Boot pull
A household item used to help take off tight boots. Collected from a house in Barlaston, near Stoke on Trent.
From the collections of Staffordshire County Museum.
Box iron
A cast steel box iron. The iron slug is heated on a fire or stove, picked up with tongs and placed in the iron through the lift-up gate at the rear. Two slugs would be used, one being heated while the ...
Boy on a rocking horse, Rugeley
Thought to be James 'Jim' Henry Toy, born in 1905, when aged about 2 years. He was the son of Austin Toy, a butcher of Upper Brook Street, Rugeley, and his wife Annie (nee Lyons). This portrait photograph ...
Branston Water Park, Burton-upon-Trent
Families enjoy Branston Water Park which was originally an open-cast gravel pit. This image is from a collection of photographs of Burton upon Trent commissioned and assembled by Burton upon Trent ...
Brewood Hall
Brewood Hall became the seat of William, son of Roger Fowke during the reign of Edward IV (1461-1483). It later belonged to the Monckton family and in 1930 Major R.F.P. Monckton sold it to Mr C.O. Langley. ...
Brindley Village, Hednesford, Cannock Chase
Brindley Village was the mining village of West Cannock No. 5 Colliery and the miners and their families lived in the converted Hospital Wards and outbuildings that was once Rugeley (Brindley) Military ...
British Alsatian Association, Stafford
The Stafford Branch of British Alsatian Association pictured at a Sunday afternoon training session with their dogs at Stafford Rugby Club. The Branch Secretary at the time was Mr D. Jones.
Reproduced ...
British Reinforced Concrete Canteen, Stafford,
Workmen in the canteen at British Reinforced Concrete. On the right is Jack Hodgkinson, a spot welder and First Aid worker. Jack was called up during the war and posted to 16 MU in Stafford. He returned ...
British Reinforced Concrete, Factory Canteen, Stafford,
The British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Company manufactured reinforced concrete structures and made steel mesh for reinforcing concrete. The company moved from Manchester to Stafford in 1926, building ...
Brocklehurst family, Swythamley
Lady Gwladys Brocklehurst and her sister-in-law Mabel van Haeften (nee Brocklehurst) reading magazines and newspapers in front of a fireplace at Swythamley Hall.
Brocton Lodge, Shugborough Park
Brocton Lodge was situated in Shugborough Park close to the Stafford to Lichfield Road, near to White Barn Farm. It was also sometimes known as Shugborough Lodge.
The building was demolished in 1975 ...
Brocton Village Bazaar
Members of the Youth Club sample some of their home-brewed ginger beer which they sold at Brocton village bazaar on Saturday 7 December in the afternoon. Pictured are, from left to right: Bert Oakland, ...
Brocton Village,
Brocton village looking towards Chase Road from The Green.
Brookfield's Department Store Interior, Stafford
Brookfield's Department Store was on Market Square. The building is now occupied by a bank.
In 1743 George Boulton, a draper, opened a shop on Market Square. By the 1860s the shop was known as Brookfield ...
Brookfield's Millinery Department, Stafford,
Brookfield's Department Store was on Market Square. The building is now occupied by a bank.
In 1743 George Boulton, a draper, opened a shop on Market Square. By the 1860s the shop was known as Brookfield ...
Brookfield's Shop Interior, Stafford,
Brookfield's Department Store was on Market Square. The building is now occupied by a bank.
In 1743 George Boulton, a draper, opened a shop on Market Square. By the 1860s the shop was known as Brookfield ...
Brookfield's Tea Rooms, Stafford
Brookfield's Department Store was on Market Square. The building is now occupied by a bank.
In 1743 George Boulton, a draper, opened a shop on Market Square. By the 1860s the shop was known as Brookfield ...
Brookfield's, Stafford
Brookfield's shop was on the corner of Market Square and Greengate Street. One of a series of cards used for advertising, this one depicts the furniture department. The shop was owned by brothers Arthur ...