Cutting corn, Whitmore
Dick Latham driving a Massey-Harris combine harvester, cutting corn at Church Farm, Whitmore.
Cutting oats, the Allotment Gardens, Alstonefield
From left to right: Ernest Adams, Jim Bailey and Herbert Wood, holding a scythe. Mr Wood grew oats on the Allotment Gardens, a plot of land of about a third of an acre which was formerly 4 allotments. ...
Dairy herd, Kingstone Hall, Kingstone
Dairy herd of cattle in a field at Mr Thomas Bernard Bettson's farm at Kingstone Hall, Kingstone, Staffordshire.
Photographer: Gerald McCann, photographer of High Street, Uttoxeter.
Dairy shorthorns, Staffordshire County Show, Uttoxeter
Dairy shorthorn cattle awaiting judging at the Staffordshire County Show, held at Uttoxeter Racecourse on Thursday 4 June 1936.The show was hit by a downpour in the morning, leaving the showground waterlogged. ...
Dancing Diggers, County Show, Hopton,
Dane valley, Gradbach
Looking north along the Dane Valley from Gradbach, looking towards Quarnford. The white building on the left in the middle distance is Dane Cottage.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton.
Degg's Fields, Normacot
Taken looking north-west, from near the north end of Hamilton Road. St. James's Church can be seen in the distance in Longton.
Denstone College
A postcard view of Denstone College which was begun in 1868 and opened in 1873 as St. Chad's College, with places for 46 boys. It was designed by William Slater and R.C. Carpenter in a Gothic style. The ...
Digging a ditch, Colton
Digging a drainage ditch at Newlands farm, Colton. The farm belonged to Mr B. Bettson at the time of this photograph.
Photographer: Gerald McCann (1897-1970) of Uttoxeter.
Dimmings Dale near Cheadle
Dog's Mercury, or Mercurialis perennis
You can find this perennial plant in woods and hedgerows, especially on limestone and clay.
Male and female flowers grow on separate plants, with flowers from February to April.
This plant can grow ...
Dolefoot Lane, Hoar Cross
This early postcard view shows a pony and cart being driven through a ford near Hoar Cross, believed to be on Dolefoot Lane at one of the entrance paths to Jackson's Bank. The wooden pedestrian bridge ...
Dove Bridge, Rocester
A stone built single arch road bridge, running from left to right. On the right hand side are steps leading dwon from the road. A group of five children are standing by an overhanging tree; one of them ...
Dovedale
A view over to the Staffordshire side of Dovedale taken from above Tissington Spires on the Derbyshire side. The house at the top of the valley is Air Cottage and below it can be seen the rock formations ...
Dovedale from Blore Pastures, near Ilam
Day trippers in a car parked on Blore Pastures near Ilam, with Bunster Hill, Thorpe Cloud and the entrance to Dovedale in the background. Looking north.
The car is a Ford model ‘Y’ saloon (often remembered ...
Downs Banks, near Stone
A tinted postcard view of Downs Banks, looking towards Bluebarn Farm. Published by A.W. Tilley, newsagent and stationers, 7 Radford Street, Stone.
In 1946 Joule's purchased the land from Viscount ...
Dredging a pit, Upper Loxley
View of a traction engine in a field providing the power for dredging a pit.
Dry-stone Walling Class, Parwich, Derbyshire
A dry-stone walling class held at Mr. G.L. Stanley’s farm at Dale End, Parwich, Derbyshire. Mr G.L. Maw of Derbyshire Agricultural Institute had organised classes at Alsop en le Dale, Parwich and Brassington ...