 to commemorate the presence of US Army personnel at transit camps in Yarnfield, near Stone during World War II. The camps at Yarnfield were ...
Canteen staff, Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton
All the canteen staff at Frobisher Hall. Front row, far left are Mr and Mrs Walker, the Manager and Manageress. Mrs Walker's teenage son, Tony Hancock, was later to become a famous comedian.
Frobisher ...
Canteen staff, Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton
Some of the canteen staff at Frobisher Hall enjoying some free time. Front row, far right is Alison Webb (then Wharton) who started work at Frobisher Hall in 1940, aged 15. Back row, far left is her ...
Canteen staff, Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton
Canteen assistants at Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton.
Frobisher Hall was a hostel for workers at the Royal Ordnance Factory at Swynnerton during and just after the 2nd World War. Workers at R.O.F. Swynnerton, ...
Church Party from Darlaston Hall, Stone
James Meakin with his family in an open carriage known as a Landau; they are dressed for church.
Mr Meakin, a pottery manufacturer, owned Darlaston Hall from 1880. The hall was remained in the Meakin ...
Concert Party Programme, ROF Swynnerton
the front cover of a programme for a concert party put on by workers on Green Shift group 7A at R.O.F. Swynnerton, June 1945.
Workers at R.O.F. Swynnerton, a high percentage of which were women, filled ...
Dalserf, Darlaston, near Tittensor
This bungalow on the A34 between Tittensor and Darlaston, near Stone was built in the 1920s and from at least 1928 was the home of the Campbell family, who named it after their home village, Dalserf, ...
Dinner and Dance Menu and Programme, Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton
The menu and programme for Frobisher Hall's Second Anniversary Dinner and Dance, held on 12th August 1944. the enteretinment was provided by E.N.S.A., the Entertainments National Service Association ...
Dismantling the cricket pavilion, Yarlet
Oulton Cricket Club members dismantling the cricket pavilion at Yarlet School. The pavilion was being moved to the Club's new ground at Oulton Heath.
From left to right: unknown, Des Robinson, P. ...
Dora Wiles, Rugeley
This photograph is from a collection of photographs relating to Dora Wiles who is pictured outside her home 16 Hill Street, Rugeley. Dora was a patient at Yarnfield Hospital in 1928 and in 1930 and during ...
Ella Gilbert, Burton-upon-Trent
Ella Gilbert was from Needwood, near Burton-upon-Trent and during 1928 she was a patient at Yarnfield Hospital which was near to Stone. Ella died from tuberculosis at age the age of 17.
This photograph ...
Entrace to W.T.A. Hostel, Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton
The W.T.A. (Workers' Travel Association) offered factory workers the chance of affordable holidays.
Frobisher Hall was a hostel for workers at the Royal Ordnance Factory at Swynnerton during and just ...
Frobisher Hall Canteen, Swynnerton
Kitchen staff at the Frobisher Hall Canteen, Swynnerton.
Frobisher Hall was a hostel for workers at the Royal Ordnance Factory at Swynnerton during and just after the 2nd World War. Workers at R.O.F. ...
Frobisher Hall grounds, Swynnerton
Mary Wayte is on the left. Together with her husband, Ernest, she managed the Frobisher Hall hostel during and just after the 2nd World War. She was the daughter of Henry Steele, a pottery artist at ...
Frobisher Hall Victory celebrations, Swynnerton
Cast and audience at a concert in the Social Centre at Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton. The occasion could be part of victory celebrations in 1945. Nellie Kizis is in the left foreground of the shot standing ...