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Percy Hall's medal presentation, Town Hall, Leek

Percy Hall, the young boy in the picture was the first Scout to be presented with a Scouts Life-Saving Medal in the town. Councillor T. H. Bishton, Chairman of Leek Urban District Council is the man about ...

Peter Walker & Co. Brewery workers

Seven brewery workers sitting on an ale dock at the brewery. Standing in the centre of the group is Harry Stephens. He worked in the brewery and returned there after World War I. When the Brewery closed ...

Petrifactions, Stone,

The Petrifactions can be found at Cotwalton Drumble. Petrifaction occurs when minerals in flowing water build up over time to form features. There is no evidence of petrifaction at Cotwalton Drumble, ...

Pheasant shoot at Mill Meece Farm

A pheasant shoot at Mill Meece Farm, near Eccleshall, shortly before the First World War. The shoot was arranged by the tenant farmer, William Bennison.

Phil Gollings, United Lamp Black Works, Four Ashes

Phil Gollings, a worker at the United Lamp Black Works at Four Ashes, near Gailey, wearing his 'blacks'. Founded as United Lamp Black Company Ltd. during the Second World War, the company produced ...

Philanthropic Society of Journeymen Coopers procession, Burton-on-Trent

A horse-drawn lorry, belonging to James Eadie & Co., heads the procession, on which is arranged the banner of the Philanthropic Society of Journeymen Coopers, Burton-on-Trent branch.

Philip T. Dale, Stafford

Philip Thomas Dale was born in Birmingham on 13 September 1865, the son of Philip and Fanny Dale. He was the third generation of his family brazier, ironmonger and shopkeeper at 11, Greengate Street, ...

Philip T. Dale, Stafford

A cabinet card studio portrait of Philip Thomas Dale, who was born in Birmingham on 13 September 1865, the son of Philip and Fanny Dale. He was the third generation of his family to be brazier, ironmonger ...

Phoebe Clarke and family, Hednesford

Phoebe Clarke, nee Woollams, married James William Clarke at Pershore in 1886. After the birth of their first child they moved to Hednesford in about 1888 where James worked (and died) in the booming ...

Physical jerks before breakfast, Uttoxeter ACF Camp

The young cadets had an inspection parade at 7.30am, before physical jerks (exercises), which Edward Wilson, one of the cadet leaders recalled, "soon dispelled any remains of sleepiness".

Picking Coal. Photographed by William Blake.

People foraging for coal during the Coal Strike, March 1912.

Picnic at Norbury Junction

Norbury Junction was the junction between the Shrewsbury and the Liverpool and Birmingham sections of the Shropshire Union Canal. The Newport branch of the canal was little used after 1920 and was closed ...

Pierrette dancing troup at the Lichfield Greenhill Bower

Pig feeding at Hollywood Farm, Hilderstone

Feeding the pigs at Hollywood Farm, near Hilderstone. This photograph was taken near the beginning of the Cookes' tenancy of the farm. William Cooke looks on. The Cooke family were at Hollywood Farm between ...

Pig killing in back yard, Cannock area

Pigeon Fanciers, Belle Vue, Victoria Avenue, Kidsgrove

A group of pigeon fanciers seen here outside the Belle Vue, in Victoria Avenue. Included in the photograph are Mr Dale, Mr Albutt, Mr Turner, and Mr Peter Holland with the landlord, Mr Turner, holding ...

Pingle Lane, Hammerwich

A postcard view taken near the junction with Burntwood Road, a scene easily recognisable today (2023). In the lane are a boy with a wooden barrow and children with a baby in a perambulator. Postcard ...

Pingle Lane, Hammerwich

Viewed from near the junction with Burntwood Road, this scene is easily recognisable today (2023). This postcard, published by W.H. Smith & Son is from their Walsall Series and was posted to and from ...