Lt. Col. R.A. Davies, South Staffordshire Home Guard on Cannock Chase
Lt. Col. R.A. Davies, Commanding Officer of the 29th Battalion (West Bromwich) South Staffordshire Regiment Home Guard. Richard Arthur Davies was born in Liverpool in 1886. He studied at Liverpool University ...
Lt. Colonel Johnson’s Belt Buckle
Lt. Colonel Johnson served in the North Staffordshire Regiment for over seventeen years, and had seen action in South Africa before serving in World War One.
In September 1914 he was selected to train ...
Lt. Maurice Procter, Silverdale, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A portrait of Maurice Procter, taken around 1947 as a Lieutenant in the North Staffordshire Regiment. He was conscripted in December 1944 into the regular Army after being a Sergeant in the Newcastle-under-Lyme ...
Lt. Richard Byrd Levett, Milford Hall
Richard William Byrd Levett (1897-1917) was heir to Milford Hall and was killed in action on 10 March 1917 at Bapaume, on the Somme, while serving in the King's Royal Rifle Corps during the First World ...
Lynda's Confectionery Shop, High Street, Uttoxeter
Lyre clock, Trinity House, Oulton Heath, Stone
A picture of a young woman holding the main pendulum and face of a lyre clock repaired or maintained by A.J. Thornton. She is believed to be standing in the gardens of Trinity House, Old Road, Oulton ...
M and N line huts along Old Acre Valley, Brocton Military Camp
This view of Brocton camp shows two types of accommodation hut, those for officers and those for enlisted men. The officers each had their own stove and the photograph shows the hut in the foreground ...
Machine for scouring ware, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior showing pottery workers scouring ware.
Taken at Sutherland China, Normacot Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Scouring is the process of removing rough bits from the surface ...
Maids at Shugborough,
Elsie Hanson (Schoolroom Maid) and Maisie Stephens (3rd Housemaid) standing on the Laundry drying green at Shugborough. This is now the site of the restaurant at Shugborough.
Maids, Shugborough
Six maids in uniform outside the Servants' Quarters, Shugborough. Far left is Florence Elsmore, 2nd from right is Hilda Loveday.
Main Street, Shenstone
This postcard view shows a quiet scene on the Main Street looking north towards the junction with Pinfold Hill in Shenstone. On the left most of the buildings remain (July 2020). In the centre is the ...
Maintenance at Cannock Chase Colliery Company No.8 at Heath Hayes.
The miner shown working here is back ripping a roadway, this was necessary when the weight from above or the sides crushed a roadway, in order to keep it open it would have to be enlarged by ripping the ...
Major & Mrs J.L. Meakin, The Laurels, Stone
Portraits of Constance Evelyn Meakin and her husband Major James Lionel Meakin.
Major James Lionel Meakin (1874-1940) was educated at Uppingham School and was a Major in the 5th North Staffordshire ...
Making Basins.
Pottery factory interior.
The man is making large basins using a vertical jolley.
A jolley was a machine for making shapes out of solid blocks of clay. It consisted of a rotating wheel, a mould ...
Making Cow Cream Jugs. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing a pottery worker in the process of making Cow Creamer Jugs.
Making Cups using a Jolley.
Pottery factory interior showing a woman using a jolley to make cups.
A jolley was a machine for making shapes out of solid blocks of clay. It consisted of a rotating wheel and a levered profile tool. ...
Making Department, Lotus Ltd., Stafford
Peter O'Dowd and a colleague (standing behind the machine) are pictured at the Lotus Shoe Factory in Stafford. They are using a sole-laying machine to attach the sole of the shoe to the upper. This photograph ...
Making mica sheets, English Electric Co., Stafford
Pictured are two employees making mica sheets which could later be used in the manufacture of Rotors and Stators.
Mica has superior electrical properties as an insulator and as a dielectric, and can ...