Meeting of mining officials at Littleton Colliery
These five men standing in an office at the colliery are all mining officials. They are from left to right: Arthur Felton (N.U.M. Secretary), Albert Simpson (NACODS Chairman), ? Hughes (N.U.M. Official), ...
Meir Heath Sports Club Annual Dinner, Meir
Members of the Meir Heath Sports Club are pictured at their annual dinner held in the King’s Arms, Meir in January 1955. The Kings Arms was demolished in 2009.
Among those seated on the front row left ...
Meir, Broadway. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Broadway, Meir, 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 to where ...
Mellards and Greenwoods, High Street Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is the view down the side of the Lancaster Buildings on High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Greenwoods Menswear and the sign for Mellards Hardware can be seen on the left hand side.
Greenwoods ...
Members of Leek Urban District Council
Roy Fowler and his wife are pictured with members of Leek Urban District Council. This civic occasion was probably to recognise Mr Fowler's athletic achievements as a long-distance runner. On the front ...
Members of the Griffin family, Preston Vale Farm House, near Penkridge
It is probable that the passengers in the horse-drawn cart are Thomas & Emily Griffin who farmed here from 1863.
Thomas John Griffin married Emily Ann Pemberton at Dudley in 1857
Christened in Stafford ...
Members of the Griffin family, Preston Vale Farm House, Penkridge
Included in the photograph are Ciss, Charles, Janet, Madge, Nell, Bertie, Jack, Harvey, Constance and Sidney.Thomas John Griffin married Emily Ann Pemberton at Dudley in 1857
Christened in Stafford in ...
Members of the National Reserve Volunteers, Uttoxeter
Members of Uttoxeter Cricket Club, Uttoxeter Racecourse
On the back row from left to right are Fred Foulkes, R. Ashmore, Jack Wildsmith, Ernest Cope, Fred Hall. Middle Row: W. Greatorex (Scorer), S. Chitty, E. Henshall, H. Davies, (Captain), Sam Ashmore, W. ...
Men towing a Narrow Boat, Caldon Canal
Two men on the two path pulling a working narrow boat near Denford on the Caldon Canal. There are two men onboard the narrow boat, one on the tiller at the back and another on the front.
Men's cap
Red silk embroidered undress cap with gold and silver threadwork. Formed from gores of dark red satin and densely embroidered overall in raised golden silk threads with coiling flowers and foliage, spangled ...
Men's shoe
An 18th century display shoe. Black leather sole, heel and upper with two free straps at the front. Ivory or bone pins at the base of the heel. This very narrow shoe was probably made for display purposes ...
Messrs Bass's Brewery, Burton-upon-Trent
This engraving is entitled 'Old Burton, Messrs, Bass's Brewery in 1834' and shows Bass's town house on High Street to the left with the their first brewery alongside. The house still stands.
Picture ...
Metal Disk Spurs, WW1
These spurs were used by Lt. Colonel Harry Johnson.
When the First World War broke out in he was selected to train the 2nd/5th Battalion at Butterton Hall. In 1917 he was sent to France but was captured ...
Methodist Sunday school meeting, Oakamoor
A Methodist Sunday school meeting taking place at Jimmy's Yard, Oakamoor. Just off the photograph to the right, the preacher is standing on a North Staffs railway three-plank wagon.
Methodist Sunday School Procession, Hednesford
The Methodist Sunday School procession was held annually, ending in front of the Anglesey Hotel, Market Street, Hednesford. Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist sunday School banners can be seen. There were ...
Meynell Arms, Hoar Cross
The Meynell Ingram Arms still exists today on the corner of the Abbots Bromley and Newborough Roads. The exterior has been updated and the picket fences are gone but it is still easily identifiable. The ...
Michael Sutty, Designer and Sculptor of Porcelain, Stoke on Trent
Pictured is a Royal Scots Greys Bandmaster, c. 1914, from a series of British Military Musicians created by Michael Sutty, who specialised in fine bone china sculptures of military and naval figures, ...