Coach Trip to Southport
A postcard view taken during an excursion from Stafford to Southport. In the background the coach is thought to be from the Greatrex Garage in Stafford.
For several years Greatrex had a coach garage ...
Coach Trip, Stoke-on-Trent
Coach trips were popular during the 1950's, and much quicker and more comfortable than the early charabancs.
Here is a company's staff outing, probably from Royal Doulton, about to depart for Blackpool ...
Coal pickers, Wimblebury
Following the Great War (1914-18) the British government returned the coal mines to private ownership on 31 March 1921 having taken direct control of the mines in 1916. The mine owners demanded that miners' ...
Coal Strike, Mar. 1912 "Gleaning coal From Old Pit Banks." Photographed by William Blake.
A picture taken in Stoke-on-Trent during the miner's strike of March 1912.
Men, women and children collect loose coal from the pit banks.
Coal Strike, March 1912. "Digging Coal out of Old Pit Mounds". Photographed by William Blake.
"Digging Coal out of Old Pit Mounds". People forage for coal during the strike during March 1912.
Coal Strike, March 1912. "Labour Works A Seam On Its Own Behalf." Photographed by William Blake.
Coal Strike, March 1912. "Labour Works A Seam On Its Own Behalf." Taken at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Coal Strike, March 1912. "Royalty - Free Coal Getting". Photographed by William Blake.
Coal Strike, March 1912. "Royalty - Free Coal Getting". Taken at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Coal Strike, March 1912. Coal Pickers at Florence Colliery, Longton, Stoke-On-Trent. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Florence Colliery, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
People scavenge for bits of coal during the coal strike of 1912.
Named after the Duke of Sutherland's daughter, the pit was opened ...
Cobden Street, Dresden. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Cobden Street, Dresden, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The church building on the right was the Methodist New Connexion Chapel. The Elim Chapel on the corner of Cobden Street ...
Codsall Wood Women's Institute
Members of the Codsall Wood Women’s Institute pictured on an outing to Messrs Brinton’s Limited, Carpet Manufacturers, Kidderminster.
Front row left to right: unknown, Mrs Minnie Beeston, unknown, ...
Codsall Wood Women's Institute
Members of Codsall Wood Women's Institute taking part in a darts tournament.
Coffee Tavern, Oakamoor
The 1911 census lists that Annie Tipper was running a tobacconists and confectionery shop here at the Coffee Tavern. Her husband was working at the nearby copper works as a wire drawer. The Tipper family ...
Col. and Mrs Haszard, Milford Hall
A portrait of Col. Gerald Haszard and Mrs Dyonese Haszard (nee Levett) in the Sitting Room at Milford Hall.
The daughter of William and Maud Byrd Levett of Milford Hall, Dyonese Rosamund Levett was ...
Colehill, Tamworth
Looking north along Colehill towards Lower Gungate. Standing on the corner with Church Street can be seen the Baptist Church, originally built as a theatre but converted into a chapel around 1821. From ...
Colouring Doll's Heads In The Potteries. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with paintresses decorating doll's heads.
This images appears elsewhere in the collection and was used for a presentation by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small folder ...
Colwich Lock
Looking west into Colwich lock, filling up, on the Trent and Mersey Canal with the railway bridge in the background and the lock-keepers cottage on the right. A North Staffordshire Railway water tower ...
Colwich Mothers' Union
This group is believed to be the Colwich branch of the Mothers' Union with toddlers and babies. The woman in the centre holds twins. This photograph was possibly taken on the driveway of Colwich Vicarage....
Combinations, c.1870-1900
Combinations are chemise and drawers together in one seamless article of clothing.
During the 1870’s the fashion was for the silhouette to be tight, so combinations were invented to reduced the amount ...