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Glascote Bottom Lock, Glascote, Tamworth

A pre World War One sepia photograph of Glascote Bottom Lock and House. The photograph shows Mrs Crowshaw in the distance, the Lock Keepers wife, with her three children in the foreground.

Glebe colliery Fenton, Mines Rescue team

Description: This photograph was taken at the Mines Rescue Centre in Glebe Street, Stoke on Trent. This was adjacent to the Saracens Head public House (all now demolished). Men standing from left to ...

Glebe cottage, Main Road, Harlaston, Lichfield

The school teacher, Miss Aumonier, and her sister are standing outside their school teacher premises. The view shows the Main Road in Harlaston, with the east window of St. Matthew's Church Chancel seen ...

Glenthorne Primary School's Sponsored Fun Run, Cheslyn Hay

This photograph was taken at the school's annual fun run in 1990. It was in fancy dress that year as the final push towards raising enough money to buy a mini bus. The children featured in the picure ...

Glove stretcher

Bone 'scissor' type glove stretchers. They were used to open the fingers of tight fitting kid leather gloves, a popular fashion accessory for women in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. From the ...

Gold Wedding Dress, 1926

This was worn by Mary Ellen Barks when she married her husband Mr Simon Salt on 16th June 1926. This is a gold or 'champagne' coloured georgette and lace wedding dress. It is knee length, with a ...

Gold Wedding Dress, 1960s

This dress was worn by Mrs Dunn when she was married on 3 September 1962 at Wolstanton Methodist Church. It is quite typical of the wedding fashion of the day. Everyday fashion in the 1960s started ...

Golden Wedding Party at the Old Vicarage, Eccleshall,

Rev. and Mrs Allen's' Golden Wedding celebration. The photograph was taken outside the Old Vicarage on Vicarage Close.

Golden Wedding Party, Hixon

Mr and Mrs Wilmot Martins' Golden Wedding party. From left to right are Mr and Mrs G. Bagshaw, Mr Martin', Mrs Edith Martin (nee Kennerley) and Mrs Mycock, wearing Victorian clothes, who was celebrating ...

Gordon Hayler's trussing in ceremony, Middle Yard Cooperage, Bass, Burton-on-Trent

To become a fully fledged cooper after serving his apprenticeship, the cooper is traditionally "trussed-in". During the ceremony the cooper has to sit in a beer barrel and old beer and wood-shavings are ...

Graduation Cap

This is the graduation cap worn by Florence G. Handley in 1910 after she had graduated from university.

Grakle's farewell, Flaxley Green, Rugeley

A poignant picture of racehorse 'Grakle' in the stable yard with Tom Coulthwaite (far right) and three jockeys (left), just before he left to spend his retirement at another stables. Mr. Coulthwaite ...

Grand Duke Michael at Keele Hall, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Grand Duke Michael of Russia purchased the lease of Keele Hall for ten years in 1901. He had many visitors during his stay including Edward VII and the Rajah of Putacota. The Duke is pictured here on ...

Gravel Lane, Huntington

Tony Briggs senior standing behind his nephews, Mark and Sam Williams.

Gravelly Bank, Lightwood. Photographed by William Blake.

Street scene taken at Gravelly Bank, Lightwood, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. This is one of many street scenes in the Blake Collection. Most of them were taken in the Normacot and Dresden areas near ...

Great Wyrley Outrage

This black and white postcard shows two horses killed in the nationally infamous Wyrley Outrages of 1903-15. The two mares belonging to Captain Harrison of Harrison's Colliery were attacked in August ...

Green Man Darts Team, Hixon

Members of the Green Man Inn Darts Club at Hixon are pictured celebrating the winning of four trophies in the Weston Trent Valley Darts League. The club carried off the League Shield and the Johnson and ...

Greengate Street Stafford

Greengate Street looking towards the Market Square. The timber framed building on the left is the Ancient High House, built by Richard Dorrington in 1595. In 1826 the building was bought by John Marson, ...