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Mill Street Church Choir, St. John's Mission Church, Leek

Choiristers of the Mill Street Church Choir (St. John the Evangelist Mission Church) pictured outside the church. St. Johns is the daughter church of St. Edwards Church in the town. The photograph ...

Mill Street, Cannock

An unusual early postcard of Mill Street, Cannock with an ornate frame, published at the 'Advertiser' Office, Cannock. A very unconcerned dog wanders in the road. People pose at both doorways of what ...

Millicent Thorley in Stonefield Park

Millicent Thorley wearing a grey coat in Stonefield Park. Her parents ran a greengrocer's shop at 8 Old Road. Behind is the bowls green.

Millicent Thorley in Stonefield Park, Stone

Millicent Thorley wearing a mustard coloured suit with tortoiseshell buttons in Stonefield Park. Her parents ran a greengrocer's shop at 8 Old Road.

Milner Girls' School pupils laying poppies at the monument, Leek

These pupils are pictured at the Nicholson Memorial on Remembrance Sunday with their teacher Mrs Frances Harvey.

Milwich School Group,

Milwich School opened in 1833.

Miner using UTR ripping machine

Miners at the coal face, Cannock Chase Colliery No. 9

These three miners were brothers from the Heath Hayes area.

Miners celebrating at Littleton Colliery

Group of miners celebrating mining one million tonnes of coal between 1986-87. Two miners in the centre are holding wine glasses, while their manager Mr Eddie Blakeley pours them a drink. Front row ...

Miners' celebration at Lea Hall Colliery

An underground photograph showing coal tub with "The 1 1/2 millionth ton 20th Dec 1965. Some of the men and women pictured are wearing working clothes, and there are Christmas hampers on the ground between ...

Miners examining a safety helmet, at the Fairlady (Coppice Colliery) Heath Hayes

Group of miners on afternoons in working clothes carrying 'keg' or 'bucket' battery powered electric lamps. The two men in the centre are looking at a helmet, as it is thought that all of the miners pictured ...

Miners in roadway, Lea Hall Colliery

View of two miners possibly leading to a coalface spraying limestone dust, to limit the potential effects of an explosion. One man in a tub among the sacks is feeding limestone into a hopper, while a ...

Miners leaving the pit after the end of a day shift

All of the miners are wearing safety helmets and carrying lamps, except one man in the foreground who wears a cap.

Miners on strike, Uttoxeter

Striking miners pictured in P.G. Brisbourne's yard after chopping wood. The men include: Mr Alcock, Percy Brisbourne, Bill Brisbourne, J.C. Dunnicliff, Mr Bullard, Jack Rowlett, Peter Brisbourne and ...

Miners' Rescue Team, Silverdale

The Miners' Rescue Team are pictured here in all of their equipment. A canary in its cage is sitting on the box on the floor, and was used to detect the first evidence of Methane Gas in the mine. Walter ...

Miners underground at "snap-time", Hawkins Colliery, Cannock

This is a posed photograph, as ordinarily miners wouldn't have sat on the rails. Their snap is wrapped in paper. Other details to note about the photograph are that the man on the left with the stick ...

Miners underground, Lea Hall Colliery

This was the first colliery planned and sunk by the National Coal Board. The two shafts were started in 1954 and sunk to a depth of 1300ft (396m). The first coal was produced in 1960, and the colliery's ...

Miners wearing breathing apparatus, Mines Rescue Station, Victoria Street, Hednesford

The men wearing the apparatus are, left: Albert Payton, son of Jos Payton and, right: Samuel Davies. In the centre is Jos Payton, Superintendent of the Mines Rescue Station, Hednesford. The station ...