Resolutions of Burslem Parish Officers - from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
This notice warns the people of Burslem about Sabbath-breaking, or misconduct on a Sunday.
Drunkenness, Tippling, Gaming...
The alleged wrong doings are described here in the following way:
"...the ...
Restored Fire Engine, Eccleshall,
Restored fire engine 'Eagle', now housed in the new fire station on Newport Road.
The original fire station was erected in High Street in 1891. Today the building is a hairdressing salon.
Rev. Shapurji Edalji, Great Wyrley
George Edalji's father, Revd. Shapurji Edalji. Born in Mumbai in about 1842, Shapurji Edalji was a Parsee Indian who is believed to have been the first South Asian to be made vicar of an English parish. ...
Road Safety Quiz, Guildhall, Stafford
Stafford Borough team beat the Stafford Rural District team in a road safety quiz held at the Guildhall, Stafford, answering questions put by the quiz-master, Police Sergeant T.H. Potts. The Stafford ...
Robbery and Murder - notice from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
On 5 April 1813 at 7.30pm, Ralph Bowers of the Dolphin, in Shelton, was returning home across the fields from Lane Delph.
A violent and bloody attack
At Botteslow Green he was supposedly assaulted ...
Robert George Paterson
Oil painting. Half-length portrait of Robert George Patterson, O.B.E. (died 1945). Justice of the Peace for Staffordshire 1917-1942, member of Staffordshire County Council 1907-1913, Alderman 1913-1942, ...
Rocester School
A single storey schoolhouse with gable bay, and a wooden bellcote. The entrance door has a gabled dormer with large shield shaped plaque.
The main school building was built in 1830 for 100 children. ...
Roof view from Stafford Gaol Tower
Family living in one of Stafford Gaol's three towers. The towers were built in the mid-nineteenth century as accommodation for prison warders and their families. During the housing shortage of the 1920s ...
Roy Eustace Joy, Clerk of the Peace
Oil painting. Three-quarter length portrait of Roy Eustace Joy, M.A., Clerk of the County Council and Clerk of the Peace for the County of Stafford, 1907-1933. He is dressed in the robes of the Clerk ...
Rugeley Court House
This view of Rugeley Magistrates Court House was taken by Stafford photographer Tony Boydon. On the left is Rugeley Fire Station, this was later demolished and rebuilt as Rugeley Community Fire Station ...
Rugeley Court House and Fire Station
This aerial view shows Rugeley Magistrates Court House on the left and the Fire Station on the right, and was taken by Stafford photographer Tony Boydon. The Fire Station building was later demolished ...
Rugeley Fire Station
This view of Rugeley Fire Station was taken by Stafford photographer Tony Boydon. The building was later demolished and rebuilt as Rugeley Community Fire Station which cost £3 million pounds and opened ...
Rugeley fire station demolition
The demolition of the second Rugeley fire station, built in 1936 on Taylor's Lane. The demolition contractors are Mason Brothers of Pelsall.
Rugeley Police Station
Oil painting on board of Rugeley Police Station, Staffordshire.
An oil painting by C.W. Sheldon, formerly in the collections of the Staffordshire Police Museum, now part of the Staffordshire County ...
Rugeley Volunteer Fire Brigade
In 1900 this volunteer fire brigade, established in 1886, consisted of a captain and 11 men and a manual engine. The fire bell was in the tower of the public building and the keys to the fire station ...
Rules and Orders, Of The Potter's Union Society, Established at the Swan Inn, Burslem, On the Eighteenth Day of April 1825 - Document from the enoch Wood Scrapbook
Potter's Union Rule Book
This booklet outlines the rules and orders of the Potter's Union Society, established in Burslem in 1825 at the Swan Inn.
The contents of the rule book include coverage ...
Rules, Orders, and Regulations of the Radical Society of Shopkeepers and Others
Just who were the Radical Society of Shopkeepers and Others who produced this list of rules, orders and regulations?
It is most likely that anonymous local employers published this notice in order ...
Saying Grace, Standon Boys' Farm Home
Boys saying Grace before a meal St Standon Boys' Farm Home. Cases of stuffed birds are displayed on the far wall.
The home in Weston Lane, Standon Bridge, near Eccleshall was founded by the Waifs ...