Broom Street Nursery School, Hanley
The school was designed of Queen Anne style by architect William Keates. It was built in 1879 to accomodate 750 children and cost £6,953 to construct.
Buccleuch Road, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Buccleuch Road, Normacot, Nr. Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This is one of many street scenes in the Blake Collection. Most of them were taken in the Normacot and Dresden ...
Bucknall County Secondary and Infants School
Bucknall Secondary Modern School was on Malthouse Lane. Formed during the reorganisation of city schools after 1932, it included buildings from the old Bucknall County Infants' School. In this photograph, ...
Bull baiting collar, Kingswinford
A rope bull baiting collar attached to an iron chain and a severed length of rope which would have originally been about 30 feet or so (10 metres) in length. The collar is secured by an iron bolt. The ...
Bullmastiff puppies, Uttoxeter
These Bullmastiff puppies belonged to W.H. 'Bill' Farmer whose butcher's shop stood on High Street, Uttoxeter.
Bullmastiffs are a large working dog, often associated with gamekeepers. The breed was ...
Bull's Bank, Lower Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Taken in 1935 this picture of Bull's Bank in Newcastle-under-Lyme takes in the tower of St. Giles' Church, the alleyway that leads to the churchyard and three of the terraced houses that surrounded the ...
Bungalow interior, Kings Bromley
An interior of a cottage in Kings Bromley. Postcard by an unidentified publisher.
Burgess family, May Bank, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Private Stan Burgess showing off his new uniform, with his young brothers, Graham, Frank and Alan. This view was taken from Highfield Avenue, May Bank, and shows the awful air pollution that existed around ...
Burton in Bloom winner, Burton-upon-Trent
'Burton in Bloom' private garden winner. This Image is from a collection of photographs of Burton upon Trent commissioned and assembled by Burton upon Trent Civic Society as a record of the town in the ...
Butcher's Shop, Stafford,
This butcher's shop was located on the corner of White Lion Street and Lichfield Road.
Next to the shop can be seen the eighteenth century lock-up, used originally to detain local drunks and vagrants. ...
Butler at Rudge Hall, near Pattingham
Rudge Hall's butler photographed off-duty. He was killed during the First World War.
Rudge Hall was part of the ancient parish of Pattingham but today is just over the County border in Shropshire.
Butler's waistcoat
Butler's or footman's waistcoat with fine red and white horizontal stripes, four button holes, and two pockets. Lined in white cotton and machine stitched. Belted back.
From the Earl of Lichfield's ...
Butter Making Competition, Knightley,
Butter making competition at Gorse Farm.
Mr and Mrs George Watson, who lived at the farm, are seated in the centre with their daughter May.
Butter making, Stafford area
A studio photograph showing a dairy maid demonstrating a Bradford's butter churn.
Photographer: Charles Fowke, 15 Victoria Road, Stafford.
By the river, Victoria Park, Stafford
Pictured fishing on the banks of the River Sow, opposite the paddling pool in Victoria Park, Stafford are (from left to right): Jill Skelton, Helen Matthews and Margaret Matthews.
Byeways, Histon's Hill, Codsall
Christine and Jack Whitaker (2nd and 3rd from left) receiving the keys to Byeways, on Histon's Hill, Codsall having just purchased the house. Byeways started life as No 1, Queens Gardens and was the furnished ...
Cake, Elkes & Sons, Uttoxeter
Jack Hutchinson giving finishing touches to a cake made by C.H. Elkes & Sons Ltd., Dove Valley Bakeries, Uttoxeter. This elaborate cake was made to mark the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten ...
Calmer times on Clayton Road, Clayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Clayton Road, in the days when it was little more than a dirt track. In the centre of the image is Rose Cottage, the home of the local police constable, with Clayton Green to the right of the image.