John Key & Sons, Ltd. Rugeley
This advertisement for John Key & Sons, Ltd. appeared in the ‘Carnival Cracker’ the Rugeley Hospital Carnival, Diamond Jubilee Year 1931, Official Programme.
In the late 1870s John Key had a shop ...
John Street, Longton.
John Street consisted of many houses and courtyards. This was a closed court off Lower John Street and it is easy to image the unsanitary conditions that people lived in. The houses were surrounded by ...
John Street, Longton. Factory Wall. Circa 1930
This image of John Street portrays a bleak picture of working class life in the city in the late nineteenth & early twentieth centuries. Notice the close proximity of the houses to the large pottery factory. ...
Joliffe Almshouses, Leek
Mr Joliffe was the wealthiest man in the area, coming from a family of Lords of the Manor. He had a house built for him in Market Place in 1626, which was known as Leek Hall or Siche Hall. It later became ...
Jubilee Works & Longton Cottage Hospital, Normacot
The original Longton Cottage Hospital was built in 1868 on Mount Pleasant (now Lawley Street). In 1879 it moved to a new building on the north side of the same street. It was replaced by a new Cottage ...
Jubilee Works and the old Longton Cottage Hospital
The original Longton Cottage Hospital was built in 1868 on Mount Pleasant (now Lawley Street). In 1879 it moved to a new building on the north side of the same street. It was replaced by a new Cottage ...
Junior Red Cross Nurses, Uttoxeter
On the back row are J. Crutchley, E. Crutchley, E. Moore, A. Hollins J. Bannister, B. Campion. Front row: N. Simmill, M. Simpson, R. Blackburn.
Kidsgrove Health Centre
This photograph of the Health Centre, Market Street, Kidsgrove was taken by Stafford photographer Tony Boydon during 1974. In later years the building was known as Wade Court.
In the background on ...
King George V and Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland, Calais
King George V and Queen Mary inspecting Millicent, Fourth Duchess of Sutherland’s Ambulance Tent Unit hospital at Calais during World War I.
Millicent Fanny St. Clair Erskine was born in 1867 in ...
Kingsmead, Kings Bromley
Kingsmead, a Staffordshire County Council holiday home at Kings Bromley, now a care home. The water tower in the background is all that remains of the Manor at Kings Bromley, also known as Kings Bromley ...
Kitchen, St. Edwards Hospital, Cheddleton
The new kitchens at St. Edwards, showing the enormous tea earns on the right hand-side, and patent steam cooking range on the back wall.
Kitchen, St. Edwards Hospital, Cheddleton
Interior view of the new kitchens and three members of the kitchen staff hard at work. In order to keep the kitchen area as clean as possible the walls were tiled to a height of 6 feet.
Kitchen, St. Edwards Hospital, Cheddleton
The new kitchens at St. Edwards, showing the patent steam cooking ranges, tea urns and preparation tables.
Kitchen, St. Edwards Hospital, Cheddleton
Interior of the newly built kitchen area. The kitchens were located next to the main dining hall, so that the 600 patients' meals arrived hot at their tables. Situated along the back wall are a number ...
Ladder Bridge, Stafford
The Ladder Bridge spanned the River Penk at its junction with the Sow. It no longer exists although a new cycle track connecting Baswich Lane with Tixall Road has been built close to the site. The postcard ...
Ladies' Sitting Room, Coton Hill Asylum, Stafford,
Coton Hill Asylum was built in the 1850s and opened in 1854. It was originally built as an extension to the County Asylum in order to house private patients. It was to be known as The institution for ...
Laudanum and Neuralgia
During the Victorian period cures for diseases were often more dangerous than the illness itself.
Laudanum is a notable example of the Victorian cure. Pharmacies could prescribe the dangerous drug ...
Laundry staff, Cheddleton Asylum
Staff pictured in the laundry at Cheddleton Asylum. Standing second from left and wearing a dark dress is one of the female attendants.
In 1890 Staffordshire County Council’s Lunacy Committee decided ...