Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton
Frobisher Hall approach road from the Eccleshall-Swynnerton Road with post-war council houses on the right. The hostel is behind the trees.
Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton was built during World War Two ...
Evacuees at Drake Hall, near Eccleshall
Page 47 of 'Drake Hall - A War-Time Hostel', a souvenir book produced for staff and residents at the Swynnerton Royal Ordnance Factory hostel at Drake Hall, produced in 1945.
An article on evacuees ...
English Electric Co. Stafford Tanks on Cannock Chase
Pictured above is Brigadier-General G M Barnes, Assistant Chief of Ordnance, US Army with members of the Special American Mission accompanied by Major-General Crawford of the Ministry of Supply and British ...
Drake Hall, near Eccleshall
Page 38 of 'Drake Hall - A War-Time Hostel', a souvenir book produced for staff and residents at the Swynnerton Royal Ordnance Factory hostel at Drake Hall, produced in 1945.
'Bits and Pieces', a miscellany ...
Drake Hall, Eccleshall
From 'Drake Hall - A War-Time Hostel', a souvenir book produced for staff and residents at the Swynnerton Royal Ordnance Factory hostel at Drake Hall, produced in 1945.
This plan of the hostel grounds ...
Drake Hall Dramatic Society, Drake Hall, near Eccleshall
Page 28 of 'Drake Hall - A War-Time Hostel', a souvenir book produced for staff and residents at the Swynnerton Royal Ordnance Factory hostel at Drake Hall, produced in 1945. A performance of "A Midsummer ...
Drake Hall, near Eccleshall
Front cover of 'Drake Hall - A War-Time Hostel', a souvenir book produced for staff and residents at the Swynnerton Royal Ordnance Factory hostel at Drake Hall, produced in 1945.
Drake Hall was built ...
Drake Hall Chapel, Drake Hall, near Eccleshall
Page 10 of 'Drake Hall - A War-Time Hostel', a souvenir book produced for staff and residents at the Swynnerton Royal Ordnance Factory hostel at Drake Hall, produced in 1945. This page describes the Church ...
Catering Department, Drake Hall, near Eccleshall
Page 7 of 'Drake Hall - A War-Time Hostel', a souvenir book produced for staff and residents at the Swynnerton Royal Ordnance Factory hostel at Drake Hall, produced in 1945.
The top photograph shows ...
Birthday Celebrations, Drake Hall, near Eccleshall
Page 18 of 'Drake Hall - A War-Time Hostel', a souvenir book produced for staff and residents at the Swynnerton Royal Ordnance Factory hostel at Drake Hall, produced in 1945. The First Birthday Celebrations ...
Amenities, Drake Hall, near Eccleshall
Page 9 of 'Drake Hall - A War-Time Hostel', a souvenir book produced for staff and residents at the Swynnerton Royal Ordnance Factory hostel at Drake Hall, produced in 1945. Some of the amenities enjoyed ...
Bungalow, Walton on the Hill
The exact location of this building is unknown. It is possibly one of the bungalows on the back of The Rise overlooking the main Lichfield Road at Walton on the Hill.
Heybridge, Lower Tean
Postcard view of Heybridge, Lower Tean.
Ivy Shore, nee Farmer, remembered the Phillips family at Heybridge in about 1920:
"Once a year the Philips family gave all the schools a treat at Heybridge. ...
St. Mary's Church, Sheriff Hales, Shropshire
At the time of this watercolour the parish of Sheriff Hales was split between Staffordshire and Shropshire, and St. Mary's Church was part of Brewood Rural Deanery in the Diocese of Lichfield. This changed ...
Centenary Bridge, Victoria Park, Stafford.
Victoria Park. Originally named the Victoria Park Pleasure Grounds, the park was opened in June 1908 The original park was extended twice, firstly in 1911 and secondly in 1930 when the play facilities ...
Methodist Centenary Celebrations, Whiston
Officials of the Cheadle Wesleyan Methodist Circuit and others pictured during centenary jmcelebrations outside the Methodist Chapel on Ashbourne Road, Whiston. The chapel pictured here was built in ...
Metal casting, Bamford's, Uttoxeter
A worker pouring molten metal into moulds on a conveyor belt in the foundry at Bamford's works, Pinfold Street, Uttoxeter.
Bamfords was founded in Uttoxeter in 1871 by Henry Bamford and made water ...
Factory interior, Bamford's, Uttoxeter
Interior view of Bamford's works, Pinfold Street, Uttoxeter.
Bamfords was founded in Uttoxeter in 1871 by Henry Bamford and made water pumps, taps and agricultural machinery at the Leighton Works on ...