Coaches outside the Mansion, Cheadle
Two horse-drawn Brougham carriages pictured outside the Mansion, Cheadle Park, Cheadle, the home of Sir Robert Plant. Included in the group are: Harry Chadwick (holding the reins of the left-hand carriage) ...
Coachman and carriage, Burton-upon-Trent
A coachman poses for the photographer beside a Brougham carriage, thought to be in the Burton-upon-Trent area. If you recognise the man or the precise location please contact us.
Coachman's uniform, Four Crosses Inn, Hatherton
A man modelling an early 19th century coachman's coatee and breeches found t the Four Crosses Inn, Hatherton around 1900. The wool fabric coatee and buckskin breeches are now part of the Staffordshire ...
Coal face, Tailgate Roadway, Rugeley
View of the coal face with pit props and roof supports. Four miners wearing helmets stand in the background.
Coal mine workings Cheadle area
Possibly taken at a rise, an underground shaft driven upwards.
This photograph was taken during the 1921 Miners Strike. During strikes, if miners knew where the coal seams outcropped, they would ...
Coal miners at Mid Cannock Colliery
This group of nine coal miners at waiting at the pit head for the 'kibble (bucket) to take them underground. To the side are two notices giving instructions on the use of the underground apparatus. The ...
Coal pickers, Cheadle
Coal pickers during the General Strike, Cheadle. During the General Strike outcrop pits were dug, about 4 feet square. This one was named Embrey's No.17.
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. "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. "Men Cutting Surface Coal". Photographed by William Blake.
Photograph taken during the national coal strike of 1912. The men are foraging for fuel by cutting surface coal. 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 ...
Codsall Village Hall
Pat Hughes on the left, unknown center, E.H. Ablitt on the right are standing at the front entrance of the Codsall Village Hall which stands by the playing fields off Wolverhampton Road.
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 ...
Colliery Rescue Team, Hednesford
William Harrison's Colliery Rescue Team, winners of Cannock Chase Coal Owners Rescue Cup in 1939. This group photograph includes the six team members together with six competition judges and was taken ...