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 ...
Slaughter House, Broad Street, Stafford
Pictured is the rear view of 8, Broad Street, Stafford seen from between 6 & 7, Queen Street. It had been a butchers with slaughter-house facilities for many years. Stafford Corporation's gasometer can ...
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.
Slip House.
Pottery factory interior with a view of a slip house.
The slip house was the area where the clay was prepared.
The man in the picture is inspecting 'blungers' on a mixing machine. This is where ...
Slip House.
Pottery factory interior with a view of a slip house and workers using a filter press.
The man in the centre of the picture can be seen rolling prepared clay out of the press.
Taken from the Gladstone ...
Smith's Butchers Shop, Little Haywood,
Soldier and ventriloquist's dummy, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A Corporal from South Staffordshire Regiment with ventriloquist's dummy. The 10th (Reserve) Battalion and 11th (Reserve Battalion) South Staffordshire Regiment were based at Rugeley camp from October ...
Soldier, Army Veterinary Corps, Milford and Brocton Camp
This postcard picture shows Douglass (last name unknown) wearing his best uniform and having his photograph taken in a studio by a professional photographer.
On the reverse Douglass writes: “Dear Auntie ...
Soldier, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
Studio portrait of 15461 Sgt. Bernard Jervis of the Northumberland Fusiliers, stationed at Brocton Camp in June 1917. This photograph was given to Gladys Harvey of Rugeley, who was in the Women's Auxiliary ...
Soldier, Brocton or Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
L/Cpl C.H. Bishop, of the Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) who were based on Cannock Chase from August 1915.
Soldier, Penkridge Bank Camp, Cannock Chase
This Church Army Recreation Hut postcard with a generic view of a soldier was sent from Private J Lawley, 11109 of ‘A’ Company, 10th South Staffordshire Regiment, Penkridge Bank Camp near Stafford, to ...
Soldier, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A soldier from the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He was a musician in the regiment band. Battalions of the King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) were stationed at Rugeley Camp and Brocton Camp ...
Soldier, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
22187 Pte Wilfred Hodder, A Company, 11th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. The 11th (Reserve) Battalion KOYLI were based at Rugeley Camp from November 1915 until November 1918.