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 ...
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 ...
Ministers and choristers, St Peters Parish Church, Hednesford
Left to Right.
Back Row. 1: Harold Haynes, 2-4, 5: Frank Turner, 6: Mr Casemore, 7: Gerald Timmins, 8?, 9: Tom Shaw, 10?
Middle Row. 1-3, 4: Brian Manley, 5?, 6: Edward Peter Steele, 7: John Bennett, ...
Ministers and St. Peter's Church Choir, Hednesford
Left to Right.
Back Row. 1: Doug Maund, 2: Mr Dangerfield, 3: Mr Haynes, 4: Mr Harvey, 5: Charlie Alcott, 6-7?, 8: Les Higgins (George).
Second Row. 1: Gail Higgins, 2: Susan Jones, 3: Sandra Bowers, ...
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.
Mixing slip, Minton's Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent
Pottery factory interior showing a slip house worker mixing slip (liquid clay) with a wooden plank. Taken at Minton's factory, London Road, Stoke-on-Trent.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic ...
Model Room, English Electric Co., Stafford
Mr C. Phillips and Mr A. Chatfield smoking cigarettes on their lunch break. A snap shot taken in the Model Room at English Electric's Lichfield Road works in Stafford.
Modeller. Spode.
Pottery factory interior depicting a modeller at work.
The modeller is assembling Parian objects.
Parian is the name given to the white biscuit porcelain primarily associated with figure modelling.
A ...
Montgomery inspecting the WRAC at Whittington Barracks, nr Lichfield
This occasion was a review of all the Territorial Army units in Staffordshire. It was a huge gathering – never again have so many troops been on parade at the Barracks at one time.
Mossfield Colliery, Longton
The ventilation shaft located in the old Stirrup and Pye Adderley Green Colliery on the opposite side of Anchor Road to that of Mossfield Colliery, Adderley Green, Longton. Mossfield Colliery was sunk ...
'Mother and Big Baby' Pageant Entry, Stafford,
The annual Stafford Pageant included a procession through the town, and ended with a fair on the town common. A prize was awarded to the best decorated entries and along the route collections were made ...
Motorcycle Dispatch Riders, Milford Common
North Staffordshire Home Guard dispatch riders pictured during training on Milford Common. John (Jack) Finney is third from the right, George Brassington is second for the left. In the background is ...
Motorcycle Dispatch Riders, Milford Common
North Staffordshire Home Guard dispatch riders pictured during training on Milford Common. The trees in the background mark the boundary of the Shugborough estate. On the far left is John (Jack) Finney ...