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Member of the Girls Training Corp, Stonefield Park, Stone

Mary Smith is pictured here in her Girls Training Corp uniform. Stone Girls Training Corp was founded by Mrs Wenger of Aston, Stone, who was also the commanding officer there. The headquarters were at ...

Members of Leek Urban District Council

Roy Fowler and his wife are pictured with members of Leek Urban District Council. This civic occasion was probably to recognise Mr Fowler's athletic achievements as a long-distance runner. On the front ...

Members of the Griffin family, Preston Vale Farm House, Penkridge

The Griffin family members in the photograph are Ciss, Charles, Janet, Madge, Nell, Bertie, Jack, Harvey, Constance and Sidney. Thomas John Griffin married Emily Ann Pemberton at Dudley in 1857 and ...

Members of the Hillside Methodist Chapel, Mow Cop

The chapel, seen here behind the group, was built from ashlar stone in 1852. The building closed as a chapel in 1986 and was opened as the Chapel Museum in 1990, no longer open to the public (2026).

Members of the National Reserve Volunteers, Uttoxeter

Members of the Oddfellows Society, Eccleshall,

Members of the Oddfellows Society during a parade along the High Street on Trinity Sunday.

Members of Uttoxeter Cricket Club, Uttoxeter Racecourse

On the back row from left to right are Fred Foulkes, R. Ashmore, Jack Wildsmith, Ernest Cope, Fred Hall. Middle Row: W. Greatorex (Scorer), S. Chitty, E. Henshall, H. Davies, (Captain), Sam Ashmore, W. ...

Memorial to Thomas Noon Talfourd, Shire Hall, Stafford

Thomas Noon Talfourd (1795-1854), was a writer, judge, and politician. He was called to the bar in 1821 and was Member of Parliament for Reading as a Radical from 1835 to 1841 and 1847 to 1848. He ...

Memories of Winifred Bossen, nee Bartram, Uttoxeter

Winifred Bossen on her 100th birthday August 7th 2010 WINIFRED BOSSEN’S STORY My name is Winifred Mary Bossen, nee Bartram. My father Enoch Bartram was a Methodist preacher. It was at the time he ...

Men of 2nd South Staffords amongst members of 1st Airbourne Division at Buckingham Palace

Taken outside Buckingham Palace before entering the grand hall at the presentation of medals by King George VI to men of the Division, including Major Robert Cain VC and L/Sgt. Jack Baskeyfield VC (posthumous), ...

Men of the Chindits pictured beside a transport plane in Burma

The 1st Battalion, South Staffords were part of the famous Chindit Force that operated behind Japanese lines in the dense jungle in Burma during World War Two. (Photograph courtesy of the Imperial ...

Men of the General Service Corps, Whittington Barracks

From July 1942 all recruits came into the General Service Corps for six weeks training at a Primary Training Centre (PTC). During the training they were given Personal Selection Tests to decide the Corps ...

Merricks family, Stafford

Standing is Henry Merricks and his wife Mary Merricks (nee Voss). Sitting in front are George Merricks (holding baby George Merricks Jr) and his wife Ann Merricks (nee Halden). Merricks have been ...

Merry Widow, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This photograph was taken during the 1921 Miners Strike. During strikes, if miners knew where the coal seams outcropped, they would dig small open cast mines, such as the one pictured. People relied ...

Methodist Sunday school meeting, Oakamoor

A Methodist Sunday school meeting taking place at Jimmy's Yard, Oakamoor. Just off the photograph to the right, the preacher is standing on a North Staffs railway three-plank wagon.

Meynell Hunt meet, Meynell and Ingram Arms, Hoar Cross

Two mounted hunt followers with their hounds and a crowd of spectators outside the Meynell and Ingram Arms in Hoar Cross.

Meynell Puppy Show, Sudbury Hall

The annual Meynell Puppy Show at the Meynell Hunt Kennels, Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire.

Michael Thomas Bass

Lithograph print. A caricature of Michael Thomas Bass (1799-1884), brewer and politician, by 'Ape'. Appeared in 'Vanity Fair' May 20th 1871. he was born in Burton upon Trent. Under his leadership, Bass ...