Ox Roast on Market Square, 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 ...
Ox Roast on Market Square, 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 ...
Page Boy and Flower Girl, Eccleshall,
Pageant Party, Stafford
Watched by some of the 80 children who attended, Miss Wynne Porter is pictured as she cuts the large iced cake at a party for her pupils, held at the Oddfellows Hall in Stafford on Friday 24 October to ...
Painting Dolls Heads. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing paintresses decorating porcelain dolls heads.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.” ...
Painting of the narrowboat 'Farmer's Friend'
A painting by Albert Allen. The Farmer’s Friend was a working narrowboat owned by Bowers and Thorley, limestone burners and hauliers. It was used for carrying limestone mined from Cauldon Low quarry ...
Peace Celebrations, Stone,
Peace Day on Granville Square.
Peace Day celebrated the end of the First World War and commemorated those who had fought for victory.
Peace Day, Victoria Park, Stafford,
Peace Day on Victoria Park, celebrating the end of the First World War and commemorating those who had fought for victory.
Entertainment was provided by the Borough Military Band, a water carnival ...
Petrifactions, Stone,
The Petrifactions can be found at Cotwalton Drumble.
Petrifaction occurs when minerals in flowing water build up over time to form features. There is no evidence of petrifaction at Cotwalton Drumble, ...
Pheasant shoot at Mill Meece Farm
A pheasant shoot at Mill Meece Farm, near Eccleshall, shortly before the First World War. The shoot was arranged by the tenant farmer, William Bennison.
Picnic at Norbury Junction
Norbury Junction was the junction between the Shrewsbury and the Liverpool and Birmingham sections of the Shropshire Union Canal. The Newport branch of the canal was little used after 1920 and was closed ...
Plant family, Seighford
Victoria Evelyn Plant, wife of Harold Browne Plant (schoolmaster at Seighford), outside of Cooksland House with her seven Children: Norah, Leslie, Cyril, Crystal and the twins- Lionel and Maurice. Doris ...
Policewoman's hat
Policewoman's hat - white plastic (PVC)crown with black synthetic fabric brim. Black and white check abnd around crown, with black fabric band for missing badge. From Stafford Police Headquarters, Baswich ...
Pony and Gig, Eccleshall,
A gig is a two-wheeled vehicle which only carried two people and is drawn by a single horse.
This gig would have been used for social occasions.
Pony and trap, Orme Girls’ School, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A pony and trap pictured outside Orme Girls’ School on Victoria Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme.
The Orme Girls School was founded in 1876 and attracted pupils from a wide area, some travelled in by train ...
Portrait of a Group of Ladies, Stone,
Portrait of a man
A studio portrait of a man, possibly in the Trentham or Longton area. Please contact us if you recognise this view.
This photograph is one of a collection of 20 glass negatives by an unknown photographer, ...
Portrait of a Victorian Lady, Stafford,
Miniature studio portrait of Susy Macnaghten.
She is wearing a ruched velvet dress with a bustle (a pad or frame worn beneath the petticoat at the back of the skirt to provide support) and carries ...