Iron toasting fork
Iron toasting fork made from two lengths of wire, one of which is doubled round to form three prongs. Four iron bands hold handle together. Home made by Mr. Adams of Stafford, late 19th century.
From ...
Key Markets Supermarket, Sheridan Centre, Stafford
A sales assistant is pictured along with several customers at the meat counter within Key Markets Supermarket in the Sheridan Centre which was developed in the 1970s. In later years the centre was partly ...
Key Markets Supermarket, Sheridan Centre, Stafford
A sales assistant is pictured with a customer at the cheese counter within Key Markets Supermarket in the Sheridan Centre which was developed in the 1970s. In later years the centre was partly demolished ...
Kitchen, Walhouse School, Cannock
Walhouse School was founded in 1828 by Mrs Ann Craycroft Walhouse of Hatherton Hall who gave £2,000 to buy the land and build a school and teacher's house on New Penkridge Road. By 1851 it had become ...
Laundry Drying Room, Stafford Gaol
Prison linen drying by the range in the laundry.
Lord Nelson taking Afternoon Tea with his Housekeeper and Guests
Pictured standing is Lord Nelson (George Horatio Nelson), 1st Lord Nelson of Stafford, Managing Director of English Electric between 1930 and 1956, taking afternoon tea with his Housekeeper, Mrs Belcher ...
Lunch Queue, Brooklands School, Stafford,
Brooklands opened on Eccleshall Road in 1946 as a private school.
At first only a small number of five and six year olds were admitted, but the number of pupils increased and by 1962 126 children ...
Making food parcels for miners' families, Florence Colliery, Stoke-on-Trent 1984
The miner's strike of 1984/1985 saw many miner's families experience hardship as no money was coming in either through wages or benefits. Womens action groups set up food centres which packaged donated ...
Making food parcels, Florence Colliery, Longton
During the miners’ strike of 1984-1985 striking workers received no pay or benefits and many families fell on hard times. People donated food to local collection points like this one at Florence colliery ...
Meat slice from Bramshall, Uttoxeter
Blacksmith made slice, made of steel. Rectangular blade with sloping shoulders to short handle with hole at end. Called by donor a "meat slice" but could be a baking slice. Collected from Bramshall, ...
Meeting of school canteen supervisors, Stafford
Menu from the Old Farmhouse Restaurant, Armitage
This image shows the first courses and second courses on a menu from an Italian gourmet evening held at the Old Farmhouse Restaurant in 1989.
Menu from the Old Farmhouse Restaurant, Armitage
This image shows the cold first courses and hot second courses on a menu from a French gourmet evening held at the Old Farmhouse Restaurant in 1987.
Menu, The Old Farmhouse Restaurant, Armitage
A typical Sunday lunch menu at the Old Farmhouse Restaurant.
Metal slice
Metal slice tapering blade with oval shaped hole at top and spatula like blade. Possibly from north Staffordshire and used in oatcake making.
From the Staffordshire County Museum collection.
Oatcake slice
Used for turning over Staffordshire oatcakes when cooking on a griddle or bakestone. Supposedly belonged to James Brindley's household, from Leek, Staffordshire.
From the Staffordshire County Museum ...
Oatcake slice
An iron oatcake slice used when making Staffordshire oatcakes, collected from Wolfdale Farm, Rushton Spencer, north Staffordshire.
They were baked once or twice a week on a special built-in bakestone ...
Oatcake spriddle, Warslow Area
Used to remove Staffordshire oatcakes from griddle when one side is cooked, and to turn them over to cook the other side. Wooden handle with sheet iron blade. Collected from Warslow in the Staffordshire ...