Omnibus with Driver and Groom, Ingestre,
Omnibus at Ingestre with horses, driver and groom.
Open Day at the GEC Castle Engineering Works, Stafford
The GEC Castle Engineering Works in Stafford held an Open Day in 1977 to mark the occasion of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee. During the event there were various attractions for the visitors including examples ...
Ornamentor, Wedgwood Factory, Barlaston,
Prestige ornamentor Kevin Dodd at the Wedgwood factory, applying bas reliefs to a Jasper copy of the Portland Vase, the Wedgwood 'icon'.
It is not known where and when the Portland Vase was discovered, ...
Oulton Road, Stone
Houses on Oulton Road, looking towards Oulton Cross. The nearest house on the right is Ingleside, built in 1904. Beyond the far house are the grounds of Alleyne’s Grammar School.
A postcard view by ...
Oulton Rocks, Oulton, near Stone
Oulton Rocks was probably built in the mid 1860s for Edward Capper Copeland J.P., earthenware manufacturer. Following his death in May 1875 it was sold and by 1880 another earthenware manufacturer, Charles ...
Outing, Codsall Women's Institute
Codsall Women's Institute pictured on a trip to the Cotswolds. Nancy Johnson far right, Christine Hommers 2nd from right.
Pageant Dance Troupe, Stafford
These young dancers are pictured in action at Stafford Common after the Stafford Pageant procession, which started in Stychfields, progressed through the town centre and finished at the Common. Please ...
Pageant Party, Stafford
Watched by some of the 80 children who attended, Miss Wynne Porter is pictured as she cuts the large iced cake at a party for her pupils, held at the Oddfellows Hall in Stafford on Friday 24 October to ...
Pageant Procession, Gaol Road, Stafford
The parade of decorated floats seen in Gaol Road during the annual Trades and Friendly Societies' Pageant. A prize was awarded to the best decorated entries and along the route collections were made ...
Pageant Queen and Flower Girl, Stafford,
The annual Stafford Pageant included a procession through the town, and ended with a fair on the town common.
A prize was awarded to the best decorated entries and along the route collections were ...
Pam Rose and maids, Shugborough
Pamela Rose (daughter of George Rose, Head Chauffeur to the Earl of Lichfield between about 1920 and 1962) standing with two maids on the cricket ground at Shugborough.
Pancake tossing, Fernleigh Hospital, Stafford
The head cook at Fernleigh Hospital, Mrs L. Cook, tosses one of 270 Shrove Tuesday pancakes she made for the old people resident there. The assistant cook, Mrs V. Harrison and the principal, Mr J.W. ...
Panelled Room at Beaudesert Hall
Beaudesert Hall was the mansion of the Pagets, Marquesses of Anglesey. Its core was medieval, with later alterations. James Wyatt and Joseph Potter remodelled the interiors of the original Elizabethan ...
Paradise Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Paradise Street in Newcastle-under-Lyme was one of the first areas to be demolished and its residents re-housed in new council housing after the Second World War.
As the photograph shows the terraced ...
Parkgate, Wootton
A postcard view of cottage in the small Hamlet of Parkgate, near Wootton.
Photographer: H.P. Hansen, Ashbourne.
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.
Pencil box, Newcastle Under-Lyme
Wooden pencil box made by Ernest Bloor Joiner and Cabinet maker. Lid slides out of top. Top tray swivels out to reveal lower section. Contains eraser and nib and pen.
Dimensions Length 238mm Width 56mm ...
Penkhull Street, heading towards its junction with Stubbs' Gate, Newcastle-under-Lyme
An almost unrecognisable scene compared to today's landscape.
At the top-left of the image, you can just about make out the roof of the Holy Trinity Catholic Church on the adjoining London Road.
The ...