Railway signals, Silverdale
Two young children having fun, playing with disused railway signal leavers on the Silverdale colliery line. Photograph taken by a member of the Silverdale Community Play Association.
Elizabeth Briscoe, Croxton
Studio photograph of Elizabeth Briscoe (née Smith, 1853-1926) born at Denby, Derbyshire. Her mother farmed and kept a shop and Post Office and was widowed when Elizabeth was young. At the time ...
Kathleen Bloor, Cheddleton
Kaye Bloor was born in Leek on Ascension Day 1899 (her mother told her that the church bells were ringing to welcome her), and ran Bloor’s Newsagents from Bankside, Crony Bank, Cheddleton for many years.
A ...
Sybil Briscoe, Astage House, Croxton
Sybil Briscoe of Astage House, Croxton in her bridesmaid’s dress. The Briscoe and Cooke family farmed at Astage House Farm between about 1909 and 1934. It is probable that the wedding would have been ...
Horses at Astage House, Croxton
Horse ‘Tommy’ and a pony in the Villa field, Astage House, Croxton. The Briscoe and Cooke family farmed at Astage House Farm between about 1909 and 1934.
Briscoe family grave, Croxton
The grave of Henry and Elizabeth Briscoe in the churchyard if St. Paul’s Church, Croxton, near Eccleshall.
Henry died in 1918 age 68 whilst living at Croxton Villa. Elizabeth died suddenly at Astage ...
Daisy and Sybil Briscoe of Croxton
Sisters Daisy Margaret Cicely Briscoe (born 1892, Belper, Derbyshire) and Sybil Frances Steward Briscoe (born in1893, Belper, Derbyshire). The photographer has draped a sheet over the garden wall as ...
Margaret Cooke, Hollywood Farm, Hilderstone
Margaret Cooke at a desk in the garden of Hollywood Farm, near Hilderstone. The Cooke family were at Hollywood Farm between 1934 and 1952.
Margaret was born at Croxton, near Eccleshall on 21 November ...
Hollywood Farm, Hilderstone
A woman and little girl outside Hollywood Farm house, possibly Sybil and Margaret Cooke. The Cooke family were at Hollywood Farm, near Hilderstone between 1934 and 1952.
Feeding calves at Hollywood Farm, Hilderstone
Mr William Cooke (1887-1968) and daughter Enid feeding calves from pails at Hollywood Farm, Hilderstone. The Cooke family were at Hollywood Farm between 1934 and 1952. William's parents, John and Caroline ...
Cooke family at Hollywood Farm, Hilderstone
William and Sybil Cooke and their daughters Enid and Margaret pose with their dog at the rear of Hollywood Farm. the Cooke family were at Hollywood Farm between 1934 and 1952.
John Amery Drive, Stafford
Designed by local architect Tony Orchard for David and Enid Perry, number 32, John Amery Drive is pictured nearing completion. David and Enid Perry lived here between 1953 and 1958.
Bethesda Sunday School, Hednesford
Group of adults and children in costume for a pantomime. Bethesda Primitive Methodist Chapel, opened in 1872, was situated on Station Road, Hednesford.
Front row, second from the right (in front ...
Blacksmiths at Endon Smithy
Blacksmiths at Endon Smithy with a mound of horseshoes commissioned for the Great War. Mr. W. Scott is standing on the left and wearing the longer apron, Mr. Charles Perkin is on the right
Dr. Johnson's Birthplace, Market Place, Lichfield.
The three-storied house on the corner of Breadmarket Street is the birthplace of Dr Samuel Johnson and dates from about 1707 when it was the home and shop premises of his father Michael Johnson, a bookseller. ...
Cottage, Grub Street, High Offley.
This small timber-framed cottage, since demolished, stood on the west side of Grub Street in High Offley next to the Royal Oak public house. A large brick buttress is supporting the front of the house....
Enid Cooke with her cousins, Hollywood Farm, Hilderstone
Enid Cooke between her cousins Ruth and Samilla ‘Mila’ Dutton at Hollywood Farm, near Hilderstone. The Cooke family were at Hollywood Farm between 1934 and 1952.
The Dutton girls were orphaned in ...
Enid Cooke, Hollywood Farm, Hilderstone
Enid Cooke poses against a hay-loader at Hollywood Farm, near Hilderstone. The Cooke family were at Hollywood Farm between 1934 and 1952. Enid Elizabeth Cooke was born on 15 January 1924 at Croxton, ...