Shoeing a shire horse, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
A white shire horse, possibly Monty, being shod in Bass' Blacksmith Shop. The farrier has the horse's hoof on a stand and is rasping around the hoof and shoe.
Shoemaker, In Vogue Shoes, Stone
Shoemaker hand stitching shoes. Invogue was the only Stone shoe manufacturer apart from Lotus Ltd. to survive beyond the Second World War. By 1932 the company, which belonged to the Reinli family, had ...
Shoemaker, In Vogue Shoes, Stone
Shoemaker using lasting pliers..
Invogue was the only Stone shoe manufacturer apart from Lotus Ltd. to survive beyond the Second World War. By 1932 the company, which belonged to the Reinli family, ...
Shooting party, near Penkridge,
Griffin family of Preston Vale Farm, near Penkridge, after a shooting expedition.
Shrewsbury State Chariot outside the Swan Hotel, Stafford,
The Earl of Shrewsbury's State Chariot passing the Swan Hotel in Greengate Street, in preparation for the coronation celebrations of June 1953.
State Carriages, or Dress Chariots, were used for court ...
Sidney Gee, 1/5th Battalion South Staffs Regiment
Sidney Gee wearing 'Hospital Blues' after recovering from serious chest wounds caused by shrapnel in 1916. He was treated at Whalley Hospital near Manchester and discharged from the Army on 1 February ...
Siemens Dynamo Works Fire Brigade, Stafford,
The Siemens fire brigade in their uniforms, their captain is seated in the centre.
Siemens Bros. Electrical Engineering Works opened its Lichfield Road factory in 1903, after relocating from Woolwich ...
Signalman, Stafford,
Stafford Common Railway Station was built in 1867, to serve the Stafford to Uttoxeter line.
The station closed to passengers in 1939, but continued to carry freight. It closed completely in the 1970s....
Sinking of the staple shaft, Littleton Colliery
View of miners with a sinking shaft underground. The round cage suspended by the cable is descending into the hole. The miner in front of the hole to the left is using a pneumatic drill. Both miners are ...
Sir George Nelson at the New Hough, English Electric Co., Stafford
Sir George Horatio Nelson, Chairman and Managing Director of the English Electric Company is pictured outside the New Hough with the New Zealand Deputy Premier Mr Walter Nash. During the visit to the ...
Sir Michael Armitage visits RAF Stafford
Sir Michael Armitage is pictured during a demonstration of the Station's computer equipment. In 1985 Sir Michael became Air Member for Supply and Organisation and in 1988 the Commandant of the Royal ...
Sir Philip Brocklehurst of Swythamley Park
Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst, 2nd baronet (1887-1975) pictured in France in about 1916. In 1914, Sir Philip had planned to embark on Shackleton’s Trans Antarctic Expedition, but instead gained a commission ...
Sister Dora of Walsall
Dorothy Pattison, better known as 'Sister Dora', who was famous for her work nursing the poor in Walsall.
She was born on 16 January 1832 at Hauxwell in Yorkshire. In 1864 she joined the Sisterhood ...
Sister Webster, Board Room, Biddulph Grange Orthopaedic Hospital
Sister Webster was the Night Sister at the hospital for many years, but it is not known when she retired.
Site ‘A’ Shed at RAF Stafford
Service personnel and staff in Site ‘A’ Shed.
RAF Stafford was formed 1 December 1939 following the purchase by the Treasury of 362 acres of land near Stafford. The main site was at Beaconside and ...
Slater Family and Domestic Servants, Stone,
Thomas and Emily Slater with their children Kathleen (aged 12) and Edward (aged 8) and servants. The family lived on Lichfield Road in a house now known as The Rectory.
On retirement the family moved ...
Slaughterhouse in Stafford
Christopher Gaskin, who was employed by Stafford Borough Council as an Environmental Health Officer until 1992, checking carcasses in a slaughterhouse in Stafford. Please contact us if you recognise the ...
Slip House
Factory interior showing pottery workers in a slip house. Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Photographed by William Blake.