Bass Shire horses visit to Holy Trinity C.E.(C) Primary School, Burton
This photograph was taken on the school playground during a visit from two of the Bass Shire horses.
The school has four school teams, each of which is named after one of the four Bass Shires.
Those ...
Baxters Butchers Shop, Sheridan Centre, Stafford
Baxters butchers shop formed part of the Sheridan Centre which was developed in the 1970s. In later years the centre was partly demolished and given a £5 million redevelopment which officially re-opened ...
Beach scene, Lancashire
Lantern slide of a beach scene including a group of people by a lifeboat house. This is probably the beach at Ainsdale near Formby, Lancashire where photographer William Blake grew up. Blake moved to ...
Beating the Bounds, Wetley Rocks
Beating the bounds, Cheddleton Parish. Men and boys climbing up ladder onto the roof of the Plough Inn, Wetley Rocks. The parish boundary between Cheddleton and Consall passes through the building.
Beating ...
Beatrice and Florence Penton, Cannock
This portrait was taken around 1914 and shows the two youngest children of Cannock coal miner Thomas Penton and Sarah Alice Penton. They had eleven children in total, all of whom lived to adulthood. ...
Beehive corner, Hednesford
This well known store was situated on the corner of Cannock Road and Green Heath Road (West Hill) until its closure in the 1960s. It was owned by Harris, Horton & Heath at the time of this photograph ...
Belgian refugees, Cheddleton
Carl and Theo, two of the Belgian refugees billeted in Cheddleton during the First World War, pictured outside Mr and Mrs Parnell's summer house on School Lane in Cheddleton. John James Parnell was the ...
Biddle's Stores, Brook Square, Rugeley
A view taken in Brook Square looking towards Lower Brook Street in Rugeley.
On the left is Biddle’s Stores which started business in 1850. The decorations by the upper floor windows suggest that at ...
Black Lion Inn, Cheddleton
The Black Lion Inn, Hollow Lane, Cheddleton. The man in the doorway is Henry Walker (1874-1932) who was licensee from 1913 until at least 1921. The woman is his daughter Kathleen (born 1899) and with ...
Black Straw Poke Bonnet, c.1850-1880
This example is made out of straw and is trimmed in lace and feathers.
A beautiful floral decoration on the left hand side breaks up the dark colouring and makes it less formal.
The cotton ribbon ...
Blacksmith, Gnosall
Joseph Beech's smithy at the junction of Beffcote Road and Quarry Lane, Gnosall.
In this photograph members of the Beech family along with employees are gathered outside the Smithy for the photographer. ...
Blacksmith's shop, Cotes Heath
Photographs shows Tom Giles' blacksmith's shop which stood opposite the church in Cotes Heath, which can be seen in the background, to the left. Tom Giles, farmer and blacksmith, was born in Farndon, ...
Blue Girl Guides Cap, 1990s
The Girls Guides started as a side organisation from the Boy Scouts. Lord Robert Baden-Powell set up a camp for boys in 1907 at Brownsea Island in Dorset to test his scouting ideas.
By 1908 girls started ...
Boathouse Lane, Armitage
At the time of this photograph Boathouse Lane ran from New Road, Armitage, near to its junction with Old Road, down to the Trent and Mersey Canal. There had been a public house named The Boathouse at ...
Bon Marche, Tean
Pictured are members of the Johnson family outside the Bon Marche General Stores on the corner of Hollington Road and Uttoxeter Road in Upper Tean. With Frances Verian Johnson (then aged 52) are her daughters ...
Bonehill House, Tamworth
Bonehill House, near the north end of Drayton Park, was the seat of Mrs. Peel, relict of the late Edmund Peel, Esq., who died in November 1850 a few months after his brother Robert Peel. The Peel family’s ...
Boothen School Class
Class 1B pupils at Boothen Church of England School on the corner of London Road and All Saints Road, Stoke on Trent.
Founded in 1859 as Boothen National Schools it originally occupied the shell of ...
Boothen School Class
Class 4 pupils at Boothen Church of England School on the corner of London Road and All Saints Road, Stoke on Trent.
Founded in 1859 as Boothen National Schools it originally occupied the shell of ...