Pony and Trap, Eccleshall Festival,
The first Eccleshall Festival was held in 1979. The festival takes place every two years.
Pony and Trap, Rugeley,
The Heatherley family in a pony and trap behind the Globe Hotel. Mr Joe Heatherley hired the pony and trap for a day's outing to Lichfield.
Post Office, Gayton
Now known as the Old Post Farmhouse. At the time of this photograph the Post Office was run by Sarah Haywood. Her husband Joseph was a farmer.
Postman, Upper Tean
Postman George Ferneyhough standing outside the Post Office, High Street, Upper Tean. He delivered post to the villages around Tean on his pony and is seen here wearing eye shades.
The 1911 census ...
Poultry housing, Knightsfield Farm, Uttoxeter
Prize winning Shire horse gelding, Tatenhill, Meynell
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Celebrations, Stafford,
The Diamond Jubilee celebrations lasted three days. Jubilee Day was a public holiday and two oxen, donated by the Meakins of Creswell Hall, were roasted on Market Square. Children sang the National ...
Radford Bank, Stafford
A postcard view showing Radford Bank, looking towards Weeping Cross from Stafford. In the foreground is the bridge over the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.
Postcard published by W.H. Smith ...
Radford Bank, Stafford,
This view of Radford Bank, or Hill as it was known in the early twentieth century, shows a rural lane very different to the busy main road of today.
The bridge is over the Staffordshire and Worcestershire ...
Railway Station and Hotel, Stafford,
The Grand Junction railway line opened in July 1837. Within the next twelve years lines had opened from Stafford to Wellington and, via Lichfield to Rugby. The suburb of Castletown, en route to Doxey, ...
Raising a horse, Hamstall Ridware
A photograph showing techniques of lifting a Shire horse foal prior to treatment. The vet's assistant holds a halter and twitch. This foal is being treated for Mr C. Lees of Cowley Hill farm, Hamstall ...
Rake at work, Fisherwick Park Farm, near Lichfield
This horse-drawn rake is being used at harvest time. The rake would gather together straw and hay into windrows for drying. Another tool, the tedder, spread and 'wuffled' it to help it dry better.
Additional ...
Ravenhill Farm, Brereton
Ravenhill Farm was situated on the opposite side of the road to Ravenhill House. Note the little boy on the horse's back in this group of farm workers, boys and working horses. This photo was given to ...
Red Cross Volunteers, Eccleshall
Members of the Red Cross and soldiers in a field near Eccleshall Church.
The Red Cross is an international organisation, founded according to the Geneva Convention of 1864, for the treatment of those ...
Road Works, Stafford,
The exact location of this photograph is unknown.
Photograph donated by Stafford Historical and Civic Society, who retain copyright ownership.
Roadmen, Yarlet
George James, far left, and a team of Staffordshire County Council road menders with horse and cart full of stone. George James was a tenant at 27 Yarlet, a Staffordshire County Council Farm smallholding ...
Round House at Smallrice Farm, near Sandon
This farm building originally housed a horse engine which was used to grind corn or pump water. The horse would be led round in a circle, driving the horse engine. Here it is pictured in its latter ...
Rowland's Horse-drawn Delivery Cart, Stafford,
Rowland's were a well-known family firm in Stafford, owning a bakery and grocer's shops on Gaol Road and Crabbery Street. At the rear of their premises was a yard where they kept delivery vehicles.
Rowland's ...