Pair of child's clogs
Pair of child's clogs from Derrington, near Stafford. Black leather uppers and wooden soles, iron shod.
This type of low cost footware kept the feet warm and dry. In the early twentieth century clogs ...
Parade in Abbots Bromley
This postcard view shows a parade of Guides and school children passing the 17th century hexagonal butter cross in the Market Place and walking towards Bagot Street in Abbots Bromley. In the centre there ...
Parade in Abbots Bromley
This postcard view shows an unidentified parade positioned by the Post Office (left) and the Crown Hotel (later known as the Crown Inn) on Crown Bank in Abbots Bromley.
The parade is thought to be ...
Parish group, Checkley
A group of people from Checkley Parish.
Back row (left to right): Kate Rogers, Mrs. Fearn, Joan Akrill, Mrs. Sutherland, Sid Beddows, Mrs. Beddows, Rev. William Edward Drinkwater (Rector of Checkley, ...
Parish Room and Cottage Homes, Armitage
The four almshouses and the Parish Room were built by the Rev. E. Samson in 1904. He had previously built four almshouses in Brereton. The homes were for the use of needy village people. The almshouses ...
Passageway next to the Old Fire Station, Eccleshall,
Passageway beside the old fire station.
The house on the right belonged to Mr Challenor, who established his plumbing business in 1848. The rolls are of lead pipe. Mr Challenor fitted gas and hot ...
Pegg family, Cheddleton
Thomas and Sarah Pegg and family in the garden of their home, Hale House Farm, Ostlers Lane, Cheddleton. Thomas worked as a woodman.
Pelsall Road, Brownhills
The last two buildings to the right of this delightful postcard still exist (2018). The one facing, far right, was built as the offices of Brownhills Board of Health in 1882 on Chester Road opposite the ...
Penny for the Guy, Stafford
These boys found a novel way of persuading people to “spare a penny for the guy” before bonfire night on 5 November 1950. The boy on the right presses a switch on the battery he is holding and the guy’s ...
People in Marston Lane, Rolleston on Dove
Perry family, Donegal Road, Streetly
Mrs Perry with her grandson Anthony Perry in the garden of 41, Donegal Road, Streetly.
Philip Dale and son, Stafford
This carte de visite studio portrait shows Philip Dale (1832-1917), brazier and ironmonger of 11 Greengate Street, Stafford with his son, Philip Thomas Dale (1865-1953).
Philip Dale was born in Gaolgate ...
Phoebe Clarke and family, Hednesford
Phoebe Clarke, nee Woollams, married James William Clarke at Pershore in 1886. After the birth of their first child they moved to Hednesford in about 1888 where James worked (and died) in the booming ...
Phyllis Clark, Seighford
Phyllis Clark is pictured feeding chickens at Rose Cottage, Seighford.
Acknowledgement: thank you to Mr Terry and Mrs Jan Harrison (nee Lawton) for the additional information.
Physical jerks before breakfast, Uttoxeter ACF Camp
The young cadets had an inspection parade at 7.30am, before physical jerks (exercises), which Edward Wilson, one of the cadet leaders recalled, "soon dispelled any remains of sleepiness".
Picking Coal. Photographed by William Blake.
People foraging for coal during the Coal Strike, March 1912.
Pig killing in back yard, Cannock area
Pike Pool, River Dane, near Quarnford
Children paddling by Pike Pool on the River Dane, near Quarnford on the Staffordshire-Cheshire border.