Sand and gravel pit, Chase Road, Cannock Chase
A closer view of the worked out sand and gravel pit that at the top of Chase Road, now a conservation area for wildlife. A sign of the times, when aggregates were extracted and the site left to nature. ...
Sand and gravel pit, Chase Road, Cannock Chase
This photograph was taken in 1982 and is the entrance to the gravel quarry near the top of Chase Road coming up the hill from Brocton. It is now a quiet area set aside for wildlife but before vast quantities ...
Sandon Road VE Day Party, Stafford
The adults in this photograph are (left to right): Phyllis Hardy, Mrs Smith, Mrs Lamb, Mrs Hewitt, Mrs Dutton, Mrs Beasley (seated holding a little girl), Eileen Yates and Mr Yates. The boys seated to ...
Sandon W.I. at Sandon Hall
During World War II Sandon Hall was used by the Red Cross as a convalescent home for wounded servicemen. Sandon Women's Institute helped by mending clothing and bedding, and by making bandages.
Standing ...
Sandon War Memorial
Sandon war memorial was unveiled by Colonel John Ward DSO MP on 7th May 1921 and dedicated by the Vicar of Sandon. It commemorates the men of Sandon Hall Estate who lost their lives in World War I. ...
Satnall Hills, Cannock Chase
A postcard photograph taken on the northern edge of Cannock chase with the caption "Tommy Love-making, Brocton Camp".
The couple are sitting on top of the small sluice gate which can still be found ...
Scything nettles, Rodbaston Farm Institute, Penkridge
Women's Land Army recruits scything nettles at Rodbaston Farm Institute. On the right is their instructor, Mr J.W. Rowland.
Rodbaston College's origins lie in 1919 when the War Agricultural Committee ...
Second Contingent Tamworth Volunteers, Tamworth Castle Courtyard
The Second Contingent of Tamworth Volunteers, who served in the South African War during 1901, taken in the courtyard of Tamworth Castle. On the front row are, Col. Sergt. S. Pownell, Privates; W. Harvey, ...
Sergeant-Instructor Allchin, Rugeley
A postcard portrait of Sergeant-Instructor George Allchin who was born in East Malling, Kent in 1814. This photograph was taken in his 92nd year, not long before his death in 1907. At the time of this ...
Sergeant-Major Bloor, Home Guard, Cheddleton
Sergeant-Major Percy Bloor in his Home Guard uniform, back garden of Bankside, Cronny Bank, Cheddleton.
Percy Bloor's time with the Home Guard, as told to his grandson Peter Bloor by Percy’s son Roger ...
Setting up a Volunteer Corps - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
The Defence and Preservation of KING and Country
Printed public notice announcing the resolutions from a meeting that took place in the Legs of Man in Burslem on July 28th, 1803.
A number of businessmen ...
Sharp Brothers and Knight War Memorial, Burton-upon-Trent
Memorial to the workers from Sharp Brothers and Knight joinery manufacturers killed in the two world wars. Originally displayed on the factory building, the two memorial plaques were later remounted on ...
Shaw Place, VE Day. Leek
Residents of Shaw Place, a cul-de-sac off Buxton Road, pictured celebrating Victory in Europe Day in 1945. The houses were built in the 1920s.
In the left hand group, standing, are Joyce Harding (2nd ...
Sherbrook Valley, near Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
This photograph was probably taken close to the head of Sherbrook Valley, before Gospel Place. There is a healthy
flow in the Sherbrook. No huts appear on the skyline but just around the corner to the ...
Shooting Butts Camp School, Rugeley
Boys reading books in the grounds of Shooting Butts.
Shooting Butts Camp School, Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley was opened in May1940 for evacuee boys from Birmingham. There was also a similar Camp School ...
Shooting Butts Camp School, Rugeley
Evacuee boys looking after pigs at Shooting Butts School. Wearing shorts and overseeing the boys is George Lygo.
Shooting Butts Camp School, Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley was opened in May1940 for evacuee ...
Shooting Butts Camp School, Rugeley
Interior of a dormitory at Shooting Butts.
Shooting Butts Camp School, Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley was opened in May1940 for evacuee boys from Birmingham. There was also a similar Camp School for ...
Shooting Butts Camp School, Rugeley
Evacuee boys setting off for a gardening class at Shooting Butts School.
Shooting Butts Camp School, Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley was opened in May1940 for evacuee boys from Birmingham. There was also ...