Mill Street, Cannock
A man in wearing a shopkeeper's white apron walking down Mill Street, Cannock.
Millwrights, Wodehouse Mill, Wombourne
Dressing mill stones at Wodehouse Mill, near Wombourne. The millwrights are re-cutting the furrows of the bedstone using mill bills. On the left is Charlie Howell of Offley Mill, near Eccleshall, with ...
Milner Girls' School pupils laying poppies at the monument, Leek
These pupils are pictured at the Nicholson Memorial on Remembrance Sunday with their teacher Mrs Frances Harvey.
Milwich Village,
Seated under the tree is Bill Bennett, the blacksmith.
Standing by the house on the left is Tommy Steele, who had been in prison. He had no home and was allowed to sleep in the forge, where he worked ...
Miner using UTR ripping machine
Miners at the coal face, Cannock Chase Colliery No. 9
These three miners were brothers from the Heath Hayes area.
Miners celebrating at Littleton Colliery
Group of miners celebrating mining one million tonnes of coal between 1986-87. Two miners in the centre are holding wine glasses, while their manager Mr Eddie Blakeley pours them a drink.
Front row ...
Miners' celebration at Lea Hall Colliery
An underground photograph showing coal tub with "The 1 1/2 millionth ton 20th Dec 1965. Some of the men and women pictured are wearing working clothes, and there are Christmas hampers on the ground between ...
Miners in roadway, Lea Hall Colliery
View of two miners possibly leading to a coalface spraying limestone dust, to limit the potential effects of an explosion. One man in a tub among the sacks is feeding limestone into a hopper, while a ...
Miners leaving the pit after the end of a day shift
All of the miners are wearing safety helmets and carrying lamps, except one man in the foreground who wears a cap.
Miners on strike, Uttoxeter
Striking miners pictured in P.G. Brisbourne's yard after chopping wood. The men include: Mr Alcock, Percy Brisbourne, Bill Brisbourne, J.C. Dunnicliff, Mr Bullard, Jack Rowlett, Peter Brisbourne and ...
Miners outside the Roebuck Inn, Cheadle
The Roebuck Inn stood on The Green in the Brookhouses part of Cheadle. It was in existence by 1834 but closed during the 1960s. The last licencee was Norman Plant
Miners pictured at Conduit Colliery, Norton Canes
Conduit Colliery Company had several collieries in the Norton Canes/Brownhills area. The main two were No. 3 and No. 4 collieries. No. 3
had three shafts. Sinking began there in 1858, but it was some ...
Miners' Rescue Team, Silverdale
The Miners' Rescue Team are pictured here in all of their equipment. A canary in its cage is sitting on the box on the floor, and was used to detect the first evidence of Methane Gas in the mine. Walter ...
Miners underground at "snap-time", Hawkins Colliery, Cannock
This is a posed photograph, as ordinarily miners wouldn't have sat on the rails. Their snap is wrapped in paper. Other details to note about the photograph are that the man on the left with the stick ...
Miners underground, Lea Hall Colliery
This was the first colliery planned and sunk by the National Coal Board. The two shafts were started in 1954 and sunk to a depth of 1300ft (396m). The first coal was produced in 1960, and the colliery's ...
Miners wearing breathing apparatus, Mines Rescue Station, Victoria Street, Hednesford
The men wearing the apparatus are, left: Albert Payton, son of Jos Payton and, right: Samuel Davies. In the centre is Jos Payton, Superintendent of the Mines Rescue Station, Hednesford.
The station ...
Miners' Welfare Home Staff, Rudyard
Horton Lodge was built by Stephen Chesters-Thompson in 1890. In 1894 it was bought by Mr W.A.M. Tellwright of Wolstanton, the owner of Sneyd Collieries. Between 1925 and 1948 it was the North Staffordshire ...