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Empire Day at Marmion Street School, Tamworth

Empire Day was an annual event held on the 24th May.

Empire Day Celebrations, Dove Bank School, Kidsgrove

Children from Dove Bank School are here seen dressed up to celebrate Empire Day. Empire Day was held every year on the 24th May. Mary Beech is seen on the back row, second from the left.

Endon May Queen

The May Queen, Miss Edna Brown, being driven to the well, there to be welcomed by the vicar. The crowning of the May Queen is part of the Endon Well Dressing celebrations. Endon has the the longest ...

Endon May Queen and attendants

The May Queen, Miss Edna Brown, and her attendants. The crowning of the May Queen is part of the Endon Well Dressing celebrations. Endon has the the longest tradition of well dressing in Staffordshire, ...

Endon May Queen and train bearers

The May Queen and her train bearers. The crowning of the May Queen is part of the Endon Well Dressing celebrations. Endon has the the longest tradition of well dressing in Staffordshire, beginning ...

Endon May Queen enthroned

The May Queen, Miss Edna Brown, on the 'throne'. The crowning of the May Queen is part of the Endon Well Dressing celebrations. Endon has the the longest tradition of well dressing in Staffordshire, ...

Endon Well Dressing, Circa 1960

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This is a record of Endon well dressing around 1960. Puddled clay is put onto boards which have been soaking in the local stream for a week – to prevent them taking moisture from the clay. Only natural ...

English Electric Co., Ltd. Stafford

Senior Managers, guests and employees are pictured at the Stafford Works during a presentation to Mr George Horatio Nelson, Esq. M.I.E.E. At a later date Mr Nelson became the 1st Lord Nelson of Stafford ...

Evening Dress, 1930s

Evening dresses from the 1930s are remembered for elegance and opulence. The '30s saw many new cuts and styles in women's fashions. After a decade of short, boysih flapper style dresses the 1930s ...

Evode pageant Float, Stafford,

Spic and Span Shoe Polishes Ltd. was established in Glover Street on 3 June 1932. The company was partly owned by Lotus Ltd., the shoe manufacturers. In 1938 the company, under the directorship of ...

Family wedding group, Burton-on-Trent

The newly-wed couple are Mr. William Spencer and his bride Ada. It is thought that the wedding took place at The Church of St. Peter, Stapenhill before the wedding party had their photographs taken on ...

Family wedding group, Cheadle

A group pictured at the marriage of Frank Albert Plant (1898-1962) and Margaret Collins (1894-1976) at the Bethel Congregational Chapel on the corner of Tape Street and Well Street in Cheadle. The Plant ...

Fancy Dress Competition, Lotus Ltd., Stone

There was a difficult task for the judges of this children’s fancy dress competition which was held during December 1954. The judges are pictured on the back row: Mrs L Hobson, Mrs J A Britton and Mrs ...

Fancy dress competition, Pattingham

A fancy dress competition pictured on the Old Sports Field, Pattingham.

Fancy Dress Competition, Stafford,

Children in 'Smarties' and 'Evo-Stik' fancy dress, 1st and 2nd prizes in a competition organised by Stafford Borough Band. On the left is Laureene Taylor, aged 16 months, daughter of Mr M. Taylor of ...

Fancy dress competition, Uttoxeter

Group of children wearing fancy dress, part of the celebrations to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Photographer: Gerald McCann (1897-1970) of Uttoxeter.

Fancy dress cricket teams, Rugeley

Cricketers in fancy dress, possibly at Rugeley Cricket Club, Staffordshire.

Fancy Dress group at Colwich Station

Fancy dress group in the entrance yard at Colwich Station, 1918.The entrance yard at Colwich station, with Main Road in the foreground. Handwritten on the reverse of this postcard: "Mrs Joe Harrison ...