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H. Wheeler's removers and storage, Derby Street, Burton-upon-Trent

The driver and his mate stand by a removals lorry in front of their premises at 78 Derby Street, Burton-upon-Trent. It is probable that the man on the right is the proprietor, Harry Wheeler. In the 1920s ...

H. Woolley, Saddler, Uttoxeter

A gentleman, possibly Mr Woolley and two children stand outside the premises next to the Parish Church gate. The shop is hung with belts, blankets and harnesses.

H.W. Furbank's Garage and Petrol Station, Market Street, Uttoxeter

A white coated attendant fills the car from a choice of producer's petrol pumps. Furbanks also used to have a showroom onto the Market Place next to the cinema on Queen Street. The building is now a shop. ...

Haggis children, Gnosall

The children of Rachel (nee Plant) and William Haggis, Manager of Bailey’s ironmongers in Stafford. This picture was taken around 1920 at Fern Lea, The Rank, Gnosall and shows Alan, George and Violet ...

Half Hose Knitting Department, Job White & Sons Ltd, Compton Mills, Leek

Hall Lane, Norton Canes

A framed postcard view of Hall, Lane Norton Canes showing ladies in a pony and trap talking to man. Steep bank on right, pailings on left. This is believed to show the Old Hall Lane leading to Leacroft ...

Halt for refreshments, Uttoxeter ACF on an exercise in the Peak District

The Army Cadet Force (ACF) was set up for youths who were too young to join the army, making it possible for them to undergo a shorter period of training when they did become army recruits. This photograph ...

Hand Knitting at Moorland Handicraft Ltd., Moorland Mill, Leek

By 2003 this building had become a timber merchant's yard and warehouse.

Handkerchief case, 1914 to 1918

Silk handkerchief case with silk flowers and embroidered stems and leaves. The case was sent as a love token from a member of the British Expeditionary Force serving in France during the First World War. ...

Handlers. Photographed by William Blake.

Lantern slide showing two handlers at work putting the handles on cups. This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.” ...

Handsacre Mission Room outing, Milford

Members of the congregation of St. Luke’s Mission, Handsacre pictured at a day trip to Milford Common. The identified people are numbered: 1) Bessie Woodhouse (nee Wright); 2) Nurse; 3) Mrs Godwin ...

Handsacre Mission Room outing, Milford

Members of the congregation of St. Luke’s Mission, Handsacre pictured at a day trip to Milford Common. The numbered people are identified as: 1) Miss Glennie; 2) Miss Salt; 3) Mrs Harvey Boycott; ...

Harlaston Rectory event, Harlaston, Lichfield

An event at the rear of Harlaston Rectory. The right half of the rectory was demolished soon after this photograph was taken.

Harriet Shelley, Colwich

Miss Harriet (usually known as Nancy) Shelley of Colwich. She wears a military style felt cap with ribbons at back. Her coat has an astrakhan collar. She was to marry John Davies in Colwich in 1943

Harry and Hilda Pegg, Cheddleton

A studio portrait of Harry Pegg of Hale House Farm, Ostlers Lane in army uniform with his mother Hilda Pegg (later Bagshaw). Harry Pegg served in the West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales' Own) ...

Harry Fenton's Mens Clothes Shop, Stafford

Harry Fenton's mens clothes shop on the ground floor of the Ancient High House, Greengate Street. The door on the left of the image is the entrance to the upper floors of the High House. The scaffold ...

Harvesting, Woodseaves

A group of men, women and children pictured at Woodseaves by a loaded harvest wagon with a farm outbuilding in the background. They are holding pitch forks and hay rakes. The man standing holding the ...

Hauling timber, Cannock area

This huge tree trunk is possibly en-route to Wootton's sawmill and timber yard at Churchbridge, Cannock. Born in Bloxwich in 1853, by the 1870s Abraham Wootton, junior had premises on the corner of ...