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Mr Toon's retirement, Bass Old Brewery, High Street, Burton-on-Trent

The staff of the The Old Brewery Racking Room gathered to watch a retirement presentation. Mr Roe is seen presenting a collection to Mr Toon on his retirement after 58 years of service at Bass Brewery....

Mr William John Bayliss, Retirement Presentation, English Electric Co., Stafford

Pictured is Mr William John Bayliss, a Co-Boss in 103 Section, Turbine Generator Division, during his retirement presentation after working for English Electric for 42 years from 1912 to 1954. The presentation ...

Mr. E. A. Wilson, Uttoxeter Home Guard (1), Holly Road, Uttoxeter

Mr Wilson is seen carrying the Uttoxeter Home Guard's 'prized' Browning Automatic Rifle. The Home Guard did not possess any weapons until 6 months after their formation. When they did receive rifles, ...

Mr. E. A. Wilson, Uttoxeter Home Guard (2), Holly Road, Uttoxeter

Mr Wilson is standing in his back garden wearing a tin helmet, service respirator and his Home Guard's uniform.

Mr. George Slack sitting by a stone wall in Crowdecote

Mr. Latham, Photographer, Trentham

Latham was an early Staffordshire photographer who worked for Underwood and Underwood, a London-based company producing stereoscope cards in the 1850s and 1860s of places such as Westminster Abbey, Chatsworth, ...

Mrs Deakin and her daughter, Baswich

Mr and Mrs Deakin (nee Shroebridge) lived in a railway cottage right next to the railway line at Town Hills near Stockton Common, Baswich. Mr Deakin worked on the railways as a linesman for that stretch ...

Mrs Dean outside her Sweet Shop, Eccleshall,

Mrs 'Granny' Dean's shop was on High Street and sold a variety of goods, including poultry, fish and sweets. During the Second World War Mrs Dean's daughter ran the business, but she soon closed the ...

Mrs Dean's Shop, Eccleshall,

Mrs 'Granny' Dean's shop was on High Street and sold a variety of goods, including poultry, fish and sweets. Mrs Dean is on the right, next to the shop window. During the Second World War Mrs Dean's ...

Mrs E Howe, Birthday Celebration, Stone

Mrs E Howe of 16 Fillybrooks, Stone is being presented with a red, white and blue bouquet on the occasion of her 85th birthday on Tuesday, by members of the Stafford and Stone Divisional Conservative ...

Mrs Henry Leach at London, Xmas 1908. Photographed by William Blake.

Portrait of Mrs Henry Leach.

Mrs Jones' Hat Shop, Drayton Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Taken around 1920 this photograph shows the frontage of Mrs Jones' Hat Shop on Drayton Street in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The window display shows the wide range of hats available to the ladies of Newcastle, ...

Mrs Morris-Eyton, Wood Eaton Manor

Isabel Margaret Mary Morris-Eyton (nee Eyton) of Wood Eaton manor, Church Eaton, pictured on horseback. She was the wife of Charles Edward Morris-Eyton (1863-1930). He died in 1930 and Isabel left Wood ...

Mrs Walter and Jeannie at Stanley

Portrait of two women named Mrs Walter and Jeannie sitting in front of buildings and a chimney stack at Stanley, near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. They are dressed formally, as if on a special day ...

Munitions workers, ROF Swynnerton

A group of munitions shift workers pictured at R.O.F. Swynnerton. Second from the left on the second row behind the front row is thought to be Mrs Margery Williams. Workers at R.O.F. Swynnerton, a ...

Munitions workers, ROF Swynnerton

Munitions workers, Nessie, Doris , Dorothy(?) and Gwen at R.O.F. Swynnerton. Workers at R.O.F. Swynnerton, a high percentage of which were women, filled shells, bombs and other armaments, including ...

Munitions workers, ROF Swynnerton

Walking along the cleanway at R.O.F. Swynnerton. Workers at R.O.F. Swynnerton, a high percentage of which were women, filled shells, bombs and other armaments, including 20mm shells for Spitfires, ...

Musical Group, Salt C.E. Primary School,

Salt C.E. School was built by the Earl of Shrewsbury in memory of his daughter, who died in 1856.