Bethesda Primitive Methodist, Sunday School walk, Whit Monday, Station Road, Hednesford
All the walkers are dressed in their best clothes. It was tradition on Whit Monday that all the Sunday Schools in the District marched towards Blackford Football Ground where a rally was held. The members ...
Biddle's Stores, Brook Square, Rugeley
A view taken in Brook Square looking towards Lower Brook Street in Rugeley.
On the left is Biddle’s Stores which started business in 1850. The decorations by the upper floor windows suggest that at ...
Biddulph Grange Orthopaedic Hospital, Ward 1
This picture shows children outside the hospital wards in the summer time, when they were nursed in the fresh air.
The house was given originally to Stoke-on-Trent council, but after a short period it ...
Birch Lane, Brereton, Rugeley
Birch Lane is in Brereton which at this time was more distinctly separated from Rugeley. Earlier council houses are on the left (built between the Wars) with newer ones on the right dating from the 1950s....
Birchenfields Farm, Armitage
Birchenfields Farm in Bardy Lane. This Grade 2 listed building dates from the 17th century and is timber-framed on a stone plinth. This image is taken from a glass negative.
Black Cocktail Dress, 1950s
This 1950s black cocktail dress would have been all the rage in its day.
Fuller skirts became popular in the 1950s because of the end of rationing.
Women wanted less utilitarian fashion and Christian ...
Black Corselet, 1940s - 1950s
Corselets are a combination of bra and corset.
The corselet came about in around 1914 as women did not want to wear both a corset and a bra.
This is a later example from the 1940s or 1950s when they ...
Black Evening Bag, c.1920 -1930
This small bag is made out of black crepe fabric with a circular diamante clasp.
It has a short fabric handle and is a little worn from use along the top edge.
Black Lion Inn, Cheddleton
The Black Lion Inn, Hollow Lane, Cheddleton. The man in the doorway is Henry Walker (1874-1932) who was licensee from 1913 until at least 1921. The woman is his daughter Kathleen (born 1899) and with ...
Black Lion Inn, Hollow Lane, Cheddleton
Painted by Ivy Milner in 1979 from a photograph dating from around 1860. Mary Walker (nee Williscroft) standing outside the thatched Black Lion Inn, Hollow Lane, Cheddleton.
Mary's husband James was ...
Black Paisley Shawl, c.1840-1880
This beautiful shawl is made out of black silk with a coloured paisley pattern covering the entire piece and a fringe trim.
Paisley shawls were in fashion for nearly 100 years from around 1780 to 1870s. ...
Black Straw Poke Bonnet, c.1850-1880
This example is made out of straw and is trimmed in lace and feathers.
A beautiful floral decoration on the left hand side breaks up the dark colouring and makes it less formal.
The cotton ribbon ...
Blacksmith, Gnosall
Joseph Beech's smithy at the junction of Beffcote Road and Quarry Lane, Gnosall.
In this photograph members of the Beech family along with employees are gathered outside the Smithy for the photographer. ...
Blood donors, Lotus Ltd, Stafford
A new use was found for the sports pavilion at the Stafford factory of Lotus Ltd., which was usually the venue for many social functions. This picture presented an unusual scene when a mobile unit from ...
Blue and White Clasp Bag, c.1920-1970
This handbag is made out of small metal discs sewn on to a metal frame with a metal chain.
The bag is made entirely out of metal and was used as evening wear, as the bag is quite small.
We're not entirely ...
Blue Cotton Shawl, c.1850-1880
This shawl is made out of blue cotton with a red woven pattern around the edge and blue tassels.
Blue Wedding Dress, 1920s
This wedding dress was worn by Lucy Harvey when she married Bill Hughes in the 1920s.
It demonstrates the flapper style of the ‘Roaring Twenties.’
It is shorter in length and would have been worn ...
Blythe Bridge Road, Rough Close. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Blythe Bridge Road, Rough Close, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.