Ladies Silk Dress, 1960s
This silk dress was handmade and has a hand painted design of flowers.
It probably dates to the late 1960s, it is short in length and the flowers were painted in bright 'psychedelic' colours reminiscent ...
Ladies Silver Evening Gloves, c.1960s
These long gloves would have been worn for a special occasion or as evening wear.
They are made using a metallic silver thread which means they were probably made in the 1960s.
Ladies Wedding Shoes, 1926
Worn in 1926 by Mrs Salt (nee Miss Mary Ellen Barks) on her wedding day.
Although they appear plain for a wedding they were also practical and could be worn again after the wedding, as shoes were expensive. ...
Ladies White Cotton Apron
This apron is made out of cotton and has simple white embroidery for decoration and a lace trim.
The top edge of this apron would have been pinned in place and would have been called a 'pinny'.
It ...
Ladies White Lace Apron
Aprons were originally used to protect the wearer’s clothes from harm, yet as time passed aprons started to be used to show status or occupation in society.
This apron is made out of lace and was ...
Lady Anne Bridgeman
Lady Anne Newport, wife of Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 4th Baronet and mother of Sir Henry Bridgeman who inherited Weston Park after the death of his uncle, the 4th Earl of Bradford, in 1762.
She was the ...
Lady Burton opening Yoxall Parish Hall
Lady Burton stands outside the hall holding a large posy of flowers with Lord Burton beside her.
Lady Burton, Burton upon Trent
Lady Burton with a bouquet of flowers at the Railway Mission Hall , Moor Street, Burton upon Trent.
Harriett Georgina Bass (1841-1931), daughter of Edward Thornewill of the Thornewill engineering ...
Lady Burton, Rangemore
Harriett Georgina Bass (1841-1931), daughter of Edward Thornewill of the Thornewill engineering company of Burton-upon-Trent. She married Michael Arthur Bass, Lord Bass, in 1869. She was born at Park ...
Lady Burton, Rangemore Hall
Lady Burton is pictured in an Austin sports tourer outside Rangemore Hall.
Harriett Georgina Bass (1841-1931), daughter of Edward Thornewill of the Thornewill engineering company of Burton-upon-Trent. ...
Lady Burton, Yoxall
Lady Burton opening Yoxall Parish Hall in 1905.
Harriett Georgina Bass (1841-1931), daughter of Edward Thornewill of the Thornewill engineering company of Burton-upon-Trent. She married Michael Arthur ...
Lady Noreen Bass laying the foundation stone to the New Hall, Yoxall
Lady Bass is seen wearing a light coloured stoal and dark dress.
Lady Susan Leveson Gower
Photograph from the Bertam Sinkinson collection of a painting of Lady Susan Leveson-Gower was born in September 1772 at Trentham. She was the daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquis of Stafford, ...
Landing Stage, Rudyard Lake
A postcard view of visitors and boats at the landing stage near the south end of Rudyard Lake.
Rudyard Lake is a reservoir constructed in 1797 by engineer John Rennie to feed the Caldon Branch of ...
Laura Dutton and Mrs Trundley, Walton on the Hill
Laura Dutton (then aged 22) with her neighbour Mrs. Trundley (aged 72) in her back garden in Walton on the Hill, Stafford in 1922. The spire of St.Thomas' Church can be seen in the background.
Laura Dutton, Walton on the Hill
Laura Dutton (aged 20) in her garden in Walton-on-the-Hill, Stafford. St. Thomas' Church is in the background.
Lawn Tennis Pavilion, Adbaston
Tennis players and spectators pictured in front of their wood and corrugated iron pavilion in Adbaston.
This photograph was probably taken by Harry Osbourne of Woodseaves.
Lea Hall Colliery canteen
This was the first colliery planned and sunk by the National Coal Board. The two shafts were started in 1954 and sunk to a depth of 1300ft (396m). The first coal was produced in 1960, and the colliery's ...