Stone-breaking Yard, Stafford Gaol
Prisoners were put to work on treadwheels, pin-heading or stone-breaking. This was a form of punishment and also enabled the prisoner to earn his keep.
Here prisoners with wheel barrows are collecting ...
Studio Portrait of a Fireman, Stafford,
Mr Ernest Haywood was Captain of Stafford Fire Brigade.
When he retired in 1942 he was made a Freeman of the Borough.
Superintendent Arnold, Stone Police
Born in Bolton, Lancashire in 1882, Robert Arnold was apprenticed as a shoeing smith to his blacksmith father, but joined the Staffordshire Constabulary in 1904. In his early police career he worked ...
Supt. Mary Elizabeth Wright Q.P.M, Stafford
Supt. Wright served in the Staffordshire County Police from 26 August 1944 until her death on 17 November 1972. She was awarded the Queen's Police medla for distinguished service.
Mary was Sergeant ...
T. Rowntree's New Invented Churn - Advertisement from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
A New Invention and some Bold Claims
Advertisement for a new kind of milk churn consisting of two almost horizontal cylinders on a stand.
The manufacturer explains the advantages of using this churn ...
Tamworth Police Station
Oil painting on board of Tamworth Police Station , Staffordshire. St. Editha's church can be seen to the right.
An oil painting by C.W. Sheldon, formerly in the collections of the Staffordshire Police ...
Tank, Anson Street, Rugeley
A World War 1 tank pictured outside the Police Station on Anson Street in Rugeley shortly after the end of the war. This tank was one of two which were sent to the Army Camps on Cannock Chase for training ...
Technical Training School, Standon
Originally a Church of England home for 'waifs and strays' and later classified as an Industrial School, by 1938 it was an Intermediate Approved School' for boys aged 13 to 15 committed there by the legal ...
The Annual Fire Pump Competitions at RAF Stafford
This photograph was taken during the annual fire pump competitions which were held between the fire crews at each RAF storage depot. The fire crews are pictured on parade during an inspection along with ...
The Cenotaph and Anson Street, Rugeley
On the left is the Police Station and on the right is the Post Office.
Rugeley War Memorial was unveiled on Sunday, 23 January 1921 at 3.00 pm. by the Right Honourable The Earl of Dartmouth, Lord Lieutenant ...
The Court House, Kingswinford
A postcard view of the Court House public house on Dudley Road, Kingswinford. Grade II listed and built in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and used as a court house, it was converted into a public ...
The Crown and Anchor, Stone
The thatched Crown and Anchor public house was built in 1675, but was severely damaged by fire in 1937. It was rebuilt in time to celebrate George VI's coronation the following year.
The Crown Club, Abbots Bromley
The description on the front of this postcard view is: ‘Crown Club 1914’. The picture was taken on Crown Bank, Market Place, Abbots Bromley.
On the left are cottages and in the centre behind the motor ...
The English Electric Co., Stafford Works Fire Engine
The English Electric Co., Stafford Works, Aster Merryweather, Fire Engine is pictured with the Fire Crew including a Fire-Woman (which was quite unusual at this time). The fire engine was housed in the ...
The fire at Wetmore Maltings, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
The morning after the fire, with fire engine, a soldier and a fireman in front of the burnt buildings.
Bryan Chinn recalls;
I attended this fire as a sub-officer of Ind Coope Fire Service, and ...
The funeral of Elizabeth Gaskin, Hednesford
Postcard photograph of the funeral cortège of Elizabeth Gaskell in Market Street, Hednesford on March 2nd, 1919. The local Funeral Director, George Stacey's, horse drawn hearse is passing the Market ...
The funeral of Elizabeth Gaskin, Hednesford
Postcard photo of the internment of the body of Elizabeth Gaskell on March 2nd, 1919 at St Peter's Church, Church Hill, Hednesford. Elizabeth was 23 years old. A cordon of police had been drawn up around ...
The Hednesford Murder
A postcard with four views of places associated with the murder of Mrs Gaskin in Hednesford in 1919. The murder of Mrs Gaskin is not Hednesford's only murder but it is still probably the most infamous.
Henry ...