Draycott. Photographed by William Blake.
Village scene including a lady and two young cyclists. Taken at Draycott, Staffordshire.
Dress and jacket
Black and white tweed wollen cloth. Dress is in a plain sheath style with short sleeves and a round neckline. Grey acetate lining, very short box jacket with three-quarter length sleeves and large collar ...
Dress, 1800s
Cotton muslin dress with silk embroidery and silver thread decoration. The garment is decorated with carnations. The carnation symbolised bravery, love and friendship. Between 1800 and about 1810 white ...
Dress, 1950s
Synthetic summer dress with stylised floral decoration. During the late 1940s and 1950s dresses with full skirts and a narrow waists were very popular. The skirts were given shape by starched net petticoats. ...
Dress, 1950s
Synthetic summer dress with stylised floral decoration. During the late 1940s and 1950s dresses with full skirts and a narrow waists were very popular. The skirts were given shape by starched net petticoats. ...
Dress, about 1880
Silk brocade dress trimmed with glass beads. The lavish brocade design includes stylised honeysuckle flowers. Honeysuckle often symbolised fidelity, affection and love. It could also represent enjoyment ...
Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Rosemary Leveson-Gower, London
Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland and her youngest daughter, Lady Rosemary Millicent Leveson-Gower pictured in a car outside their London home, Stafford House (now Lancaster House).
Millicent Fanny ...
Duncan Hall office staff at the Post Office Training Centre, Yarnfield
This photograph of office staff taking a break outside Duncan Hall at the Post Office Training Centre was taken by Stafford photographer Tony Boydon.
Among those in the photograph: Pauline Loader, ...
E Millward’s Shop, Stafford
This postcard view shows a woman and child standing in the doorway of a shop with the name E Millward above the shop window. Over the doorway it states G Millward. A note attached to the postcard states ...
Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, Ingestre
The Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury are pictured in the Great Hall at Ingestre Hall, with their second son, Paul Alexander Anthony Bueno Chetwynd-Talbot, after the christening ceremony held at the estate ...
Early Victorian Dress, c.1830-1840
This is an exquisite example of an early Victorian dress made out of silk. Over time and because of exposure to light silk deteriorates which is why this example is in places in a very poor state of repair. ...
Eaves Lane, Oakamoor
Looking north along Eaves Lane, Oakamoor, an easily recognisable scene today. Behind the wall on the left is the Lord Nelson public house.
Educational exhibition, Central School, Belt Road, Chadsmoor
The photograph was taken on the occasion of the Educational Exhibition organised by the schools of Cannock, Hednesford and District, and held at Belt Road School, Hednesford on July 21-22, 1922.
Left ...
Edwardian Black Silk Bodice
We believe this bodice to be from around the turn of the 20th century.
Made from black satin, it has long sleeves, and crosses over at the front of the body and fastened with press studs. It has a ...
Edwardian Black Skirt
Edwardians preferred a simpler style, after the Victorians, with silhouette’s 'thinning'.
For the first time in decades skirts were not exaggerated and were more natural in appearance.
This skirt ...
Edwardian Blouse
Edwardian lady's wore blouses which were quite full at the front and this is emphasized in this blouse with the frilly lace which runs along the low neckline.
The blouse is not boned and has many fastenings ...
Edwardian Bodice and Skirt
The outfit is made up of a fitted bodice and skirt that when worn together appear like a dress.
The heavily detailed style of the garment and lower neckline suggests it was probably an evening dress.
The ...
Edwardian Day Dress
During the Edwardian era women’s fashion altered to be less restrictive than previously seen in the nineteenth century.
Informal day dresses started to become more popular and were suitable for visits ...