May Bank Infants School, Newcastle-under-Lyme
May Bank Infants School was opened in 1904 and was designed by Absalom Reade Wood, who was a prolific architect, designing Tunstall Town Hall, Burslem's School of Art and Longton's Sutherland Institute. ...
Meadow View, Pattingham
Located on the High Street, Pattingham, opposite the Village Hall, this block of houses was known as Meadow View. The shop (no. 7) has a plaque above the door inscribed: S T 1692.
At the time of ...
Mother and Baby, Eccleshall,
Studio portrait of a mother holding her baby.
The baby is wearing christening robes.
Mother and Baby, Little Haywood,
'Mother and Big Baby' Pageant Entry, Stafford,
The annual Stafford Pageant included a procession through the town, and ended with a fair on the town common. A prize was awarded to the best decorated entries and along the route collections were made ...
Mr Brookes, Shugborough Park Farm
Leonard 'Dick' Brookes (1915-2009), pictured in the farmhouse at Shugborough Park Farm with one of his baby daughters, either Ann or Patricia. Born in Congleton, Cheshire, Dick Brookes took over the ...
Mrs Fanny Ashton and her Daughter, Chebsey,
Mrs Fanny Ashton with her baby daughter Margaret Ellen.
Mrs Ashton was married to a signalman who worked at Norton Bridge Junction.
Mug
'Coronaware' Little Bo-Peep Mug produced by S. Hancock and Sons.
Music Festival, Stafford
This postcard view shows a group of children at a Music Festival in Stafford in 1936. Please contact us if you recognise anyone in the photograph or the exact location.
Photographer: Fred Parsons of ...
Oaklands Road, Wolverhampton
A view along Oaklands Road, Wolverhampton. A man on horse drawn cart is approaching the camera. Two women stand at the gate of one of the houses and a child is standing in the road.
Photographer: ...
Open Day at the GEC Castle Engineering Works, Stafford
The GEC Castle Engineering Works in Stafford held an Open Day in 1977 to mark the occasion of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee. During the event there were various attractions for the visitors including examples ...
Pageant Dance Troupe, Stafford
These young dancers are pictured in action at Stafford Common after the Stafford Pageant procession, which started in Stychfields, progressed through the town centre and finished at the Common. Please ...
Pageant Party, Stafford
Watched by some of the 80 children who attended, Miss Wynne Porter is pictured as she cuts the large iced cake at a party for her pupils, held at the Oddfellows Hall in Stafford on Friday 24 October to ...
Pam Rose and maids, Shugborough
Pamela Rose (daughter of George Rose, Head Chauffeur to the Earl of Lichfield between about 1920 and 1962) standing with two maids on the cricket ground at Shugborough.
Pencil box, Newcastle Under-Lyme
Wooden pencil box made by Ernest Bloor Joiner and Cabinet maker. Lid slides out of top. Top tray swivels out to reveal lower section. Contains eraser and nib and pen.
Dimensions Length 238mm Width 56mm ...
Philip Husselbee on a toy engine, Walton on the Hill
Philip Husselbee on a toy engine owned by John Beech, a neighbour of the Husselbees in Walton-on-the-Hill, Stafford. Mr. Beech, who had worked as a butler for the Salt family, had a house full of Victorian ...
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 ...
Phyllis Clark, Seighford
Phyllis Clark is pictured feeding chickens at Rose Cottage, Seighford.
Acknowledgement: thank you to Mr Terry and Mrs Jan Harrison (nee Lawton) for the additional information.