Finney's Post, Burton upon Trent
Finney's Post is part of an ornately carved mediaeval oak post, which once stood at the corner of the Market Place and High Street.
The post was for many years displayed in the Burton Museum and was ...
Enville Church - Gravestone: sepia drawing
'Gravestone in the Porch of Enville Church,' showing a quatre-foil cross in a circle [apparently the same as in SV IV. 179b.]'J. C. B.,' [John Chessell Buckler.]
Drayton Bassett - 'Drayton Manor': water colour painting
South west view showing a large low rambling building, much of it half-timber, and apparently of various dates principally Tudor built round a courtyard like a college, with a separate three storeyed ...
Caldon Church: water colour painting
'Caldon Church.' West south west view of a church, apparently of rough stone with larger corner-stones. Showing the west tower with pinnacles and a round-headed window at the top. The body of the church ...
Bradley 'Old Hall': sepia drawing
Shows the hall, which was built in the 16th or early 17th century. Shows a farm house from the stock-yard at the back; apparently half-timber work, plastered over. Also shows the gables. Artist: Thomas ...
Audley Monuments - 'Audley Knight': sepia drawing
'Mutilated Effigy in Audley Church.' [Apparently the same 'mutilated effigy' as SV I. 103.] Shown from above apart from the tomb. He wears a helm with camail, and has his feet on a lion, (but the ...
Gaolgate Street, Stafford
Two-way traffic on Gaolgate Street and Gaol Square. Charles Clark's garage and Christ Church can be seen in the background, with Stafford Gaol in the distance. The shops on the right hand side include ...
The Vicarage, Great Wyrley
The vicarage was built in the 1840s. From 1876 to 1918 it was the home of Reverend Shapurji Edalji and his family. Born in Bombay (Mumbai), India in 1843, he converted to Christianity and was appointed ...
Rushton railway station
No sign of any trains as a mother and her sons wait at Rushton station on a warm day in the early 1960s.
Beyond the station platform, the level crossing remains open to road traffic.
This line once ...
Papering china, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior with a view of a woman wrapping ware with tissue paper. This was part of the packing process and protected the delicate ware whilst in transport.
Possibly taken in the warehouse ...
Handshake at Rushton station
On a wet day at Rushton, station staff and footplate crew exchange a friendly handshake.
This could have been a retirement handshake, or a goodbye handshake due to closure of the station. Who knows?
A ...
French embroidered souvenir postcard
A souvenir postcard sent by May Blankley from France to her sister in Tutbury. May served in the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps during World War I. This card was sent on 29 December 1918.
On back is ...
Edalji trial, Great Wyrley
George Edalji can be seen here standing in the dock.
In 1903 George Edalji was convicted of maiming horses and received a seven year sentence. The charge was unproved however, and it is thought Edalji ...
Pottery Worker "Finishing a Saggar." Photographed by William Blake.
Pottery Worker "Finishing a Saggar". Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.” ...
Hanley Public Market on Tontine Street, Hanley
Before moving to the Potteries Shopping Centre, Hanley Public Market was in the old meat market on Tontine Street. This photograph shows the entrance on Tontine Street in the days before traffic was banned. ...
Burton Aviation Week - Official programme
The Burton Aviation week was staged at Bass's Meadow in Meadow Road, Burton, between September 26th and October 1st 1910.
The official programme lists admission prices at 1/- 2/6 and 5/-, with an addition ...
Proclamation of George VI's Accession to the throne, Stone
Proclamation by Councillor T. Bagley (Chairman of Stone Urban District Council) of the Accession to the Throne of H. M. King George VI. Tuesday, 15th December, 1936, at 1:15 p.m.
Pictured on the platform ...
King George VI Coronation, Celebration Dinner, Stone
The Pensioners' Dinner and Entertainment at the Crown Hotel, Thursday, May 13th, 1937. Standing in background: Councillor G. Bagot, Mr T.G. Adie (ex-President of the Traders’ Association), Councillor ...