Doll Pageant Entry, Stafford,
Gladys Holt with her pageant entry 'Dolls' Mannequin Parade'.
The annual procession through Stafford ended with a fair on the town common. A prize was awarded to the best decorated entries and along ...
Dolls Shoes, c.1930 -1950
These boots are made out of leather with small tight elastic bands as fasteners.
They were originally painted white but most of the colour has faded away with only small pieces of the original colour ...
Donkey Riding
Photograph taken in an unknown location in Staffordshire. It shows a man and dog, and three girls; two of whom are sitting on the backs of donkeys.
This glass plate was probably taken by Weiss & ...
Downs Banks, Stone,
In the eighteenth century Bluebarn Farm on Downs Bank grew hops for Joule's Brewery.
In 1946 Joule's purchased a the land from Viscount Sidmouth. It was presented to the National Trust on 22 July ...
Dudley Wood Road, Dudley Wood, West Midlands
A view looking north north along Dudley Wood Road, one of a series of photographs taken showing subsidence of buildings due to coal mining. Most of the buildings to the left of the photograph are suffering ...
Employees outside Bostock's Shoe Factory, Stafford,
Edwin Bostock's shoe factory was originally in Foregate Street, Stafford, but was destroyed by fire in 1901. This resulted in a new factory being built on Sandon Road, which opened in 1903.
Bostock's ...
Enid Cooke with her cousins, Hollywood Farm, Hilderstone
Enid Cooke between her cousins Ruth and Samilla ‘Mila’ Dutton at Hollywood Farm, near Hilderstone. The Cooke family were at Hollywood Farm between 1934 and 1952.
The Dutton girls were orphaned in ...
Enid Cooke, Astage House, Croxton
Enid Elizabeth Cooke aged four with a doll and toy pram at Astage House, Croxton. The Briscoe and Cooke family farmed at Astage House Farm between about 1909 and 1934.
Evacuees at Church Cottage, Seighford
Sisters Joan and Pat (last name unknown) were evacuees from Ramsgate, Kent. They stayed with the Breeze family at Church Cottage in Seighford for two or three years during the Second World War.
Left ...
Excursion to Trentham Gardens
Jackson and Follick's Bakery staff outing to Trentham Gardens.
The vehicle belonged to A.T. Boult who was an undertaker and also hired out carriages for special occasions. His premises were on Eastgate ...
Fairbanks Farm, Seighford
Back row (left to right): Thelma Lowe, Janet Lawton and Hazel Taylor. Front row: Susan Jenks and Rosie Taylor. They are pictured by the hay barn of Fairbanks Farm in Seighford.
Acknowledgement: thank ...
Family Group at Milford
A postcard view of a family group taken on 10 August 1910 at Milford. On the reverse it states that the young man in the centre of the picture is Harold William Frith, aged 1 year and 10 months.
Family Group outside Burston Villa,
Family Group, Brocton, (2)
Family group outside a thatched cottage on Oldacre Lane.
Family group, Woodseaves area
A large family group, possibly assembled for a christening, pictured outside a shed somewhere in the Woodseaves area. Behind them, to the left, is a delivery cart. Please contact us if you can identify ...
Family group, Woodseaves area
A family group outside the front door of an unidentified cottage in the Woodseaves area. The girl to the left is holding a badminton racket while the woman standing to the right is holding a pet dog.
Photographer: ...
Family group, Woodseaves area
A woman and four children with their pet dog pictured outside the back door of an unidentified house somewhere in the Woodseaves area. Please contact us if you can identify the people or the location.
Photographer: ...
Family group, Woodseaves area
A family group portrait pictured in their back yard, probably in the Woodseaves area of Staffordshire.
Photographer: Harry Osbourne of Woodseaves.