Royal Ordnance Factory stand, Festival of Britain, Stone
Royal Ordnance Factory, Stone stand in the Trades and Industry Exhibition held on Westbridge Park as part of the Festival of Britain events held in Stone.
Workers started at R.O.F. Swynnerton in 1940, ...
Recreation facilities, Drake Hall, near Eccleshall
Page 13 of 'Drake Hall - A War-Time Hostel', a souvenir book produced for staff and residents at the Swynnerton Royal Ordnance Factory hostel at Drake Hall, produced in 1945. The Games Room, part of the ...
Pantomime, Drake Hall, near Eccleshall
Page 16 of 'Drake Hall - A War-Time Hostel', a souvenir book produced for staff and residents at the Swynnerton Royal Ordnance Factory hostel at Drake Hall, produced in 1945. The first pantomime produced ...
Jenkins Bros., China and Earthenware Merchants delivery lorry, Stone
A 2 ton Ford loaded for Preston fair in 1936. The lorry was purchased new from Lloyds of Stafford, and was used to carry material for 16 Munitions Unit and the Royal Ordnance Factory at Swynnerton around ...
Howard Hall Hostel, Yarnfield,
Howard Hall camp was built at the beginning of the Second World War to house War Workers from the Royal Ordnance factory at Swynnerton. When the Americans came into the war in 1941, the camp was handed ...
Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton
Aview of Frobisher Hall with the Administrative Block on the left and the dining rooms in the distance.
Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton was built during World War Two to accommodate workers at Royal Ordnance ...
Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton
An accommodation block at Frobisher Hall.
Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton was built during World War Two to accommodate workers at Royal Ordnance factory at Swynnerton. During the 1950s Frobisher Hall ...
Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton
Corner of a resident's room in Foyle House, Frobisher Hall.
Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton was built during World War Two to accommodate workers at Royal Ordnance factory at Swynnerton. During the 1950s ...
Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton
Frobisher Hall approach road from the Eccleshall-Swynnerton Road with post-war council houses on the right. The hostel is behind the trees.
Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton was built during World War Two ...
Evacuees at Drake Hall, near Eccleshall
Page 47 of 'Drake Hall - A War-Time Hostel', a souvenir book produced for staff and residents at the Swynnerton Royal Ordnance Factory hostel at Drake Hall, produced in 1945.
An article on evacuees ...
English Electric Co. Stafford Tanks on Cannock Chase
Pictured above is Brigadier-General G M Barnes, Assistant Chief of Ordnance, US Army with members of the Special American Mission accompanied by Major-General Crawford of the Ministry of Supply and British ...
Drake Hall, near Eccleshall
Page 38 of 'Drake Hall - A War-Time Hostel', a souvenir book produced for staff and residents at the Swynnerton Royal Ordnance Factory hostel at Drake Hall, produced in 1945.
'Bits and Pieces', a miscellany ...
Drake Hall, Eccleshall
From 'Drake Hall - A War-Time Hostel', a souvenir book produced for staff and residents at the Swynnerton Royal Ordnance Factory hostel at Drake Hall, produced in 1945.
This plan of the hostel grounds ...
Drake Hall Dramatic Society, Drake Hall, near Eccleshall
Page 28 of 'Drake Hall - A War-Time Hostel', a souvenir book produced for staff and residents at the Swynnerton Royal Ordnance Factory hostel at Drake Hall, produced in 1945. A performance of "A Midsummer ...
Drake Hall, near Eccleshall
Front cover of 'Drake Hall - A War-Time Hostel', a souvenir book produced for staff and residents at the Swynnerton Royal Ordnance Factory hostel at Drake Hall, produced in 1945.
Drake Hall was built ...
Drake Hall Chapel, Drake Hall, near Eccleshall
Page 10 of 'Drake Hall - A War-Time Hostel', a souvenir book produced for staff and residents at the Swynnerton Royal Ordnance Factory hostel at Drake Hall, produced in 1945. This page describes the Church ...
Catering Department, Drake Hall, near Eccleshall
Page 7 of 'Drake Hall - A War-Time Hostel', a souvenir book produced for staff and residents at the Swynnerton Royal Ordnance Factory hostel at Drake Hall, produced in 1945.
The top photograph shows ...
Birthday Celebrations, Drake Hall, near Eccleshall
Page 18 of 'Drake Hall - A War-Time Hostel', a souvenir book produced for staff and residents at the Swynnerton Royal Ordnance Factory hostel at Drake Hall, produced in 1945. The First Birthday Celebrations ...