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Royal School Orphanage, Wolverhampton

Dining room at the Royal School Orphanage on Penn Road, Woverhampton. Girls are busy laying tables. The Royal Wolverhampton School was originally founded as The Wolverhampton Orphan Asylum in 1850. ...

Royal School Orphanage, Wolverhampton

Sports field at the Royal School Orphanage on Penn Road, Woverhampton. In the foreground male students are playing , some are setting up cricket stumps. The School building is in the distance. The ...

Royal visit, Duchess of Sutherland's Ambulance Tent Hospital, Calais

Pictured at a Royal visit to the Fourth Duchess of Sutherland’s Ambulance Tent Unit hospital at Calais during World War I are Millicent's daughter, Lady Rosemary Leveson-Gower, Edward, Prince of Wales, ...

Rugeley Cottage Hospital, Brereton

An aerial view of Rugeley Cottage Hospital, Brereton from the west. The Rugeley District Cottage Hospital and Provident Dispensary was built by public subscription in 1871 after the designs of W. ...

Rugeley Hospital

The Rugeley District hospital and Provident Dispensary was built in 1879 and stood on Brereton Road on land donated by the Earl of Lichfield. It has since been demolished and new housing at Attlee Crescent ...

Rugeley Hospital

This postcard scene shows the entrance to the Rugeley District Hospital and Provident Dispensary which was built in 1879 and stood on Brereton Road on land donated by the Earl of Lichfield. It has now ...

Satirical cartoon, "Oliver Asking For More"

All of the men pictured are caricatures of local doctors. They are taking part in a burlesque skit (a comic play), based on Oliver Twist, to raise money for Leek Cottage Hospital. The drawing is signed ...

Saying Grace, Standon Boys' Farm Home

Boys saying Grace before a meal St Standon Boys' Farm Home. Cases of stuffed birds are displayed on the far wall. The home in Weston Lane, Standon Bridge, near Eccleshall was founded by the Waifs ...

School block, Stoke workhouse, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent

This plan is of the new school block at Stoke workhouse which was built between 1866 and 1868. The school accomodated about 250 students and was open until around 1899 when it was decided that the children ...

School block, Stoke workhouse, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent

This plan is of the school block of Stoke workhouse. The block was constructed in 1842 at the smae time as the hospital. Workhouses began in the 17th and 18th centuries as places where the poor worked ...

Seal and sealing wax

A small seal for marking sealing wax for letters and envelopes. It reads "Newbridge Pharmacy" and "Hall". From the Staffordshire County Museum collection. Formerly part of the collection of Mr. ...

Selwyn House, Longton Road, Hem Heath, Stoke-on-Trent

Selwyn House on Longton Road in Hem Heath was the King George V Memorial Home for the Blind. Now the site of a care home, the original buildings have been demolished.

Sewer map of Newcastle-under-Lyme

This map shows all the drains and sewage system for Newcastle-under-Lyme. It was commissioned by the council after a new law was passed by the Board of Health forced the council to build new drains after ...

Sewer map of Newcastle-under-Lyme

This map shows all the drains and sewage system for Newcastle-under-Lyme. It was commissioned by the council after a new law was passed by the Board of Health forced the council to build new drains after ...

Sewer map of Newcastle-under-Lyme

This map shows all the drains and sewage system for Newcastle-under-Lyme. It was commissioned by the council after a new law was passed by the Board of Health forced the council to build new drains after ...

Sewer map of Newcastle-under-Lyme

This map shows all the drains and sewage system for Newcastle-Under-Lyme. It was commissioned by the council after a new law was passed by the Board of Health forced the council to build new drains after ...

Shooting Butts School, Rugeley

A visit to the dentist at Shooting Butts. Shooting Butts Camp School, Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley was opened in May1940 for evacuee boys from Birmingham. There was also a similar Camp School for girls ...

Silverdale Nursing Home

Workmen laying tarmac at Silverdale Nursing Home on Newcastle Street, Silverdale. Photograph taken by a member of the Silverdale Community Play Association.