Teddy Bear Tea Party
The teddy bear gained its name due to an story about the U.S President Theodore Roosevelt.
Mr Roosevelt was invited on a bear hunt by Governor Andrew H. Longino in 1902. After he was unable to kill ...
The Cottage, Rolleston-on-Dove
The Cottage, on Brook Side, Rolleston-on-Dove, an image from the Rolleston Hall Estate Sale Catalogue, October 1919. Sir Oswald Mosley, 5th Baronet (1873-1928) had inherited the estate in 1915 on the ...
The Magic Roundabout at Stafford Co-op Department Store
During the early 1970’s the Stafford Co-op Department Store usually had a theme for the opening of their Toy Fair and Santa’s Grotto to coincide with the Christmas shopping period. Throughout November ...
Townsend House, Sedgley
In the grounds of Townsend House, Sedgley, with Mrs Wilkes and her daughter Winnie, holding a doll. At the time this photograph was taken Townsend House was the home of George Frederick Wilkes (1866-1942) ...
Toy Noah's Ark
This Noah's Ark belonged to a family living in Brocton, near Stafford. It was made in Germany and dates from about 1917. The ark came complte with wooden figures of Noah and his family, and over 80 ...
Tutbury Station, Hatton
Tutbury and Hatton Railway Station is in Hatton, on the Derbyshire side of the River Dove. The Railway Hotel is on the left with a group of children outside. This building still stands as the Railway ...
Ubberley Road, Bentilee, Stoke-on-Trent
When built in the 1950s Bentilee was the largest post-war housing estate in Europe. It was a self-contained township in its own right and had a Woolworth's store, Boots' Chemists, medical clinic, public ...
Wooden Doll
Wood has been used to make dolls for centuries.
This is a fairly modern doll made in the later half of the 20th century
World War II Evacuee's doll
Baby ‘John’ was an evacuee’s doll belonging to a little girl named Sheila.
She was evacuated to the area to escape the bombs at Tilbury Docks. She lived with a family in Blythe Bridge and went to a ...