Uttoxeter ACF Parade through town
Uttoxeter Carnival
A postcard view of a float preparing for the Uttoxeter Carnival Parade held in June 1925.
This picture was taken by Alfred McCann who was a member of the McCann family of photographers of High Street, ...
Uttoxeter Road, Draycott-in-the-Moors
Village scene taken at Draycott-in-the-Moors looking east along Uttoxeter Road. The tearrace of cottaghes on the left has been demolished. The building on the right was the Post Office and still stands.
Photograph ...
Vanity Bridge, Longton Road, Stone
A tinted postcard view of Vanity Bridge published by A.W. Tilley, Newsagent and Stationers of 7 Radford Street, Stone.
Vanity Lane links Oulton village to Longton Road. In the 18th century Vanity ...
VE Day Celebrations, Hall Street, Audley, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A group of children standing on the steps of the Coronation Cinema celebrating VE day.
Victorian Child’s Coat
A cream coloured woollen coat, with a scalloped edge.
Victorian Child’s White Dress
Victorian children were dressed like miniature adults to a certain extent, for example girls’ skirts were shorter than adults. The skirt would gradually get longer as the girl aged, so when she was sixteen ...
Victorian Children’s Leather Shoes
Victorian children wore hard leather shoes that were durable, as shoes were very expensive as they were handmade.
Most children, unless they were wealthy, would have worn ill-fitting shoes which were ...
Village coach outing, Weston
Pictured are a group from Weston, near Stafford preparing for a coach outing. Among those in this photograph: on the left Fred Johnson, in the centre Mrs Smith (holding gloves), Mrs Marks (holding a ...
Village Stores, Hilderstone,
On the right, next to the delivery cart horse, is Matthew Henry (Harry) Meddings, age 30, grocer and baker. The woman in the doorway (front) is most likely Mary Ann Meddings, the small boy is possibly ...
Village view, Hilderstone
A young girl walking along Sandon Road at the junction with Hilderstone Road in Hilderstone, with Christ Church on the right. On the left is the village school, now a private residence, Mistletoe House.
This ...
Villiers Street, Dresden. Photographed by William Blake.
Villiers Street, Dresden, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The street was named after the politician Charles Pelham Villiers who was the longest serving MP in Parliamentary history. For sixty three years ...
Violin Class, Corporation Street Primary Boys School, Stafford
Photograph taken in the hall of Corporation Street Primary Boys School, Stafford, built in 1909. The school is now known as John Wheeldon Primary Academy (2017).
Visit by Princess Margaret, RAF Stafford
Princess Margaret is seen here inspecting the Guard of Honour during her visit to RAF Stafford in 1959.
RAF Stafford was formed 1 December 1939 following the purchase by the Treasury of 362 acres of ...
Visit of the Duchess of Teck, Old Stockwell House, Leek
The photograph was taken in the garden of Old Stockwell House, which used to back onto the Nicolson Institute. Old Stockwell House was owned at this time by the Worthington family.
The lady with the ...
Waiting for the bus outside St Marys Catholic Church, Uttoxeter
Waiting for the bus outside St Mary's Catholic Church on Balance Street to take them to a competition in Stafford. Frances Holllins is 2nd in the queue from the right, behind the Mayor.
Wakes Sports Day, Alstonefield
Fancy dress at Alstonefield Wakes Sports Day, July 1973.
Wakes Sports, Gnosall
A postcard photograph taken at Gnosall Wakes in 1910. Sports and entertainments took place on the Moors, a field by Gnosall railway station, but the attractions in this photograph were in a nearby field ...