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Peter Coates and Mark Hughes at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas

Stoke City Football Club Chairman, Peter Coates (on the left) and Manager, Mark Hughes at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas. In the background is the Armed Forces Memorial where they have laid ...

Petit and Fairbanks sewing factory Christmas Dinner, Eccleshall

Petit and Fairbanks small sewing factory produced clothes. The factory was located on Church Grove, but closed in the early 1970s. Today the building is a private residence. Dancing the Hokey Cokey ...

Petit and Fairbanks sewing factory Christmas Dinner, Eccleshall

Petit and Fairbanks small sewing factory produced clothes. The factory was located on Church Grove, but closed in the early 1970s. Today the building is a private residence. Mr Fairbanks and Mr Petit ...

Petit and Fairbanks sewing factory Christmas Dinner, Eccleshall

Petit and Fairbanks small sewing factory produced clothes. The factory was located on Church Grove, but closed in the early 1970s. Today the building is a private residence. Mr Fairbanks and Mr Petit ...

Petit and Fairbanks sewing factory Christmas Dinner, Eccleshall

Petit and Fairbanks small sewing factory produced clothes. The factory was located on Church Grove, but closed in the early 1970s. Today the building is a private residence. Mr Fairbanks and Mr Petit ...

Petit and Fairbanks sewing factory New Year's Dance, Eccleshall

Petit and Fairbanks small sewing factory produced clothes. The factory was located on Church Grove, but closed in the early 1970s. Today the building is a private residence. Factory staff pictured ...

Petition to John Davenport - An 1831 election document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook

Before 1831, Stoke-on-Trent shared its Member of Parliament with the rest of Staffordshire. By July 1831, a new Reform Act was promising to transform the face of elections forever. An MP for the ...

Philanthropic Society of Journeymen Coopers procession, Burton-on-Trent

A horse-drawn lorry, belonging to James Eadie & Co., heads the procession, on which is arranged the banner of the Philanthropic Society of Journeymen Coopers, Burton-on-Trent branch.

Photography Float, Stafford Pageant,

The annual Stafford Pageant included a procession through the town, and ended with a fair on the town common. A prize was awarded to the best decorated entries and along the route collections were made ...

Picket line at Hem Heath Colliery, Trentham

During the 1984/1985 miner's strike some miners continued to work and faced crossing the picket lines every day. Workers had to face their collegues who were striking, and therefore not receiving a wage, ...

Picking Coal. Photographed by William Blake.

People foraging for coal during the Coal Strike, March 1912.

Picnic party at The Brooms, Stone

A large group of people pictured at The Brooms on Stafford Road, Stone. This could be the occasion of a works treat for the staff of McIlroy's department store in Hanley. At the time of this photograph ...

Picture House, Bridge Street, Stafford

Crowds of people outside the Picture House cinema decorated for the Peace Celebrations at the end of the First World War. During the day’s events, the Mayor of Stafford, Cllr Joseph Rushton, and the ...

Picture House, Bridge Street, Stafford

The Picture House cinema decorated for the Peace Celebrations at the end of the First World War. The Picture House opened on Bridge Street in February 1914. It closed in 1995 and was converted into a ...

Pierrette dancing troup at the Lichfield Greenhill Bower

Pierrot Character, Stafford Pageant,

Gladys Holt as a Perriot or Harlequin character. The costume was made from crepe paper. The annual procession through Stafford ended with a fair on the town common. A prize was awarded to the best ...

Pirate Float, Stafford Pageant,

Clive Holt in fancy dress. The photograph was taken at the rear of a house on Harrowby Street, Littleworth. The annual procession through Stafford ended with a fair on the town common. A prize was ...

Pirate Ship, Drayton Manor Park, near Tamworth

This postcard view shows the former Pirate Ship at Drayton Manor Park and Zoo which was in service from around 1982 to 2003. In later years the site became known as Drayton Manor Resort, one of the ...