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Edward Buckley with carved wooden chain, Heath Hayes

'Teddy' Buckley worked on the underground pumps at the 'Fair Lady' Colliery at Heath Hayes; so named unofficially by the miners of the Coppice Colliery in tribute to the owner's wife Mrs Bowring Hamilton ...

Edward Street Coronation Celebrations, Tamworth

Opened by Councillor E.A. Courts, the children at the party were presented with coronation mugs filled with sweets, dolls and toys. Standing on the far right are Mrs Brenchley, Mrs Hope, Mrs Baker, Mrs ...

Edwardian Black Silk Bodice

We believe this bodice to be from around the turn of the 20th century. Made from black satin, it has long sleeves, and crosses over at the front of the body and fastened with press studs. It has a ...

Edwardian Black Skirt

Edwardians preferred a simpler style, after the Victorians, with silhouette’s 'thinning'. For the first time in decades skirts were not exaggerated and were more natural in appearance. This skirt ...

Edwardian Blouse

Edwardian lady's wore blouses which were quite full at the front and this is emphasized in this blouse with the frilly lace which runs along the low neckline. The blouse is not boned and has many fastenings ...

Edwardian Bodice and Skirt

The outfit is made up of a fitted bodice and skirt that when worn together appear like a dress. The heavily detailed style of the garment and lower neckline suggests it was probably an evening dress. The ...

Edwardian Day Dress

During the Edwardian era women’s fashion altered to be less restrictive than previously seen in the nineteenth century. Informal day dresses started to become more popular and were suitable for visits ...

Edwardian Green Silk Dress

This Edwardian period dress is typical of the era. It is full at the chest creating the ‘pigeon breast’ effect and slopes down at the back and front with a narrow waist that is emphasised by the black ...

Edwardian Pink Petticoat

The petticoat had a dual role as underwear and a structural garment, as it helped to shape the dress and mirrored the cut of the skirt. It also protected the dress from sweat and provided the wearer ...

Edwardian Wedding Dress

This wedding dress was worn by Winnifred Mary Leeke (nee Robinson). She was married in Stone Roman Catholic Church in around 1909. It is made of cream silk and has an inner hem lining specially made ...

Edwardian Wedding Dress

This cream satin dress was in the typical style of the day, it has a high waist and a high collar and would have been worn with a corset. Gigot sleeves were popular during the period, as the sleeves ...

Egg and Spoon Race, Siemen's Sports Day, Stafford

In August 1906 the first Stafford Sports Day was organised by Siemen's Social and Athletics Association, to raise funds for the society to take over part of Hough House as a 'Club House for recreation, ...

Egg Sunday, Milwich,

In 1933 church members collected 1880 eggs from local farmers and the congregation for Stafford General Infirmary. The eggs were presented to the Matron and a service of dedication held. The eggs were ...

Egyptian, Pottery Workers. Photographed by William Blake.

Lantern slide showing an Egyptian Potter selling his ware on the banks of the Nile. This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire ...

Elderly Inhabitants, Hixon,

Photograph taken in High Street. Some of the group are wearing Edwardian clothing.

Eleanor Maud Johnson and niece, Tean

Eleanor Maud Johnson was born in Upper Tean in 1898, and married John T Snow at Cheadle in 1928. She died 1974. She was a daughter of William Henry and Frances Johnson, grocers and drapers at Bon Marche, ...

Election Campaign, Eccleshall,

Election candidate Mr Twyford in the Assembly Rooms next to the Royal Oak Inn on High Street. The site is now a yard.

Electricity Exhibition, Assembly rooms, Tamworth

The machine being demonstrated here is the Braiding Machine, presumably then in use at the Hamel Mill. Fourth from the left is Mr W. Wright, Mill Manager of Hamel's Mill, with Miss Dorothy May Wright ...