Plan of Slum Clearance Area 87 - Mount Skip, Chesterton
A 1939 plan showing the 11 houses that were demolished.
Old Hall Gatehouse, Mavesyn Ridware
The Gatehouse of Mavesyn Ridware Old Hall viewed from the north during restoration. This Grade I listed, stone and timber-framed building dates from the 14th century. Large timbers in the roof have been ...
A float from Alders Paper Mill seen in the Tamworth Carnival
Alders Paper Mill staff are here seen with their float containing the 7 mile roll of paper, ready for the Tamworth Carnival.
Alders Paper Mill was founded by Quakers and was in production for about ...
Enid Cooke, Astage House, Croxton
Enid Elizabeth Cooke aged four with a doll and toy pram at Astage House, Croxton. The Briscoe and Cooke family farmed at Astage House Farm between about 1909 and 1934.
Stafford Fire Station
Fire station buildings on Lammascote Road, Stafford. The fire station was moved from Mill Bank around 1971 and remained here until 1998 when it moved to Hydrant Way. The site is now occupied by an Asda ...
Enid Cooke of Astage House, Croxton
A portrait of Enid Cooke aged about nine years. The embossed card mount design incorporates the date 1933. The Briscoe and Cooke family farmed at Astage House Farm between about 1909 and 1934.
Ada Vernon and Helen Garle, Coton, Milwich,
Helen Mary Garle was bn 1894 daughter of John, a Milwich farmer and his wife Mary (née Vernon). Helen married John Knight in 1917.
Ada Vernon possibly born Stafford 1895.
Railway signals, Silverdale
Two young children having fun, playing with disused railway signal leavers on the Silverdale colliery line. Photograph taken by a member of the Silverdale Community Play Association.
Elizabeth Briscoe, Croxton
Studio photograph of Elizabeth Briscoe (née Smith, 1853-1926) born at Denby, Derbyshire. Her mother farmed and kept a shop and Post Office and was widowed when Elizabeth was young. At the time ...
Kathleen Bloor, Cheddleton
Kaye Bloor was born in Leek on Ascension Day 1899 (her mother told her that the church bells were ringing to welcome her), and ran Bloor’s Newsagents from Bankside, Crony Bank, Cheddleton for many years.
A ...
Sybil Briscoe, Astage House, Croxton
Sybil Briscoe of Astage House, Croxton in her bridesmaid’s dress. The Briscoe and Cooke family farmed at Astage House Farm between about 1909 and 1934. It is probable that the wedding would have been ...
Horses at Astage House, Croxton
Horse ‘Tommy’ and a pony in the Villa field, Astage House, Croxton. The Briscoe and Cooke family farmed at Astage House Farm between about 1909 and 1934.
Briscoe family grave, Croxton
The grave of Henry and Elizabeth Briscoe in the churchyard if St. Paul’s Church, Croxton, near Eccleshall.
Henry died in 1918 age 68 whilst living at Croxton Villa. Elizabeth died suddenly at Astage ...
Daisy and Sybil Briscoe of Croxton
Sisters Daisy Margaret Cicely Briscoe (born 1892, Belper, Derbyshire) and Sybil Frances Steward Briscoe (born in1893, Belper, Derbyshire). The photographer has draped a sheet over the garden wall as ...
Margaret Cooke, Hollywood Farm, Hilderstone
Margaret Cooke at a desk in the garden of Hollywood Farm, near Hilderstone. The Cooke family were at Hollywood Farm between 1934 and 1952.
Margaret was born at Croxton, near Eccleshall on 21 November ...
Hollywood Farm, Hilderstone
A woman and little girl outside Hollywood Farm house, possibly Sybil and Margaret Cooke. The Cooke family were at Hollywood Farm, near Hilderstone between 1934 and 1952.
Feeding calves at Hollywood Farm, Hilderstone
Mr William Cooke (1887-1968) and daughter Enid feeding calves from pails at Hollywood Farm, Hilderstone. The Cooke family were at Hollywood Farm between 1934 and 1952. William's parents, John and Caroline ...
Cooke family at Hollywood Farm, Hilderstone
William and Sybil Cooke and their daughters Enid and Margaret pose with their dog at the rear of Hollywood Farm. the Cooke family were at Hollywood Farm between 1934 and 1952.