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Black Lion Inn, Cheddleton

The Black Lion Inn, Hollow Lane, Cheddleton. The man in the doorway is Henry Walker (1874-1932) who was licensee from 1913 until at least 1921. The woman is his daughter Kathleen (born 1899) and with ...

Black Paisley Shawl, c.1840-1880

This beautiful shawl is made out of black silk with a coloured paisley pattern covering the entire piece and a fringe trim. Paisley shawls were in fashion for nearly 100 years from around 1780 to 1870s. ...

Blockley's, 48 High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Blockley's grocers and wine merchants was located at number 48 High street for many years and later became Hargreaves.

Blue and White Clasp Bag, c.1920-1970

This handbag is made out of small metal discs sewn on to a metal frame with a metal chain. The bag is made entirely out of metal and was used as evening wear, as the bag is quite small. We're not entirely ...

Blue Cotton Shawl, c.1850-1880

This shawl is made out of blue cotton with a red woven pattern around the edge and blue tassels.

Blue Girl Guides Cap, 1990s

The Girls Guides started as a side organisation from the Boy Scouts. Lord Robert Baden-Powell set up a camp for boys in 1907 at Brownsea Island in Dorset to test his scouting ideas. By 1908 girls started ...

Blue Wedding Dress, 1920s

This wedding dress was worn by Lucy Harvey when she married Bill Hughes in the 1920s. It demonstrates the flapper style of the ‘Roaring Twenties.’ It is shorter in length and would have been worn ...

Blythe Bridge Road, Rough Close. Photographed by William Blake.

Street scene taken at Blythe Bridge Road, Rough Close, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

Boat Inn, Cheddleton

The Boat Inn at Basford Bridge, Cheddleton, which stands next to the Caldon Canal and close to the River Churnet. In this view the road has been washed out after a flood. From about 1900 to 1917 ...

Boathouse Lane, Armitage

At the time of this photograph Boathouse Lane ran from New Road, Armitage, near to its junction with Old Road, down to the Trent and Mersey Canal. There had been a public house named The Boathouse at ...

Boathouse Lane, Armitage

At the time of this photograph Boathouse Lane ran from New Road, Armitage, near to its junction with Old Road, down to the Trent and Mersey Canal. There had been a public house named The Boathouse at ...

Boatman and family on the Trent & Mersey Canal at Rugeley

Bolehall Mill Co. Employees at Tamworth Carnival

Bolehall Mill Co. Employees in fancy dress for Tamworth Carnival, pictured at Bolehall Mill.

Bon Marche, Tean

Pictured are members of the Johnson family outside the Bon Marche General Stores on the corner of Hollington Road and Uttoxeter Road in Upper Tean. With Frances Verian Johnson (then aged 52) are her daughters ...

Bonfire on Etching Hill, Rugeley

The bonfire was possibly made for Bonfire Night celebrations but given its size more likely for a royal celebration, perhaps George V's Silver Jubilee in May 1935 or George VI's Coronation in May 1937. ...

Borough Hall on Polling Day, Stafford

The Borough Hall on Eastgate Street was designed by Henry Ward, the Borough architect. It opened on 20 June 1877. Borough Council offices, the library and the Wragg Museum occupied the ground floor. ...

Bourne Cottage, Clough Hall, Kidsgrove

Clough Hall was built by Jon Gilbert in around 1800 and was demolished in about 1927. Between 1817 and 1874 Clough Hall was the home of the Kinnersly family, bankers and iron merchants in Newcastle-under-Lyme. ...

Bowers family member, Coton, near Milwich

A studio portrait believed to be a member of the Bowers family of Coton Cottage Farm, Coton, near Milwich. Photographer: H.H. Dudley of West Bromwich, Stoke, Burton, Crewe, Worcester, Leamington and ...