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Girl on Decorated Bicycle, Stafford Pageant,

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

Girls dancing, Lapley

A group of girls from St. Joseph's Convent School, Stafford, pictured country dancing at Lapley Garden Fete. The fete took place at Lapley Vicarage and was in aid of church funds. Photograph by ...

Girls from Cheadle Church School, Cheadle

A group of girls from Cheadle Church School in 'gipsy' costumes.

Girls with Balloons, Stafford Pageant,

On the left is Joan Pountney and on the right Ada Holt. The photograph was taken on Corporation Street. The annual procession through Stafford ended with a fair on the town common. A prize was awarded ...

Gladys Hope and Harry Scott on their Wedding day, 1935

Here are Gladys and Hary Scott pictured just outside St Paul's Church on Victoria Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme. They were married on Christmas Day 1935. Gladys (aged 26) previously lived with her family ...

Gladys Hope's Wedding dress, 1935

Due in part to the rise of glamourous celebrities of the time, the 1930s saw the re-emergance of the more shapely feminine body shape. This made a change from the flat boyish body shapes of 1920s fashion. ...

Gladys Hope's Wedding Hat, 1935

This is made of quite a fine fabric and it has a small blue velvet ribbon trim.

Gladys Hope's Wedding Shoes, 1935

These are the shoes that Gladys wore with her wedding dress in 1935. They appear quite worn and cracked and this is partly because they are old, but also because they would have been worn many times ...

Glenthorne Primary School's Sponsored Fun Run, Cheslyn Hay

This photograph was taken at the school's annual fun run in 1990. It was in fancy dress that year as the final push towards raising enough money to buy a mini bus. The children featured in the picure ...

Gold Wedding Dress, 1926

This was worn by Mary Ellen Barks when she married her husband Mr Simon Salt on 16th June 1926. This is a gold or 'champagne' coloured georgette and lace wedding dress. It is knee length, with a ...

Gold Wedding Dress, 1960s

This dress was worn by Mrs Dunn when she was married on 3 September 1962 at Wolstanton Methodist Church. It is quite typical of the wedding fashion of the day. Everyday fashion in the 1960s started ...

Granville Leveson-Gower

Granville Leveson-Gower (1721-1803), 3rd Baron and 2nd Earl Gower and Marquess of Stafford. He was born at Trentham and was a son of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower, and Lady Evelyn Pierrepoint. He ...

Group of Elkes Workers dressed in Dutch Costume, Uttoxeter Race Course, Uttoxeter

Group of Elkes Workers dressed in Dutch costume, showing "First Prize" certificate, presumably at Uttoxeter carnival.

Group of female staff at Worthingtons, Burton-on-Trent

The ladies, Milley Staley, Dot Sharpe, Rose Jones and Dot Burton, are all in fancy dress advertising Worthington Bottled Beer. The photograph was taken at 3 & 4 Maltings, Wetmore Road.

Group outing to Alton Towers

A group dressed in their Sunday best, pictured at Alton Towers in front of a rustic stone gazebo.

Group portrait at the wedding of Albert Rowley and Mabel Law, The Poplars, Pattingham

Pictured, from left to right, in the back row are Ginny Bowen, Guy Thwaite, ?, ?, ?, Mr Buckley, ?, Joe Law, ?. Pictured, from left to right, in the middle row are ? Law, ?, Emily Harper, Ernest Law, ...

Harlaston Rectory event, Harlaston, Lichfield

An event at the rear of Harlaston Rectory. The right half of the rectory was demolished soon after this photograph was taken.

Harry Skerratt, Eccleshall

Harry Skerratt in costume with trumpet, as part of a jazz band taking part in the celebrations in Eccleshall for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. He is standing in a yard at Elford Heath, locally ...