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Beekeeper's hat, 1930s

Cotton beekeeper's hat with printed floral and bird design manufactured by 'Fairylite'. A net would have been attached to the brim of the hat to protect the face.

Beige Wedding Jacket, 1920s

This silk jacket was worn by Emily Beech of Black Bank, Silverdale at her wedding in 1927. It demonstrates the flapper style of the ‘Roaring Twenties.’ This was a very boyish fashion trend compared ...

Belgian refugees, Cheddleton

Carl and Theo, two of the Belgian refugees billeted in Cheddleton during the First World War, pictured outside Mr and Mrs Parnell's summer house on School Lane in Cheddleton. John James Parnell was the ...

Belgian Refugees, Stone,

Belgrave Road, Dresden. Photographed by William Blake.

Street scene taken at Belgrave Road, Dresden, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. This is one of many street scenes in the Blake Collection. Most of them were taken in the Normacot and Dresden areas near ...

Bennison Family, Mill Meece

William Bennison (1865-1912) and his wife Mary Ellen (nee Shemilt) at Mill Meece Farm with their three sons, William and twins James and Robert. The Mill Meece farm near Eccleshall is still(2005) in ...

Bent's Brewery staff, Stone

Bent's Brewery was established in Newcastle-under-Lyme in the 1790s by William Bent. The business remained in Newcastle until 1936, when manufacture transferred to Liverpool. The company expanded in ...

Berkswich branch, Annual Dinner, British Legion, Stafford

Officials and visitors are pictured at the the annual dinner of the Berkswich branch of the British Legion held at the Swan Hotel in Stafford. Seated left to right: the Deputy Mayor, Alderman L Dobson, ...

Bernard Meakin, Staffordshire County Cricket Club,

Born at Darlaston Hall near Stone on 5 March 1885, Bernard Meakin was a member of the Meakin pottery manufacturing family. He captained Staffordshire County Cricket Club 1911-12 and was President of ...

Bert and George Procter, Gladstone China, Longton

Photograph of Bernard, known as Bert (seated), and George Procter, his son, pictured in the Office at Gladstone China, Uttoxeter Road, Longton. The office was described as 'bare and grimy.' The Procter ...

Bert Jackson at Dorman's, Stafford

Bert Jackson had worked for Dorman’s for 45 years at the time of this photograph. He is pictured operating an Asquith Boring Machine dealing with a three cylinder block for a diesel engine. Founded ...

Bestmore Tool Co.'s works outing, Windsor

The workforce of the iron foundry visited Windsor and Marlowe, in the summer of 1955. They are pictured enjoying a pleasure boat on the River Thames.

Bethesda Primitive Methodist, Sunday School walk, Whit Monday, Station Road, Hednesford

All the walkers are dressed in their best clothes. It was tradition on Whit Monday that all the Sunday Schools in the District marched towards Blackford Football Ground where a rally was held. The members ...

Bethesda Sunday School, Hednesford

Group of adults and children in costume for a pantomime. Bethesda Primitive Methodist Chapel, opened in 1872, was situated on Station Road, Hednesford. Front row, second from the right (in front ...

Bevan Close Jubilee Party, Rugeley

One of a number of special parties held to celebrate Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee in 1977. This group features children in fancy dress at Bevan Close, Springfields, Rugeley. A Rugeley Times photograph ...

Bible Study Class, Stafford,

Group photograph from a bible study class outing.

Bi-centenary Souvenir, John Jervis, Earl St. Vincent, Stone,

Souvenir card celebrating the bi-centenary of the birth of Admiral John Jervis. John Jervis was born in 1735 at Meaford Hall, just outside Stone. He was First Lord of the Admiralty from 1801 to 1804 ...

Bicorn Hat, Victorian

The bicorn developed from the tricorn hat and is mostly associated with Napoléon Bonaparte, although most military generals and officers in Europe and America wore it throughout the nineteenth and ...