James Jones, Chesterton
James Jones lived in Roggin Row, off Audley Road in Chesterton. Born in 1876, James enlisted for the North Staffordshire Regiment during World War I when aged 42. He fought in Gallipoli before joining ...
James Meakin, Darlaston Hall
A carte-de-visite studio portrait of James Meakin (1830-1885), director of the pottery firm J & G Meakin. He bought Darlaston Hall, near Stone,from the Jervis family in 1880. The hall remained in the ...
James Plant, Stafford
James Plant, currier and leather merchant of Eastgate Street, Stafford.
Janet Cruickshank, Optician, Uttoxeter
Janet Cruickshank was Uttoxeter’s first female opthalmist.
Janet was the daughter of Ernest Mellor, a chemist in Uttoxeter from 1910 to 1960. Janet left trained under Dr Max Coque at the London Optical ...
Jeremiah Smith of Fenton
Oil painting. Three-quarter length portrait of Jeremiah Smith was High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1762.
Artist: Thomas Hudson (1701-1779).
1220mm x 970mm
Jessie Bond of Uttoxeter
Jessie Bond (1890-1964) was the daughter of Charles and Mary Ann Bond, who lived on Carter Street, Uttoxeter. She married William Gains in 1910.
Joe Caddick, Pattingham
Joe was a cook for Officers throughout the Second World War.
Joe Foster, Bass Cooper, Burton-on-Trent
Mr Foster, a cooper at Bass, standing next to a pyramid of small casks with taps. They were made by Joe as prizes for the Burton Regatta Centenary in 1955.
John Hand, Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme
John Hand wearing robes and chains of office. He was Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1883-1884.
A studio portrait taken by Edwin Harrison of Newcastle-under-Lyme.
John Hudson, Uttoxeter
John Hudson in a school photograph taken while he was in Class 3a at Oldfields Secondary Modern School, Uttoxeter.
John Joyce, born 1880
John Joyce was born in 1880 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. He joined the army in 1914. After WWI he moved to Ireland, where he stayed until his death in the early 1960s.
John Leveson Gower of Trentham
Oil painting. Three quarter-length portrait of John Leveson Gower, 2nd Baron and 1st Earl Gower and Viscount Trentham (1694-1754).
Artist: attributed to Thomas Hudson (1701-1779)
Dimensions: 1250mm ...
John Russell Alder, Gunner 11052276 Royal Artillery. Born 1923
John was born on 27th September 1923 in Portsmouth, Hampshire. In 1941 all men between 20 and 23 years of age had to report to the Employment Exchange in Blackpool Lancashire to register for military ...
John Salt, 'America Jack' ,Denstone
John Salt's version of his story: John claimed he had been deported to northern Canada in the late 19th century for poaching rabbits. When the Great War broke out convicts were offered a free pardon ...
John Thomas Arlidge
Portrait of John Thomas Arlidge (1822-1899).
Born Chatham, Kent, he became a member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1848. In 1862 he accepted a post as physician to the North Staffordshire Infirmary ...
Joseph Griffith, Mayor and Town Clerk of Newcastle-under-Lyme
Joseph Griffith wearing robes and chains of office. Griffith was Town Clerk and Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme 1881-1882.
Joseph Wilmott, Town Hall, High Street, Uttoxeter
Joseph Wilmott (Joey) was the Town Hall keeper in the early 1900s. He is seen here, in front of the Town Hall wearing his uniform of frock coat and top hat, and carrying a large bunch of keys.
Joshua Brough. Silk Manufacturer, Leek
Photograph of Joshua Brough, about 1867.
Joshua Brough, pictured here, was one of the three sons of John Brough, who was one of Leek’s earliest large silk manufacturers. Towards the end of the 19th ...