Metalwork class, Dartmouth Street Secondary Modern Boys School, Stafford
The school opened in 1939 as Dartmouth Street Senior Boys School. In 1944 it became a Secondary Modern School for Boys, and was renamed Kingston Secondary Modern School in 1956. A further name change ...
Milford and Brocton Station
The Milford and Brocton Station opened in the 1870s and served the Trent Valley Stafford-Rugby line. Pictured in this photograph are the Station master, Josiah Mayhew, holding the hand of a little boy ...
Milford on 'Milford Day',
Milford was a very popular weekend destination for visitors in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Excursion trains ran between Stafford and Milford stations.
There was no such holiday ...
Military Band, Stafford,
Military brass band performing in the Market Square.
Milner Girls' School pupils laying poppies at the monument, Leek
These pupils are pictured at the Nicholson Memorial on Remembrance Sunday with their teacher Mrs Frances Harvey.
Milwich School Group,
Milwich School opened in 1833.
Milwich Village,
Seated under the tree is Bill Bennett, the blacksmith.
Standing by the house on the left is Tommy Steele, who had been in prison. He had no home and was allowed to sleep in the forge, where he worked ...
Miss Beardmore's private school, Wolstanton
Peace celebrations at Miss Beardmore's School in Wolstanton. All the children are dressed in their best clothes to celebrate the end of the Boer War.
Miss E M Harvey, Retirement, Tenterbanks School, Stafford
Watched by pupils and members of staff, Miss E M Harvey (centre) is presented with the children’s gift, one of many she received, to mark her retirement after 30 years as Headmistress of Tenterbanks County ...
Miss Hall's Concert, Normacot
"The Fairy Queen and all the Fairy Court". The girl in the middle is Doreen Poole.
Possibly pupils at Normacot C.E. Infants' School, Meir Road, Normacot. The school opened in 1853, with new buildings ...
Miss Layng's Preparatory School, Newport Road, Stafford
A group of school boys with their teacher, Miss Layng, at her private School at 33 Newport Road, Stafford.
The school was in existence between about 1890 and 1896. Miss Layng was probably Lucy Melissa ...
Miss Layng's Preparatory School, Newport Road, Stafford
A group of school boys with their teacher, Miss Layng, at her private School at 33 Newport Road, Stafford.
Standing in the front row 2nd from the left in a striped shirt is Sydney Horne who became ...
Miss Layng's Preparatory School, Stafford,
A group of school boys with their teacher, Miss Layng, at her private School at 33 Newport Road, Stafford.
The school was in existence between about 1890 and 1896. Miss Layng was probably Lucy Melissa ...
Miss Riley's retirement, Manor Hill County Primary School, Walton, Stone
Pupils making a presentation at the retirement of Manor Hill County Primary School's headmistress, Miss Dorothy D. Riley, due to ill health. Stella Thornton presented a glass-fronted corner cupboard, ...
Miss Sanders’ retirement, Ashley Heath
One of Swynnerton’s best loved characters, Miss A Sanders (back row centre holding a bouquet), Headmistress of the County Primary School, left the small village school for the last time in July. If you ...
Misses Partrige's School, Alstonefield
The Misses Partrige (sic) ran a fee paying scool at West View, The Raikes, Alstonefield in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Here, the children are seen playing at the rear of West View.
Misses Partrige's School, Alstonefield
The Misses Partrige (sic) ran a fee paying scool at West View, The Raikes, Alstonefield in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a day or boarding school. Amongst this group of pupils pictured ...
Molecatcher at work, Barton-under-Needwood
Children watching Mr Woodburn at work. Mr Woodburn worked as a molecatcher and lived at Barton Gate, near Barton-under-Needwood.
He is taking a barrel trap containing a mole out of ground. School ...