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 ...
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 examining a safety helmet, at the Fairlady (Coppice Colliery) Heath Hayes
Group of miners on afternoons in working clothes carrying 'keg' or 'bucket' battery powered electric lamps. The two men in the centre are looking at a helmet, as it is thought that all of the miners pictured ...
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 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 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 ...
Mining trainees with a supervisor, Cannock area
The trainees are looking at a helmet, as it is thought that they've all just been issued with compulsory helmets. Some of the lads are even wearing their new helmets back to front. Prior to this time ...
Miss Dorman’s and Miss Lotus, Stafford
Blowing the trumpet is Anne Kingshot who was chosen as “Miss Dorman’s” at a dance organised by the British Legion’s Pageant Committee at the Borough Hall. Also in the picture are Band Leader Ken Rattenbury, ...
Miss E M Harvey, Retirement, Tenterbanks School, Stafford
Watched by pupils and members of staff, Miss E M Harvey (centre) is presented with the children’s gift, one of many she received, to mark her retirement after 30 years as Headmistress of Tenterbanks County ...
Miss Great Britain at Lotus Ltd., Stafford
Miss Great Britain, Yvonne Ormes, standing next to machine being operated by shoeworker at Lotus Ltd. Sandon Road, Stafford.
Photographer: Dermot Eng-Moore, Walsall Wood, Staffordshire.
Miss Jean Exton, "Miss Co-operator", Stafford
The sash of office for “Miss Co-operator 1952” is being presented to Miss Jean Exton, aged 17, by one of the judges, Mr S H Adamson, at a function held at the Stafford Assembly Rooms on Saturday 11 October. ...