Official Opening of Stone Job Centre
The Mayor of Stone, Councillor Leslie Watson is pictured addressing invited guests at the official opening of the Job Centre, 35 High Street, Stone. In the background are advertising boards with cards ...
Old English Fair, Stafford
Children and officials at the 'Old English Fair' held on field at King Edward VI Grammar School, Newport Road, Stafford to raise money for Stafford and District Nurses’ Society. The event raised around ...
Old Town Hall, Burton upon Trent
A lantern slide view of the old Town Hall. It was built in 1773 and demolished in 1884 and stood on Market Square.
Copyright: Burton Library.
Old Town Hall, Burton upon Trent
A lantern slide view of the old Town Hall. It was built in 1773 and demolished in 1884 and stood on Market Square.
Copyright: Burton Library.
Old Town Hall, Burton upon Trent
A lantern slide view of the old Town Hall. It was built in 1773 and demolished in 1884 and stood on Market Square.
Copyright: Burton Library.
Opening Ceremony, Izaak Walton's Cottage, Shallowford,
Izaak Walton was a famous angler and author whose best known work 'The Complete Angler' was published 1653 and is still in print.
Born in Stafford in 1593, Walton moved to London to become an apprentice ...
Opening day of Market Hall, Burton-on-Trent
The Market opened on October 24th 1883, with a crowd of people watching as a man, probably the Mayor, the Hon. G.H. Allsopp, unlocks the Market Hall gates.
Opening night, Curry Kuteer, Stafford
Pictured at the opening night of Stafford’s first Indian Restaurant, the Curry Kuteer on Greengate Street, are Alderman Miss Iris Moseley, Alderman Oliver Bradley (Mayor and Mayoress of Stafford) and ...
Opening of Burton Tramways
Seven open-topped tramcars filled with passengers and decorated with bunting are lined up in Borough Road, and crowds are standing watching the celebrations. The Mayor, Cllr. A.J. Roberts can be seen ...
Opening of Stafford Sewage Works
Opening ceremony of Stafford's sewage works, attended by the Mayor, Alderman Frederick Greatrex, seen on the front row.
The main sewers served most of the Borough and discharged into a reception tank ...
Opening of the Bass Brewery Distribution Depot, Stone
Following the closure of Joule's Brewery by Bass, the retail distribution operation was transferred to a purpose built development on Stafford Road, next to Brooms Hotel (now the Stonehouse).
The photograph ...
Opening of the Bass Brewery Storage Depot, Stone
Cllr. Margaret Kennedy, Town Mayor of Stone, at the opening of the Bass Worthington distribution depot on Stafford Road.
In 1974, following local government reorganisation, Stone Urban and Rural District ...
Opening of the Museum of Staffordshire Life, Shugborough
The Museum of Staffordshire Life (later the Staffordshire County Museum) was opened by Jenny Lee, M.P. on 6th April 1966. She is seen here with a box mangle in the museum's displays.
A Rugeley Times ...
Parade by RAF Stafford, Market Square, Stafford
The Mayor of Stafford is pictured with Senior Officers on a platform in the Market Square, Stafford. This photograph may have been taken during a Battle of Britain Parade by service personnel from RAF ...
Parish Council members, Cheddleton
Cheddleton Parish Council members.
Standing (left to right): Bob Heath, John Simcock, Mr Stubbs, V. Wyndham, Jack Morse, Jim Berresford Sr, Dennis Shenton, Mrs W. Butler, John Haigh, Hugo Herbert, ...
Parish group, Checkley
A group of people from Checkley Parish.
Back row (left to right): Kate Rogers, Mrs. Fearn, Joan Akrill, Mrs. Sutherland, Sid Beddows, Mrs. Beddows, Rev. William Edward Drinkwater (Rector of Checkley, ...
Pavilion Cinema, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Alderman Robert Beresford is pictured here during his Mayoral year, standing outside his cinema. He is possibly inspecting the tram lines. Beresford owned two cinemas, opening the Pavilion Cinema in 1922 ...
Percy Hall's medal presentation, Town Hall, Leek
Percy Hall, the young boy in the picture was the first Scout to be presented with a Scouts Life-Saving Medal in the town. Councillor T. H. Bishton, Chairman of Leek Urban District Council is the man about ...