Entrance gate, Yarlet Hall
A postcard view of the entrance gate and tree lined driveway at Yarlet Hall.
Yarlet Hall replaced an earlier 18th century building; work on a new house was begun around 1870 by George Sidney. In 1873 ...
Evacuees arriving at Caverswall School
A group of evacuees from Longsight, Manchester arriving at Caverswall School at the start of the Second World War. In the foreground are Alan and Nora Garside. Alan, then aged 7, was billeted with the ...
Examinations at Rodbaston Agricultural College
Students undertaking written examinations at Rodbaston Agricultural College.
Rodbaston College's origins lie in 1919 when the War Agricultural Committee opened an agricultural training depot. In 1921 ...
Exchange Students at Fair Oak School, Rugeley
Norwegian exchange students and Fair Oak Comprehensive School students pictured on Fair Oak school steps, Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley. The school is now (2019) part of the Hart School.
Back row (left ...
Extensions to Rising Brook School, Stafford
It was reported in the Staffordshire Newsletter on 7 August 1954 that when Stafford’s first Mixed Secondary Modern School (apart from St. Patrick’s Catholic School) opened the following month, there would ...
Fair on Milford Common,
Fairs have been held on Milford Common since the 1880s. By 1906 fairs were held on every Bank Holiday both in the spring and summer.
Milford was a very popular weekend destination for visitors in the ...
Fair, Market Square, Stafford,
Henry III granted the first annual fair to Stafford in 1261. Fairs had two sides - trade and pleasure. People would travel from a wide area to visit the fairs, which often filled the town's main streets.
By ...
Family Group outside Burston Villa,
Family Group, Brocton, (1)
Family group in the gardens of a partially thatched cottage in Oldacre Lane.
Family Group, Eccleshall,
Fancy Dress Competition, Stafford,
Children in 'Smarties' and 'Evo-Stik' fancy dress, 1st and 2nd prizes in a competition organised by Stafford Borough Band. On the left is Laureene Taylor, aged 16 months, daughter of Mr M. Taylor of ...
Fancy Dress Group, Draycott in the Clay
Children in fancy dress at Draycott in the Clay School. St. Augustine's School has since moved to a new building and the old school is now the Village Hall.
Fancy Dress Group, Draycott in the Clay
Children in fancy dress at Draycott in the Clay School. St. Augustine's School has since moved to a new building and the old school is now the Village Hall.
Fancy dress parade, Manor Hill County Primary School, Walton, Stone
Fancy dress parade in the hall at Manor Hill County Primary School, Walton, Stone, which opened in 1952.
Fancy Dress, Stafford Common,
Fenton Board School, King Street, Fenton
Details of windows, tiles and brickwork on the front of the Fenton Board School on King Street, near Victoria Square. Originally known as the Market street Board School, the buildings housed both infants ...
Fenton Board School, King Street, Fenton
Previously known as Market Street Board School, this infants' and junior school was established in 1872, with the buildings in the photograph opened in 1878. The school later became Glebe County Infants' ...