Stramshall Show, (2)
Picture showing a band and fairground rides in the background, Stramshall Show, 1921.
Strawing china for packing
A pottery worker "Strawing" China as part of the packing process. Photographed by William Blake.
Students at Rodbaston Farm Institute, Penkridge
Students with ploughs overhauled, painted and ready for work. Standing behind them and in front of a reaper binder is their instructor, Mr J.D.G. Harris, wearing a white overall.
Rodbaston College's ...
Studio Portrait of a Fireman, Stafford,
Mr Ernest Haywood was Captain of Stafford Fire Brigade.
When he retired in 1942 he was made a Freeman of the Borough.
Studio Portrait, Nurse, Stafford
Studio photograph from the Bertam Sinkinson collection shows an unidentified nurse in outdoor clothing.
This glass plate was probably taken by Weiss & Fowke. Charles Fowke was based at the Victoria ...
Studio Portrait, Stafford
Studio Portrait of an unidentified young couple from the Bertam Sinkinson collection. The man is dressed in Army uniform and the woman in a nurses uniform.
This glass plate was probably taken by Weiss ...
Suffolk Ewes, County Show, Stone,
Staffordshire Agricultural Society held its first show in Stone in 1844. The annual County Show was originally held at various sites around the county.
Since 1958 the County Show has been held at ...
Superintendent and Matron, Miners' Convalescent Home, Rudyard
Mr and Mrs John Cooper, Superintendent and Matron of the Miners' Convalescent Home, Rudyard from its opening in 1925. Mr Cooper was President of the North Staffordshire Miners Federation, and his wife ...
Superintendent Arnold, Stone Police
Born in Bolton, Lancashire in 1882, Robert Arnold was apprenticed as a shoeing smith to his blacksmith father, but joined the Staffordshire Constabulary in 1904. In his early police career he worked ...
Supt. Mary Elizabeth Wright Q.P.M, Stafford
Supt. Wright served in the Staffordshire County Police from 26 August 1944 until her death on 17 November 1972. She was awarded the Queen's Police medla for distinguished service.
Mary was Sergeant ...
Sylvia, Winnie and Gwen, Rugeley
The greeting on the back of this photographic postcard is “With kindest regards from Sylvia, Winnie & Gwen". They may be members of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps providing catering services during ...
Tackeroo Express, Cannock Chase
'Tackeroo' is the name of an area close to Hednesford where it joined the London & North Western Railway (Cannock Mineral Branch); the military railway inherited this name. This section of the railway ...
Taking a Trial at the last firing., Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior showing a bullers ring being withdrawn from the trial hole in the clammins of the oven. The clammins was a temporary seal in the oven through which holes could be made to acces ...
Taking a trial, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior showing bullers’ rings being withdrawn from the trial hole in the clammins of the oven. The clammins was a temporary seal in the oven through which holes could be made to acces ...
Tamworth Roller Skating Rink
Situated in Market Street, adjacent to the Town Hall, the rink was opened in 1910. It was advertised as having “a splendid maple floor. On the reverse of this postcard are the rink’s opening hours. It ...
Taylor, Tunnicliff and Co Ltd Factory, Stone
Taylor Tunnicliff and Co. Ltd. were founded at Eastwood, Hanley in 1867 and eventually specialised in the manufacture of ceramic insulators. In 1920 the company began building a new factory on the former ...
Taylor, Tunnicliff and Co Ltd, Hanley
Glaze dipping at Taylor, Tunnicliff's Eastwood factory, Hanley.
The firm was founded in 1867 by Thomas Taylor and William Tunnicliff, eventually concentrating on making specialised pottery for the ...
Teapot Making Team.
Group photograph of a teapot making team at Parrott's pottery factory, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.
This photograph is part of the collections ...