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Beaded purse, 19th century

Small beaded purse with floral decoration and metal clasp.

Bear (?) Fur Stole

We believe this stole to be made out of a more unusual fur. Due to its size, the look and feel of the fur and the lack of detail (no heads or feet etc as you usually see with foxes) we think that this ...

Beating the Bounds, Cheddleton

A clergyman leads the parishioners, with heads bowed, in prayer during the beating of the bounds at Cheddleton. The men are holding their doffed caps. Beating the bounds is an old custom, where parishioners ...

Beating the Bounds, Wetley Rocks

Beating the bounds, Cheddleton Parish. Men and boys climbing up ladder onto the roof of the Plough Inn, Wetley Rocks. The parish boundary between Cheddleton and Consall passes through the building. Beating ...

Beatrice and Florence Penton, Cannock

This portrait was taken around 1914 and shows the two youngest children of Cannock coal miner Thomas Penton and Sarah Alice Penton. They had eleven children in total, all of whom lived to adulthood. ...

Beaudesert Victoria Football Club

Beaudesert Victoria FC, a team photograph taken during 1913-1914 season. They played their home matches at the Park Gate ground at Gentleshaw. The trophy is thought to be Chasetown Challenge cup. ...

Beauty competition, Castle Dell, Tamworth

The Carnival Queens of 1934, from Tamworth and surrounding villages, can be seen here. They are, from left to right, Miss Wood End, Miss Two Gates, Miss Mile Oak, Miss Leys, Miss Hopwas, Miss Weale, Miss ...

Beehive corner, Hednesford

Looking from the railway station road bridge towards Green Heath Road (West Hill). On the left can be seen the Beehive Stores at the time C. J. Taylor was proprietor. Cecil John Taylor had managed the ...

Beehive corner, Hednesford

This well known store was situated on the corner of Cannock Road and Green Heath Road (West Hill) until its closure in the 1960s. It was owned by Harris, Horton & Heath at the time of this photograph ...

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 ...

Beresford Dale

A colour-tinted postcard photograph of a couple standing near weirs on the River Dove at Beresford Dale, on the Staffordshire-Derbyshire border. This card was produced for The North Staffordshire ...

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, ...