Gibson's Boys, Stoke-on-Trent
Photograph of a group of men from Stoke-on-Trent. Sitting behind the sign is Jack Underhill who was working with Stoke-on-Trent Fire Brigade at Longton Fire Station at the time.
Glass phials for soda acid fire extinguishers
These phials contained sulphuric acid and were used in soda-acid type fire extinguishers. The blue glass phial is marked Minimax B. The green and brown phials are marked Minimax A.
A great variety ...
Glebe colliery Fenton, Mines Rescue team
Description: This photograph was taken at the Mines Rescue Centre in Glebe Street, Stoke on Trent. This was adjacent to the Saracens Head public House (all now demolished).
Men standing from left to ...
Gnosall Lock-up,
Gnosall village lock-up, Station Road, built in 1830. Lock-ups, often found in rural communities, were a convenient place to detain vagrants and local drunks.
Only three lock-ups survive in the county, ...
Gnosall Village and Lock-up,
Gnosall village lock-up, Station Road, built in 1830. Lock-ups, often found in rural communities, were a convenient place to detain vagrants and local drunks.
Only three lock-ups survive in the county, ...
Godfrey Rathbone, Baron Charnwood
Oil painting. Head and shoulders portrait of the Right Hon. Godfrey Rathbone, First Baron Charnwood. Justice of the Peace for the County of Stafford from 1907. Alderman for Staffordshire County Council ...
Governor of Stafford Gaol
Major William Fulford R.A. was appointed governor of Stafford Gaol on 15 October 1849. He served at the prison until his death in 1886, making him the longest serving governor.
The governor at this ...
Governor's House and Gardens, Stafford Gaol
Major William Fulford and his family in the gardens of their living quarters.
Major Fulford was governor of Stafford Gaol from 1849 until his death in 1886.
Granville Square, Stone
P.C. Tony Dennis on traffic duty on Granville Square, with the Post Office building in the background. It was not usual for a policeman to be directing traffic here - he was posing for the photographer....
Granville Square, Stone
P.C. Tony Dennis on traffic duty on Granville Square, with the Post Office building in the background. It was not usual for a policeman to be directing traffic here - he was posing for the photographer....
Great Wyrley Outrage
This black and white postcard shows two horses killed in the nationally infamous Wyrley Outrages of 1903-15. The two mares belonging to Captain Harrison of Harrison's Colliery were attacked in August ...
Group of Policemen, Stafford,
Group photograph of policemen taken at Forebridge Barracks.
Seated centre front is The Hon. George Augustus Anson, R.A., the third son of the 3rd Earl of Lichfield. he was appointed Chief Constable ...
Guild Street , Burton, during the Flood, October 1875
Taken from Union Street looking at the junction of Station Street with Guild Street. The Midland Hotel is on the right-hand corner and the old police station is opposite.
The October flood was the second ...
Guildhall, Stafford,
The Guildhall on Market Square was designed by Charles Trubshaw and built in 1853. It housed the Borough Council, the courts and on the ground floor was a police station. The entrance to the market ...
Handcuff Alley, Longton
This unnamed cobbled alleyway links Market Street to Sutherland Road in Longton. It was known as 'Handcuff Alley' as it was a way to take prisoners from the Sutherland Road Police Station to the old ...
Hanley November 11 1793 - Document for the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Food shortage in the Potteries
Hand-written notice calling for pottery workers to gather at Hanley Market Hall.
An additional note written in pencil at the top of the page indicates that the notice ...
Harden Star soda-acid fire extinguisher
Cylindrical metal body with a capacity of four fifths of a gallon, with two handles, and a leather harness for carrying on operator's back. It has a brass plunger on top and a length of asbestos covered ...
Hartshill Road, Stoke-on-Trent
A Ford Escort and a Potteries Motor Traction bus bound for Silverdale is bought to a halt by a police constable in Hartshill. This photograph was taken close to the junction with Queens Road, looking ...