Cookery class, Knightley School
Knightley School was built in 1874 and enlarged in 1894. In 1912 it had places for 125 children.
Cookery Class, Sutherland Institute, Longton
A cookery class at the Sutherland Institute, Longton with the caption: "Who Cares for 1917 Weather with a Kitchen like this?" The girl in the centre is Olive Eardley (later Hill), who was the daughter ...
Cookery Class, Sutherland Institute, Longton
A cookery class at the Sutherland Institute, Longton with the caption: "The Cheerless Air of English Cooks Under the "U" Boat Menace. April 1917."
Photographer: William Blake of Longton.
Co-op window display, Stafford,
Shop window display of school uniforms at the Co-operative Society Department Store, Gaolgate Street.
Cooper branding casks, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
One of the Bass coopers in No.2 Brewery, branding a row of casks which look like re-makes. Behind him is a beck iron and to the side are a pile of hoops.
Cooper John Kerry at work, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
John Kerry driving on the end hoop of a cask. The other end has a trussing cable around it, and around the cask's centre is a trussing hoop.
Coopering family outside the Middle Yard Cooperage, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
Three generations of cooper posed outside the Middle Yard Cooperage with a union jack still in trussing hoops behind them. On the back of the photograph is written, "Teddy, Teddy's father and grandfather"....
Coopers' Initiation Ceremony, Wedgwood Factory, Barlaston,
This ceremony was known as 'trussing the cooper'.
The newly qualified cooper was placed in a barrel, which he had made himself. The barrel was then filled with a mixture which contained soot, feathers, ...
Coronation Baby presentation, Stafford
A group of proud mothers in the Mayor's Parlour, Stafford, holding babies born in Stafford Borough on Coronation Day, June 2nd 1953. John Davies of Little Haywood is being held by the Mayor, Charles ...
Corporal Harry Poole and horse
Harry Poole was employed an under keeper for the Earl of Shrewsbury at Ingestre under Donald MacDonald in 1914. He served in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps during World War I and returned to Ingestre ...
Corporation Depot, Lammascote Road, Stafford
These four well-groomed and bedecked horses are lined up at the Corporation Depot for the May Day parade, which was judged by Mr L C Hiner, Works Superintendent at the Depot. Left to right are: “Prince” ...
Corps of Drums, 1st North Staffordshire Regiment, Dinapore, India
Until India was granted its independence in 1947, there was a large part of the British Army that was integrated with the Indian Army – ‘policing’ the Empire’, and keeping order in case of racial tension ...
Coton, Gnosall
Looking along Newport Road towards Gnosall village centre from Coton, this photograph was taken just outside the Navigation Inn (off the picture, to the left) by the road bridge over the Shropshire Union ...
Councillor Charles Jones, Mayor of Stafford
Stafford’s Mayor and Signalman, Councillor Charles Jones, is seen at work in No. 5 signal box near Stafford Station. Councillor Jones was Mayor of Stafford during 1953 and 1954 and he is pictured having ...
County Court Debtors' Yard, Stafford Gaol
Imprisonment for debtors was abolished in 1870, but this did not extend to those who failed to pay penalties imposed by the County Court.
Debtors were allowed privileges such as hot meals, if they ...
County Mental Hospital, Stafford
Nurses in an antenatal ward at the County Mental Hospital in Stafford. Standing behind the bed is Nancy Davies (nee Shelley) who was conscripted as a mental nurse during World War II.
Originally built ...
County Young Farmers at Barlaston
Members of Young Farmer's Sections of the N.F.U. at the county hedge-laying competitions, held at Hurden Hall Farm, Barlaston.
In The centre are Mr. H. Sargeant (Hon. Secretary), Mr. Richard W. Heart ...
Crate Makers Yard. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing a pottery factory yard and a crate maker at work.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.” ...