Mr G.W. Powell and Mr A.S. Powell, Stafford
A postcard view of George Powell (left) and Steve Powell (right) standing by an Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd. delivery lorry which advertises Pratts Spirit above the cab.
Around the time of this photograph ...
Mr H Golombek, Chess Grandmaster, Stafford
International chess master, Mr Harry Golombek, makes a move in his display at Stafford’s Earl Street Institute, when he played simultaneously 30 opponents from the Stafford and English Electric Chess ...
Mr H.G. Taylor and Mr W.F. Foden, Whitemoor Hay, Fradley
Mr H.G. Taylor (Farm Manager, left) with Mr W.F. Foden (Farm owner) at Whitemoor Hay, Fradley.
William Francis Foden was born at Park Farm, Hamstead, near Perry Barr on 16 March 1911. By 1939 he was ...
Mr H.J. Bamford's coming of age, Uttoxeter area
Mr H.J. Bamford carving the ox roast on his twenty-first birthday surrounded by a large gathering of family and friends.
At 4 am a fire was lit on Hockley Meadow to roast a bullock, balanced across two ...
Mr Herbert Kynaston of Jervis Butchers, Stafford
Mr Herbert Kynaston aged 67 years old, is pictured at work at the Crabbery Street butchers shop where he had worked for fifty years.
Mr Kynaston was born at Wem, Shropshire, and was apprenticed to ...
Mr I.N. Dawe and Mr R.W.N. Dawe, Alrewas Hayes, Alrewas
Mr I.N. Dawe and Mr R.W.N. Dawe, farmers of Alrewas Hayes, Alrewas.
Isaac Nanscawen Dawe was born at Trewen, Cornwall in 1864. In 1901 he came to Staffordshire with his wife Bessie (nee Geake) to ...
Mr J H Wears (“Nippy” Wears) and the English Electric Co., Stafford
Third from the right is Mr James Harker Wears, OBE, AMIME. Mr Wears was often known as “Nippy Wears” and he is pictured on 30 March 1950 receiving a retirement gift of a car radio set from Mr C H (Charlie) ...
Mr James Harrison, Stationmaster, Stafford
On a platform at Stafford Station, Mr James Harrison (left) Stafford’s new Stationmaster, receives a welcoming handshake from Inspector C Waltho, who is accompanied by Mr T H Holm, a relief Stationmaster ...
Mr R. Griffiths-Jones, Home Farm, Thorpe Constantine
Portrait of Mr R. Griffiths-Jones wearing tweed jacket and trilby hat at Home Farm, Thorpe Constantine, Staffordshire. Mr Grffith-Jones was land agent for Mrs Inge of Thorpe Hall.
Robert Griffith-Jones ...
Mr R. Robinson, Maerfield Gate Farm, Maer
Robert Robinson (born Lancashire, 10 February 1892) was farm bailiff for Miss R.M. Harrison of Maer Hall at Maerfield Gate Farm, Maer, near Newcastle-under-Lyme.
He married Norah Strange Ashcroft at ...
Mr S. Mayer, Orslow Manor, Church Eaton
Mr S. Mayer of Orslow Manor, near Church Eaton, Staffordshire.
Sydney Mayer was born at Warford, near Knutsford in Cheshire on 29 July 1891. In 1914 he married Bessie Worthington, but she died in ...
Mr T.H. Cope, Huddlesford, Lichfield
Portrait of Mr T.H. Cope of Huddlesford Grange, near Lichfield.
Thomas Harold Cope was born on 23 March 1911 at Longdon, near Lichfield. His father Daniel Cope was a miller at Brookend Mill, Longdon. ...
Mr Thomas Rylands Parton, Principal of Cannock Grammar School
Son of a coal miner, born in Madeley, Shropshire in 1873. A Baptist Church preacher, President of Chadsmoor Sunday-morning Adult School and Principal of Cannock Grammar School.
As Principal, he advertised ...
Mr Toon's retirement, Bass Old Brewery, High Street, Burton-on-Trent
The staff of the The Old Brewery Racking Room gathered to watch a retirement presentation. Mr Roe is seen presenting a collection to Mr Toon on his retirement after 58 years of service at Bass Brewery....
Mr V F Lloyd of Lloyd’s Garage, Stafford
This photograph of Mr Victor F Lloyd of Lloyds Garage which was based at the junction of Eccleshall Road and the Stone Road in Stafford was taken by Stafford photographer Tony Boydon. In later years the ...
Mr W. Busby, Littywood Farm, Bradley
Mr W. Busby standing in front of the porch of his house at Littywood Farm, Bradley holding a garden fork and a double-barrelled shotgun.
William Whiston Busby was born at his father's farm, Billington ...
Mr William John Bayliss, English Electric Co., Stafford
Mr. William John Bayliss, a Co-Boss in 103 Section, Turbine Generators, is pictured brazing the end plates on kamno poles for armatures at the Lichfield Road Works in Stafford.
The Stafford factory ...
Mr William John Bayliss, English Electric Co., Stafford
Mr. William John Bayliss, a Co-Boss in 103 Section, Turbine Generators, is pictured brazing the end plates on kamno poles for armatures at the Lichfield Road Works in Stafford.
The Stafford factory ...