Charnes Old Hall, Wetwood
Photograph taken during the Second World War at Charnes Old Hall Farm, near Wetwood. From left to right, Mr Edward Barlow Timmis (farmer, known as Ned), Joyce Smith (a Women's Land Army girl from Eccleshall), ...
Chatterton Bros., George Street, Tamworth
This is a listed building and still extised as two shops in 2003.
Chatterton, Market Street, Tamworth
As the sign above the shop says, John Chatterton was the owner of this shop and was licensed to sell tea, coffee, pepper, tobacco, and snuff. John Chatterton may well be the gentleman on the right of ...
Chauffeur and passengers, Stafford
A motor car with three women passengers dressed in typical Edwardian motoring outfits and a chauffeur to the left. We have not been able to identify the people or the location but it was taken in or ...
Chauffeur in Daimler Car, Creswell Hall,
Alfred Bate was chauffeur to the Meakin family of Creswell Hall.
He is seen here in an early Daimler car.
Cheadle Co-operative, High Street, Cheadle
The Cheadle Co-operative shop at no.8 High Street, Cheadle was opened in 1905 and by 1916 had became the Leek and Moorland Co-operative Society. The window displays feature Pelaw Polish which was the ...
Cheadle Road, Draycott-in-the-Moors
Village scene including a man at work near the junction with Cheadle Road and Uttoxeter Road, Draycott-in-the-Moors. On the left is the Draycott Arms public house which closed in 2022 and is now (2023) ...
Cheadlepark Colliery, Cheadle
Established in about 1890, Cheadlepark Colliery Co. Ltd. was a small mine situated a mile north of Cheadle. The colliery closed in about 1914. The site is now occupied by the JCB Earthmovers Ltd. factory....
Chell's Grocers Shop, Stone,
Chell's grocers shop on High Street.
Cheshire’s Bakery, Lion Street, Rugeley
This view of Cheshire’s Bakery and Grocery shop was taken outside 21 Lion Street, Rugeley. Cheshire’s started in the 1790s and over the years operated from various addresses in Rugeley including Sheep ...
Child Pottery Worker. Photographed by William Blake.
A child pottery worker hand jiggering for a bowl or dishmaker who is "jollying" the ware.
Jollying is the process of shaping ware inside a mould with a combination of shaping tools and centrifugal ...
Children-in-Need Presentation, Stone,
On 27 November 1987 Stone Division Guides held a mammoth fund raising event at G.E.C. Stone in aid of the B.B.C. Children-in-Need Appeal.
Each unit held their own fund raising event, including an ...
Children's Ward on Christmas Day, Biddulph Grange Orthopaedic Hospital
Obviously Father Christmas had a lot of requests for dressing up kits in this year. These young boys are certainly pleased with their cowboy and sailor outfits, not to mention all the other presents on ...
Children's Ward on Christmas Day, Biddulph Grange Orthopaedic Hospital
View of nurses, Mrs Rochelle the Matron and children, some with their Christmas presents on the ward decorated for Christmas.
Brian Harland aged 2 1/2 at the time is the little boy in the bus conductor’s ...
Children's Ward, Biddulph Grange Orthopaedic Hospital
Young patients, some of whom are playing in the centre of the picture, and nurses on the ward. This picture must have been taken in the summer because the outside doors are fully open.
The blocks under ...
Children's Ward, Stafford General Infirmary,
The foundations of Stafford General Infirmary began in a rented house in Foregate Street in 1766, making it one of the oldest hospitals in the country. Funds were acquired through subscriptions and bequests.
An ...
Chilton family, Sandon
Joseph Joseph and Lillian Alice Chilton with son Reginald Joseph Chilton in about 1917. Joseph was working on the Sandon Estate at the time he signed up to serve with the Royal Field Artillery during ...
China Basket Making.
Pottery factory interior showing female workers, china basket and china flower making.
The women are using a combination of extrusion presses, plaster moulds and hand tools to make the ware.
The ...