Prison Warden and Family, Stafford Gaol
Head turnkey, Mr J. Chidley, and his family outside their home in the North Tower, Stafford Prison. The railings on the left separates the garden from the exercise yard.
The towers were built in ...
Prisoners Returning from Labour, Stafford Gaol
Labour in Victorian prisons could consist of stone-breaking, pin-heading, oakum picking (untwisting lengths of old tarred rope) and working on the treadwheels.
Here prisoners are returning from labour ...
Proclamation of King George V, Market Place, Leek
The town's fire brigade and local militia stand in the Market Place holding back the crowds who are waiting to hear the royal proclamation
Proclamation of the Accession of George V, Stone
The proclamation is being read from the portable bandstand in Granville Square.
The building in the background is the District Bank.
Proclamation of the accession of King George V, Hednesford
Following the death of his father, Edward VII, a ceremony to proclaim George V as King took place on the front lawn of the Anglesey Hotel, Hednesford in May 1910. This postcard photograph shows the proclamation ...
Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Dennis Holland dressed as a character from the film 'Cinderfella' a comedy film version of the classic Cinderella story produced by Jerry Lewis, written by Frank Tashlin, and starring Jerry Lewis, Ed ...
Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Dennis Holland dressed as a character from the cast of the film 'The House of the Seven Hawks'.
Dennis, a member of the Odeon Cinema staff, went out into Stafford town centre 52 weeks of the year ...
Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Dennis Holland dressed as a cowboy to promote the film 'Last Train From Gun Hill' a 1959 Western by action director John Sturges, starring Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones and Earl Holliman.
Dennis, ...
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).