Borough Police Force, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Borough Police Force are here seen pictured with the Mayor of Newcastle, William Mellard. They are outside Mellard's home, The Beeches, which stood on Liverpool Road (now the site of a bus depot). ...
Borough Police, Newcastle-Under-Lyme
Photograph of the Borough Police Force in 1900.
Bostock's Factory Fire, Stafford,
Edwin Bostock's shoe factory was originally in Foregate Street, Stafford, but was destroyed by fire in 1901. This resulted in a new factory being built on Sandon Road, which opened in 1903.
Bostock's ...
Bostock's shoe factory fire, Stafford
Firemen hosing down a building during a major fire at Edwin Bostock's shoe factory, Foregate Street, Stafford.
Edwin Bostock's shoe factory was originally in Foregate Street, Stafford, but was destroyed ...
Boys' Schoolroom, Stafford Gaol
Originally prisoners would have been taught in their cells, education being one of the prison chaplain's duties.
By 1852 a schoolmaster and schoolmistress had been appointed and a room in the prison ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
Broadsheet - Staffordshire Lent Assizes, 1845
A broadsheet detailing the sentences for prisoners at the Staffordshire Lent Assizes, at the Shire Hall, Stafford in 1845.
The judges were The Right Hon. Sir Frederick Pollock, Knight; and Thomas Joshua ...
Bronze Relief Plaque of Dr Henry Faulds
Dr Henry Faulds (1 June 1843 - 24 March 1930) was a scientist noted for developing fingerprinting. Faulds became a doctor having studied mathematics and medicine. He spent time in India before travelling ...
Brother Potters!
The early 1800s brought hard times for potters in Stoke-on-Trent. Costly wars disrupted trade abroad, while poor harvests caused hunger at home.
"One word with you, afore yo gon to do any moore mischif..."
Government ...
Burslem Fire Brigade
This is an extract from a feature film made in Burslem in the Potteries in the summer of 1918, and shown in September. It shows the turn-out of the Burslem Fire Brigade – a typical action scene in early ...
Burslem Fire Brigade
The plaque on the fire engine in this photograph tells us that this is the County Borough of Stoke-on-Trent Burslem District Fire brigade.
Burslem Police Station
Burslem Police Station in Jackson Street was built in 1930 and replaced the original station at the rear of Market Hall, fronting onto Wedgwood Place, in Market Place. Since this photograph was taken, ...
Burslem Police Station
Burslem Police Station, Jackson Street, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Built 1937.
An oil painting by C.W. Sheldon, formerly in the collections of the Staffordshire Police Museum, now part of the ...
Burslem Police Station.
Personnel of Burslem Police force line up for an official group photograph at the end of the nineteenth century. The original police station was situated behind the old meat market on Wedgwood Place, ...
Burslem, Cobridge, Longport and Tunstall Association for the Prosecution of Felons - from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Business leaders in Burslem, Cobridge, Longport and Tunstall here unite in their efforts to prosecute wrong doers - they are to form an Association for the Prosecution of Felons.
Witness Protection
The ...