Hixon Rail Disaster
Firemen on the roof of a train carriage. In the group of policemen bottom left are Sgt. John Riley (the Sergeant wearing the helmet) who was stationed at Stone, and the Constable on the extreme left without ...
Horse Fair, Rugeley
This view of a street market and fair was taken in Horse Fair by the junction with Sandy Lane in Rugeley.
All of the buildings including the corrugated iron Mission church (in the centre) and the thatched ...
Horse Fair, Rugeley
This view of a street market and fair was taken in Horse Fair by the junction with Sandy Lane in Rugeley. All of the buildings including the corrugated iron Mission Church (centre left) and the thatched ...
Horse walker at Police Headquarters, Baswich, Stafford
A newspaper report of the time explains:
"The County Police Force has taken delivery of a time-saving £4,500 'horse walker' which is used to exercise animals. The equipment has been installed at the ...
Horse-drawn Police Van, Stafford
Prison warders from Stafford Gaol outside the Shire Hall, Market Street, awaiting prisoners convicted at the assizes.
Note the Royal Cipher of Edward VII on the side of the police van.
Hose cart with Firemen, Stafford Fire Service
With the hose cart are Corporal J. Thorpe (left) and Thomas Edwin Haywood (1886-1958) (right). Thomas was the younger brother of Alfred Ernest Haywood, who would become Stafford's Fire Chief Officer.
Hospital Saturday, Stone,
Collecting for Hospital Saturday on Granville Terrace.
Huzza!! Kidcrew Again! Kidcrew Again! An appeal for blackleg workers from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
In the early 1830s early trade unions faced a struggle to gain the recognition of employers, and their members were often treated harshly.
An appeal for knobsticks
A 'gentleman of the pit' in this ...
Ind Coope and Allsop Fire Brigade, Burton upon Trent
The fire crew are, left to right: Tom Woodward, Ralph Stevens, Alf Price (Sub Officer), John Stevenson and Norman Edwards.
The fire engine, registration FHA222 is a Dennis Merryweather Pump escape ...
Insolvent Debtors' Yard, Stafford Gaol,
Imprisonment for debt was abolished in 1870. Debtors were allowed privileges such as being allowed to read or talk and were segregated from the other prisoners.
The back right corner of the building ...
Inspection of the Mounted Branch, Staffordshire Police, Baswich
A group pictured on the occasion of Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary's visit to Staffordshire Police. He is inspecting officers and horses from Staffordshire Police’s Mounted Branch. They are ...
Inspection of the Mounted Branch, Staffordshire Police, Stafford
Senior Police Officers are pictured during an inspection of officers and horses from Staffordshire Police’s Mounted Branch. At the time of this photograph (with a glimpse of stables in the background) ...
Interior view of Stafford Gaol
The vertical pipework used to supply town gas to lamps on the landings. It has long since been replaced by electric lighting situated at walking level.
Interior View of the Crescent Block, Stafford Gaol
Corridor in the Crescent Block, built 1830. This block was designed to hold male prisoners sentenced to periods of solitary confinement. The open design of the centre area allowed better supervision ...
Interior View of the Women's Prison, Stafford Gaol
The corridor of the women's prison, built in 1852. Three floors high, with rows of cells on either side, the central opening was designed to allow close supervision. This area is now (2026) D wing and ...
Ironing Room, Stafford Gaol
Female prisoners ironing in the laundry. The laundry provided clean linen for the gaol.
Izaak Walton's birthplace plaque, Eastgate Street, Stafford
Mounted on the wall of the Eastgate Street Police Station to the left of the entrance, the plaque indicates the reputed site of Izaak Walton's birth in 1593. it was positioned on an earlier building on ...
Jamage Rescue Brigade, Jamage Colliery, Kidsgrove
On the 12 January 1918 there was an explosion at the Minnie Pit and 155 men and boys were killed. This photograph was taken before the Rescue Brigade descended into the pit. Pictured left to right on ...