Stone Lion, Westhorpe, Stafford,
One of two stone lions which stood by the main entrance of Westhorpe House.
Westhorpe was built in 1897 on Rowley Park for W.H. Peach, a shoe manufacturer and Mayor of Stafford 1886/7.
Today the ...
Stores, St. Edwards Hospital, Cheddleton
Street Collecting by World War I 'Tommy', Newcastle-under-Lyme
After facing the absolute horror of trench warfare, Britain would have seemed a very different place for soldiers returning home once the war ended.
Not only would they have had to go 'back to normal' ...
Strongford Sewage Plant construction, Barlaston
By 1924, the first sewage filter beds had been built on the site of Strongford Mill on the River Trent, between Stoke on Trent and Barlaston. New slurry beds were built in 1938.
This view shows the ...
Studio Portrait, Nurse, Stafford
Studio photograph from the Bertam Sinkinson collection shows an unidentified nurse in outdoor clothing.
This glass plate was probably taken by Weiss & Fowke. Charles Fowke was based at the Victoria ...
Studio Portrait, Stafford
Studio Portrait of an unidentified young couple from the Bertam Sinkinson collection. The man is dressed in Army uniform and the woman in a nurses uniform.
This glass plate was probably taken by Weiss ...
Summer Staff Dance at Biddulph Grange Orthopaedic Hosptial
Both indoor and outdoor hospital staff are pictured here in the front hall of Biddulph Grange.
Superintendent and Matron, Miners' Convalescent Home, Rudyard
Mr and Mrs John Cooper, Superintendent and Matron of the Miners' Convalescent Home, Rudyard from its opening in 1925. Mr Cooper was President of the North Staffordshire Miners Federation, and his wife ...
Sutton Dwellings Trust, Abbey Hulton, Stoke-on-Trent
The tablet in Greasley Road, Abbey Hulton, commemorating the Sutton Trust. This charitable trust was responsible for building of 403 houses in Abbey Hulton from 1933.
The Sutton Dwellings Trust was ...
Tamworth - Guy's Almshouses: sepia drawing
'Guy's Almshouses at Tamworth, Staffordshire.' Showing a large block of buildings at the corner of the street, running up both streets to the extent of seven windows each way. The building is Georgian ...
Tamworth - The Workhouse: sepia drawing
'The Workhouse at Tamworth, Staffordshire.' Showing a large two storeyed brick building with a high roof, chimneys, a cupola and a clock. The workhouse on Wigginton Road was rebuilt 1858-9. The workhouse ...
Tamworth General Hospital, Hospital Street, Tamworth
The Hospital was founded in 1880 by Reverend William MacGregor. It was originally quite a small single storey building, but was extended on a number of occasions.
The section of the building with the ...
The Accident Home, Littleworth, Hednesford
An early postcard view of the Accident Home at Littleworth, Hednesford. The site is now occupied by Hewston Croft.
Prior to opening as the Accident Home in 1897, it was a private dwelling named Ford ...
The Asylum from the air, Cheddleton
An aerial view of Cheddleton Asylum viewed from the south
In 1890 Staffordshire County Council’s Lunacy Committee decided to build a new asylum for the north of the county due to overcrowding in the ...
The Asylum, Cheddleton
In 1890 Staffordshire County Council’s Lunacy Committee decided to build a new asylum for the north of the county due to overcrowding in the existing asylums at Stafford and Burntwood. Land at Bank Farm ...
The Bank House, Uttoxeter
The Bank House on Church Street, Uttoxeter pictured when it belonged to Mr Brown the Dentist. This photograph was taken from the tower of St. Mary's Church.
The Boys Home, Hoar Cross
The Home of the Good Shepherd was an orphanage established in part of Hoar Cross Old Hall by Emily Meynell-Ingram in 1888. The home was run by the Sisters of St Margaret's, East Grinstead, and had room ...
The Clinic, Arthur Street, Chadsmoor
The building is a brick-built one- storey structure with a shaped and tiled roof. It has a porticoed doorway and a light either side of door. Four young mothers with children and a man stand outside the ...