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 principal cornet player with the famous Fodens Motor Works ...
Nethermoor House, Rugeley
Situated on Chaseley Road, Etchinghill, Nethermoor House is is now a care home. The 1971 sale particulars state: "Nethermoor is a particularly fine gentleman's residence with magnificent proportions ...
Bednall School
The school was built in 1856 by public subscription, the principal benefactor being Lord Hatherton. It was designed to take upto 20 children, both boys and girls. Until 1920 the school was the focal ...
Saracen's Head Inn, Burton upon Trent
The Saracen's Head Inn, Bridge Street, Burton upon Trent. The landlady at the time was Harriett Terry and the building has been decorated to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
Harriett's ...
Beaudesert Victoria Football Club
Beaudesert Victoria FC, a team photograph taken during 1913-1914 season.
They played their home matches at the Park Gate ground at Gentleshaw. The trophy is thought to be Chasetown Challenge cup. ...
Portrait of uniformed man from Hazelslade
This gentleman, photographed at a studio in Walsall, is thought to have lived in the Hazelslade area, near Cannock. It is uncertain which service or organisation his uniform represents, although it resembles ...
Canal Side, Great Haywood
Postcard view of the towpath alongside the Trent and Mersey Canal at Great Haywood. There is a man sitting on the towpath fishing in the canal. The iron bridge seen in the picture carried the drive from ...
Open Day, English Electric Co., Stafford
On the left is Daphne Warrington with her sister Barbara Warrington on the right. They are pictured at an Open Day at the English Electric’s Main Works site on Lichfield Road, Stafford.
In this scene ...
Open Day, English Electric Co., Stafford
Children are pictured in a race held at an Open Day at the English Electric’s Main Works on Lichfield Road, Stafford. On the left is probably the refreshment marquee. The buildings in the background are ...
Jiggering Workshop, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior with a view of a jiggering workshop. The picture includes the caption "Jolliers Making Saucers and Plates" but this process is normally known as jiggering. The jiggerers are making ...
All Saints’ Primary School, Rangemore
Situated on Tatenhill Road adjacent to the church, this Grade II Listed school and the attached schoolhouse were built in 1873 and funded by local brewer Michael Thomas Bass. It was possibly designed ...
Rangemore Club
Dating from 1886-1887, this building was originally a club and reading room funded by Lord Burton for his estate workers. It was designed in Tudor style by architect Robert William Edis. Rangemore Club ...
Harvesting Potatoes at Deer Park Farm, Weston
Boys are lending a hand with harvesting a record crop of potatoes. They have filled their baskets and the potatoes are being loaded on to the tractor-drawn cart for removal. Please contact us if you recognise ...
Jiggering at Gladstone Pottery, Longton
Pottery factory interior with a view inside a flatmaking workshop.
The worker is seated at a jiggering bench.
Jiggering was a way of fashioning flat wares using a combination of moulds and profile ...
Mayer and Sherrat, Longton
Pottery factory interior showing cup makers in a jolleying workshop. Taken at Mayer and Sherrat's pot bank, King Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
The four people are identified on the original copy ...
Friendly Society gavels and pen
Gavel and pen from the Lady Burton Female Lodge, Burton upon Trent, No.7682 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Manchester Unity. Collected from the Red Lion Public House, Rocester, Staffordshire....
Group II Pupils at Hazel Slade Infant School
A class group of infant children pose outdoors with a teacher. This image is undated, but the school's name is evident on the slate being held by two children in the middle of the picture.
Hazel Slade ...
Dingle Farm, Rangemore
Dingle Farm, part of the Rangemore Estate, is situated at the end of a short lane off Tatenhill Lane near The Old Rectory. The wall on the left of the photograph belongs to The Old Rectory which is out-of-frame ...