Blood donors, Lotus Ltd, Stafford
A new use was found for the sports pavilion at the Stafford factory of Lotus Ltd., which was usually the venue for many social functions. This picture presented an unusual scene when a mobile unit from ...
Blue Girl Guides Cap, 1990s
The Girls Guides started as a side organisation from the Boy Scouts. Lord Robert Baden-Powell set up a camp for boys in 1907 at Brownsea Island in Dorset to test his scouting ideas.
By 1908 girls started ...
Borough War Memorial, Stafford,
Laying wreaths by the Borough War Memorial on Victoria Square, Mayoral Sunday, 1945. The mayor is Mr H. Wallace-Copeland.
The Borough War Memorial was unveiled in 1922 in memory of the Stafford men ...
Brass Band, Standon Boys' Farm Home
Boys' brass band at Standon Boys' Farm Home.
The home in Weston Lane, Standon Bridge, near Eccleshall was founded by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1885. This was the second Boys' Home operated by ...
Bratt & Dyke's shop window, Stafford,
School uniform window display, Bratt & Dyke's, Greengate Street.
Brewhouse, Trentham Hall,
View taken from the entrance to the coach yard. The brewhouse is on the left, with the poultry house to the right. The brewhouse also contained the bakehouse and laundry. Most country houses had a ...
Bridge Street Fire Station, Stafford,
The fire station was built in 1885 at the junction of Greengate Street and Bridge Street, next to the Royal Brine Baths. The baths incorporated an open-sided tower which was used by the firemen for drying ...
Bridgwood's Pottery staff, Bridgwood Street, Longton
Bridgwood & Son were established in Lane End around 1795. Sampson Bridgwood took over the Anchor Pottery at the corner of Wharf Street (renamed Bridgwood Street in the 1950s) and Goddard Street in Longton ...
British Legion Parade, Wetley Rocks
British Legion members march past St. John the Baptist church at Wetley Rocks.
British Red Cross Beret, c.1940-1960
This is a lady's Red Cross Officers beret and was in use in the 1940s and 1950s.
British Reinforced Concrete, Factory Canteen, Stafford,
The British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Company manufactured reinforced concrete structures and made steel mesh for reinforcing concrete. The company moved from Manchester to Stafford in 1926, building ...
Brittains Ltd, Fire Brigade, Cheddleton
Volunteer members of Brittains Ltd.'s Fire Brigade pose with their fire engine and a trophy. It is possible they had won this award at an annual competition held at the Staffordshire County Show Ground. ...
Burton-upon-Trent Corporation Tramways
Burton-upon-Trent Corporation Tramways was a tramway service which operated in the town between 1903 and 1929. This photograph was taken on the last day of service, 31 December 1929. Pictured with the ...
Bus Conductresses, Armitage
Two Armitage women who worked as bus or tram conductresses or 'clippies' in Birmingham during the First World War. The badges on their hats include the Stafford Knot and look very similar to cap badges ...
Bus drivers’ uniforms made at Enderley Mills, Newcastle-under-Lyme
New design of bus drivers' uniforms made for Potteries Motor Transport by J Hammond & Co at Enderley Mills in 1968.
Enderley Mills were founded in 1881 by Richard Stanway and specialised in the manufacture ...
Cadet Nurses, St. John Ambulance Brigade, Stafford
Mrs J M Porter, Staffordshire County Cadet Officer, is pictured presenting a proficiency certificate to 14 year old Marjorie Clarke, who was one of eight girl cadets of the Staffordshire Headquarters ...
Captain Alfred Ernest Haywood, Stafford Fire Brigade
Alfred Ernest Haywood (1876-1958) was born in Newcastle under Lyme, one of 14 children brought up by Alfred and Annie Haywood. The family settled in Thornton's Buildings in Cherry Street, Stafford. Alfred ...
Car and chauffeur, Audley area
Car and chauffeur outside an unidentified house, believed to be somewhere in the Audley area. Can you identify the place or the chauffeur?