Communications staff, Yarnfield
An image from the 'Yarnfield Yank', a booklet published in 1945 to commemorate the presence of US Army personnel at transit camps in Yarnfield, near Stone during World War II. The camps at Yarnfield were ...
Concert Party Programme, ROF Swynnerton
the front cover of a programme for a concert party put on by workers on Green Shift group 7A at R.O.F. Swynnerton, June 1945.
Workers at R.O.F. Swynnerton, a high percentage of which were women, filled ...
Cook and Helpers at the Cooking Range, Uttoxeter schoolboys Farm Camp, Lower Cowley Farm, Gnosall
When the schoolboys and their leaders arrived at their campsite for the second year camp, they noticed several welcome improvements. They didn't have to build their own stove, instead there was a large ...
Cotton College War Memorial and St. Wilfrid’s R.C. Church, Cotton
In the foreground is Cotton College War Memorial which was erected to commemorate 40 former pupils who lost their lives in the First World War. It was designed by an old Cottonian, Elphege Pippet and ...
County Mental Hospital, Stafford
Nurses in an antenatal ward at the County Mental Hospital in Stafford. Standing behind the bed is Nancy Davies (nee Shelley) who was conscripted as a mental nurse during World War II.
Originally built ...
Cowley Tunnel, Gnosall
A postcard view of Cowley Tunnel on the Shropshire Union Canal near Gnosall.
On the reverse of the postcard there is a message which is thought to have been sent between 1940 and 1942 during the Second ...
Cranmoor Lodge Farm, Perton
During World War II RAF accommodation buildings were based at Cranmoor Lodge Farm.
Perton Airfield was constructed in 1940 as a Royal Air Force Relief Landing Ground. Later during the Second World ...
Crucifix Memorial to Private Lanzoni, Hanbury
Medieval-style memorial crucifix displayed in St Werburgh's Church, Hanbury. Presented to the church by Mrs G. Lanzoni of Milan in 1990, in memory of her uncle, Private A. Lanzoni. He was one of six Italian ...
Cycle shed, Perton Airfield
A view of a derelict building on the former Perton Airfield site, near Smith's Rough. It is believed to have been a bicycle shed for airfield personnel. In the 1980s it was known as 'Seven Jails' to ...
Dairy workers, Home Farm, Hales
Three milkers at Home Farm, Hales standing in a doorway. John Goodwin, centre, 70 years old, had been at Hales for many years. Margaret Gray and Irene Taft are Women's Land Army girls. All three wear ...
Dance Band, RAF Hednesford.
The station's 1944 Dance Band. It is probable that the Bandmaster is Flight Sergeant J. Broadgate.
D-Day Anniversary, Stone
Members of the Stone Branch of the Royal British Legion on the 40th annivesrary of D Day, 1984. From left to right: Jack Hall, Trevor Hammer, Harry Cox.
D-Day Landing Flag
This flag is from one of the landing crafts used in the D-Day Landings on Tuesday 6th June 1944.
It was given to the youngest member of the crew Eric Heath from Sandyford.
The flag was blackened ...
Dig for Victory Campaign Poster
This poster shows the type of crops to plant, and the yearly rotation.
During World War Two the Dig for Victory campaign encouraged people to transform gardens, parks and sports fields into allotments ...
Dinner and Dance Menu and Programme, Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton
The menu and programme for Frobisher Hall's Second Anniversary Dinner and Dance, held on 12th August 1944. the enteretinment was provided by E.N.S.A., the Entertainments National Service Association ...
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 ...
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, 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 ...