Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Dennis Holland, with bulldog, dressed as a naval character from the film 'The Bulldog Breed', a 1960 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom and directed by Robert Asher.
Dennis, a member of the ...
Pulling teeth in the back yard, Glascote, Tamworth
Reginald, Lesley and Dorothy Brain shown here as children about to pull teeth. Lesley is playing the dentist here, and later became Headmaster at Dosthill and then at Kingsbury. Reginald Brain later became ...
Pupils and staff, Cheddleton School
Pupils and staff of Cheddleton School with the Vicar of Cheddleton, Rev. William Gaisford Burgis. The photograph was probably taken in the Vicarage garden.
Back row (left to right): unknown, Mrs Parnell, ...
Purton's, High Street, Stone
A display stand of prams, bicycles and toy cars stocked by Purton's of High Street, Stone pictured in a marquee, possibly at the Staffordshire County Showground, Hopton, Stafford.
Purton's sold prams, ...
Queensville, Stafford,
View from the Radford side of the railway bridge.
Until 1838 this area was known as Spittal Brook, but was changed in honour of the Coronation of Queen Victoria. The former name was a reference to ...
Rachel Haggis and children, Gnosall
Mrs Rachel Haggis (nee Plant) pictured with her two oldest children, Violet (1 year and ten months) and George 6 months. At the time (circa 1910) the Haggis family lived at Fern Lea, The Rank, Gnosall. ...
Rachel Plant , governess, Stafford
Rachel Plant as governess. Rachel was the daughter of Thomas Dalton Plant of Stafford and she is seen in this Edwardian photograph with her two charges and their parents, Mr and Mrs Cundy.
Railway at Stafford
A view of the Trent Valley Junction. The signalbox is in the process of being demolished. To the left can be seen Dinham's Wagon Repair Works.
Railway signals, Silverdale
Two young children having fun, playing with disused railway signal leavers on the Silverdale colliery line. Photograph taken by a member of the Silverdale Community Play Association.
Ravenhill House, Brereton
Ravenhill House was built, on the site of an earlier building, sometime between 1772 and 1787 by Assheton Curzon (later Viscount Curzon) of Hagley Hall, Rugeley . It was leased from Curzon in 1787 to ...
Rear of Liverpool Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This signed watercolour by M.Stewart shows the rear of Liverpool Road in Newcastle-under-Lyme. A row of houses with television aerials make up the main picture with a paved area to the foreground on which ...
Rear view of Merrial Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph shows the poor state of repair many of the older buildings in Newcastle-under-Lyme had reached by the 1960s. This building was demolished to make way for the deveopment of the Civic Offices....
Recept for pram, Burton upon Trent
A receipt for the purchase of a Silver Cross pram from Babyland (Burton) Ltd., 99 High Street, Burton-upon-Trent. The pram was bought by Mrs Joan Torr shortly after the birth of her son Michael in May ...
Recreation Hall, Coton Hill Asylum, Stafford
The large recreation hall was used in the winter as a dance hall, cinema and theatre.
Coton Hill Asylum was built in the 1850s and opened in 1854. It was originally built as an extension to the County ...
Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Oil painting by R. M. Colley of the square with St Giles' Church, shops to left and right with figures.
Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Advert for Rimmel's grocers, the building later became Wain's Chemist.
St Giles' Church can be seen on the left of the image.
Refectory, Cotton College, Cotton
The refectory or dining room at Cotton College, also known as St. Wilfrid’s College.
Cotton Hall was built in the 18th century by the Gilbert family. In 1844 it was sold to the Earl of Shrewsbury and ...
Rev. Caller and family, Brindley Village, Cannock Chase
The Rev. Caller at home with his wife and daughter, Brindley Village.
Originally built in 1916 as a Military Hospital to serve both Brocton and Rugeley army training camps, the hospital had twelve ...