Committee of Ball Haye Flower Show, Leek
Members of the committee standing outside one of the tents at the show on 'Back Field'. The field later became and is still (in 2003) Ball Haye Green football pitch.
Competition Winners, St. John Ambulance cadets
Concert, Offley Hay
A group of children dressed for a concert held at Offley Hay, near Eccleshall. This photograph was probably taken in the Old School on Mere Rise.
Constance Meakin and Charles Fowke, Stone or Stafford
Constance Meakin (centre) with Charles Fowke (2nd from left) at an event in Stone or Stafford. Stafford photographer C.E. Fowke was Mayor of Stafford in 1951 and 1952. This might be a Women's Institute ...
Cook and Helpers at the Cooking Range, Uttoxeter schoolboys Farm Camp, Lower Cowley Farm, Gnosall
When the schoolboys and their leaders arrived at their campsite for the second year camp, they noticed several welcome improvements. They didn't have to build their own stove, instead there was a large ...
Cooke family, Astage House, Croxton
Cooke family group at Astage House, Croxton. The Briscoe and Cooke family farmed at Astage House Farm between about 1909 and 1934.
Cookery class, Knightley School
Knightley School was built in 1874 and enlarged in 1894. In 1912 it had places for 125 children.
Co-operative Society at Tamworth carnival
Co-op gala photo of 1926, taken on the 7th July, showing the Co-op Society's entry for Tamworth Carnival. The girls, bicycle and converted pram are decorated with advertisements and packaging from the ...
Coopering family outside the Middle Yard Cooperage, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
Three generations of cooper posed outside the Middle Yard Cooperage with a union jack still in trussing hoops behind them. On the back of the photograph is written, "Teddy, Teddy's father and grandfather"....
Coopers' Initiation Ceremony, Wedgwood Factory, Barlaston,
This ceremony was known as 'trussing the cooper'.
The newly qualified cooper was placed in a barrel, which he had made himself. The barrel was then filled with a mixture which contained soot, feathers, ...
Cooper's night class, Victoria Road School, Burton-on-Trent
Coopers' apprentices and lecturers at the first night class for coopers at Victoria Road School.
Coronation Baby presentation, Stafford
A photograph taken in the Mayor's Parlour in the Guildhall, Stafford on the occasion of the presentation of a silver Coronation mug to babies born in Stafford Borough on Coronation Day, June 2nd 1953. ...
Coronation Baby presentation, Stafford
A group of proud mothers in the Mayor's Parlour, Stafford, holding babies born in Stafford Borough on Coronation Day, June 2nd 1953. John Davies of Little Haywood is being held by the Mayor, Charles ...
Coronation Decorations, Lotus Shoe Factory, Stafford,
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded in the eighteenth century by Thomas Bostock, a cobbler. His three sons started their own factories in Stafford, Stone and Northampton.
Edwin Bostock's ...
Coronation Party Guests, Mossfield Colliery, Longton
Included in this group of Coronation party guests is Kath Ibbs (nee Landon), the little girl with a doily on her head.
Mossfield Colliery was sunk in the 1850s, with up to four shafts, and closed in ...
Coronation Party, Elkes' Biscuits, Dove Valley Bakeries, Uttoxeter
Hundreds of Uttoxeter children attended a coronation party held in the packing room at Elkes, to celebrate the accession of Queen Elizabeth II in June 1953. Each child was given a commemorative mug.
Coronation Party, Uttoxeter
Corporation Street Girls’ School, Stafford
Corporation Street School replaced the British School in Earl Street in 1894. The first master was John Wheeldon and today the school is named after him.
In 1909 the building was extended to form ...