Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Dennis Holland dressed as the character Sinbad to promote the film 'The 7th Voyage of Sinbad' directed by Nathan H. Juran and Starring Kerwin Mathews, Torin Thatcher, Kathryn Grant, Richard Eyer and ...
Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Dennis Holland dressed as a character from the film 'The Bell Boy' a 1960 comedy film written, produced, directed by and starring Jerry Lewis.
Dennis, a member of the Odeon Cinema staff, went out into ...
Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Dennis Holland, with bulldog, dressed as a naval character from the film 'The Bulldog Breed', a 1960 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom and directed by Robert Asher.
Dennis, a member of the ...
Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Members of the Odeon Cinema staff with a rickshaw, dressed as characters from the film 'Soldier of Fortune' Starring Clark Gable, Susan Hayward and Michael Rennie.
Members of the Odeon Cinema staff ...
Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Dennis Holland outside Stafford Police station dressed as prisoner, a character from the film 'In the Nick' a British comedy film directed by Ken Hughes and starring Anthony Newley, Anne Aubrey, Bernie ...
Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Although he looks more like the Michelin Man, Dennis Holland is dressed as William Blood in his spacesuit, the main character in the film 'The Man in the Moon', a 1961 British comedy film Starring Kenneth ...
Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Dennis Holland riding a motorcycle and dressed as a character from the film 'Anatomy of a Murder' staring James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Eve Arden, George C. Scott, Arthur O'Connell, Kathryn ...
Public demonstration, Stafford Fire Brigade
A public demonstration of fire fighting techniques by the crew of the Stafford Fire Brigade. On the right is Captain Alfred Ernest Haywood, the Chief Fire Officer.
Pump action 'Pyrene' fire extinguisher
This extinguisher has a cylindrical copper body with one gallon capacity. Brass base plate with four feet. A pump handle is mounted on top with a metal sheathed flexible hose. The original red paint ...
Pumping operations at Bees Lane Club, Rugeley
Fire Service pumping water from Bees Lane Progressive Working Men's Club and Institute after floods. A Rugeley Times photograph (courtesy of the Birmingham Post).
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Celebrations, Stafford,
The Diamond Jubilee celebrations lasted three days. Jubilee Day was a public holiday and two oxen, donated by the Meakins of Creswell Hall, were roasted on Market Square. Children sang the National ...
Queen's Hospital, Belvedere Road, Burton-upon-Trent
An ambulance on standby outside Queen's Hospital, Belvedere Road, Outwoods, Burton-upon-Trent. The first phase of a new hospital at Outwoods was opened in 1972, part of the process of replacing the Infirmary ...
RAF Stafford 25 years of the Freedom of the Borough of Stafford
The Borough of Stafford conferred the Freedom of Entry into the Borough to RAF Stafford (16 MU) on 16 December 1954. To mark the 25th Anniversary of this honour there was a major parade through the town ...
RAF Stafford Mountain Rescue Team
The RAF Mountain Rescue Service Headquarters was based at RAF Stafford until 2004 and coordinated the RAF's five mountain rescue teams based at Kinloss, Leuchars, Leeming, St Athan and Stafford. Each ...
Rail Accident, Great Bridgeford,
Rescue operation after the derailment of a train.
Spectators can be seen behind the wooden fencing on the right of the photograph.
One of the first people that were at the scene of the accident ...
Ralph Mosley, Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme
Ralph Mosley was Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1866 to 1887. He owned a draper’s shop on Newcastle High Street and lived with his family at The Firs, which is now the home of the Brampton Museum ...
Reception Ward, Stafford Gaol
The reception ward was located in the gate-house (now demolished). This was where new prisoners arrived and were examined. The reception ward contained a warm and cold bath and an oven to fumigate clothing.
Here ...
Red Cross Ambulance, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph shows the first petrol-driven ambulance in the town, supplied by the St. John's Ambulance Brigade and the Red Cross Society. In the background you can see the local Fire Station which ...