J & G Meakin Ltd, Eagle Pottery, Hanley
A group of senior staff photographed outside J & G Meakin's Eagle Pottery Works, at Ivy House, Hanley.
Left to right: W.Robotham, C.H. Breeze, Percy E. Jones, W. Hamilton, H. Alcock. J.F Meakin, F. ...
J Gamson’s Royal Bakery, Brewood
This postcard view shows J. Gamson’s, Royal Bakery in Brewood. Gamson was a baker and confectioner at 5-7 Bargate Street. Just above the horse there is a sign advertising “Apartments, Teas Provided, ...
J. Oakley, Motor Garage, Station Road, Hednesford
James Oakley and his wife Mary were born in Whitchurch, Shropshire. By 1901 he was a cycle agent at his home in Station Road, Hednesford and by 1907 he was advertising as a cycle maker, dealer and motor ...
J.H. St. Johnstone, Chief Chemist, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
The photograph of J.H. St. Johnstone giving a lecture was probably taken in Bass' laboratory. Mr St. Johnstone was chief chemist at Bass between 1948-61. He died in 1963.
Jack French Snr. at Pattingham
Jack French, Pattingham
Jack French in the back garden of 15 Moor Lane, Pattingham.
James Jones, Chesterton
James Jones lived in Roggin Row, off Audley Road in Chesterton. Born in 1876, James enlisted for the North Staffordshire Regiment during World War I when aged 42. He fought in Gallipoli before joining ...
James Meakin, Darlaston Hall
A carte-de-visite studio portrait of James Meakin (1830-1885), director of the pottery firm J & G Meakin. He bought Darlaston Hall, near Stone,from the Jervis family in 1880. The hall remained in the ...
James Motorcycle, Burton-upon-Trent
A James motorcycle and sidecar pictured on George Street, Burton-upon-Trent. If you recognise the man or woman please contact us.
The building in the background with the metal railings is the former ...
James Plant, Stafford
James Plant, currier and leather merchant of Eastgate Street, Stafford.
Japanese Kimono
This is probably a kimono for a man as it is far simpler in design and has darker colours than that of a woman's.
The shorter length and shorter sleeves also suggest it would have been worn by a man. ...
Japanese Obi
Obi’s were originally used to hold the kimono closed and started off as a simple ribbon.
Though during the seventeenth century obi’s particularly women’s started to increase in size, this new size ...
Japanese Obi
Obi’s were originally used to hold the kimono closed and started off as a simple ribbon.
Though during the seventeenth century obi’s particularly women’s started to increase in size, this new size ...
Jazz Band, Rugeley Carnival
A Jazz Band group are pictured alongside their float in Rugeley. The event is not known, however, the man on the left of the front row holds a Hospital collection tin and this could be the town's Hospital ...
Jim Doughty, The Croft, Seighford
Jim Doughty (married to Vera Doughty) is pictured with Pip the cat outside a building known as the Croft (sometimes known as the Craft) which in later years was demolished and replaced with housing on ...
Joe Foster, Bass Cooper, Burton-on-Trent
Mr Foster, a cooper at Bass, standing next to a pyramid of small casks with taps. They were made by Joe as prizes for the Burton Regatta Centenary in 1955.
John (Jack) Hart, Rugeley
Pictured is John Hart, known as 'Jack'. Initially Jack’s trade was as a motor mechanic, later he joined the Royal Air Force and was demobilised during November 1919. At the age of 25 Jack joined the ...
John and Elizabeth Johnson with grandchildren
John Johnson (born 1843 in Fradswell) 60 years of age when this photograph was taken, and his wife Elizabeth Ann Johnson, nee Chell aged 51 (born 1852 in Leigh Staffordshire) They married in 1869, John ...