Miners wearing breathing apparatus, Mines Rescue Station, Victoria Street, Hednesford
The men wearing the apparatus are, left: Albert Payton, son of Jos Payton and, right: Samuel Davies. In the centre is Jos Payton, Superintendent of the Mines Rescue Station, Hednesford.
The station ...
Miniature of Dr Blest Hadderton, Mayor of Newcastle, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Blest Hadderton began his practice as a doctor in the 1700s on the High Street and continued for 30 years. Not much is known about this time of his life but it is highly probable that the title of 'Dr' ...
Morning Prayers, Women's Prison, Stafford Gaol
Morning prayers were taken in the corridor of the women's prison; services were performed in the chapel. When the chapel was rebuilt in 1852 a gallery was installed at the southern end for the female ...
Mr Das Gupta, Stafford Fire Brigade
This formal portrait shows Mr S.L. Das Gupta, a member of Stafford's Fire Brigade wearing formal uniform. Mr Das Gupta was a fireman under Captain Alfred Ernest Haywood's leadership in the early 1930s ...
Mr E. Coltman, Uttoxeter
Mr Coltman in his Special Constable's uniform.
National Fire Service, Hanley, Stoke on Trent
The Auxiliary Fire Service was formed from volunteers at the outbreak of war, to assist the regular Fire Brigades. The name was changed to The National Fire Service in August 1941 when the regional regular ...
National Fire Service, Eccleshall
National Fire Servicemen outside the Fire Station on High Street, Eccleshall. Eccleshall Fire Station was erected in High Street in 1891. More recently, the building has been a hairdressing salon and ...
National Fire Service, Eccleshall
The Eccleshall National Fire Service is pictured outside Eccleshall Fire station after winning the Gretton Cup (first for large trailer pump drill) and the Shobnall Cup (third for light trailer pump) ...
New Free Library, Stafford
Stafford's library was housed in the Borough Hall until 1914. The new library building on The Green was built in 1913, with funds from the Carnegie Trust. The building also housed the Wragge Museum, later ...
New Prison Block, Stafford Gaol
The new male prison block was built in the 1846 to help ease the overcrowded conditions. Each cell, fitted with gas lighting and a water supply, was designed for one prisoner to live and work in.
The ...
New Zealand Rifle Brigade Parade, Stafford
At the end of the First World War, when the New Zealand Rifle Brigade left the military camp on Cannock Chase, they held a farewell parade through the streets of Stafford.
Here the mayor is presenting ...
New Zealand Rifle Brigade Parade, Stafford
At the end of the First World War, when the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (NZRB) left the military camp on Cannock Chase, there was a farewell presentation and a parade through the streets of Stafford.
In ...
Newcastle Fire Team, Barracks Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Photograph of Captain Bailey and fire-team in front of the Fire Station located at The Barracks on Barracks Road.
Newcastle Fire Team, The Barracks, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Photograph of the fire-team outside the Barracks with Mayor Richard Mellard and Captain Bailey.
Newcastle Fire-Team, The Barracks, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Photograph of the Fire Station at The Barracks on Barracks Road with part of fire-team.
Newcastle-under-Lyme - A Scold's Bridle: woodcut engraving
'An Ancient Bridle use in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyne, (sic) for the Taming of Scolds. Now in the possession of Samuel Mayer, Esq., Mayor, 1833-4.' The engraving shows a women's head wearing ...
News of an Assassination - from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
This is how news of an assassination spread across Staffordshire on 29 June 1800 - together with the offer of a generous £20 reward for information.
Notices like this one would have appeared in public ...
News of an Assassination - from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
This is how news of an assassination spread across Staffordshire on 29 June 1800 - together with the offer of a generous £20 reward for information.
Notices like this one would have appeared in public ...