Rose Queen, Christ Church School, Stone
Christ Church School Rose Queen, Diane Martin (wering a crown but no sash), and her retinue in the playground of Christ Church School on Northesk Street, Stone. The boy and girl seated on the far right ...
Rose Queen, Oulton, near Stone
This group of Oulton children were photographed after the ceremony of crowning the Rose Queen, held on the Vicarage lawns on the afternoon of Saturday 23 July. On the left is the Vicar of Oulton, the ...
Rose Queen, Whitmore
Photograph taken at the Rose Queen ceremony at Whitmore Rectory in about 1955. Alan Latham is the page boy on the right.
Royal Mail Float, Stafford Pageant
A Stan Robinson haulage contractors' lorry decorated for the Stafford Pageant by the Royal Mail. The people in the photograph are Royal Mail employees dressed in fancy dress for the occasion.
Royal Mail Float, Stafford Pageant
A Stan Robinson haulage contractors' lorry decorated for the Stafford Pageant by the Royal Mail. The people in the photograph are Royal Mail employees dressed in fancy dress for the occasion.
Royal Mail Van, Stafford Pageant
A Morris 1000 Royal Mail delivery van decorated with balloons with a caricature of 'Postman Pat' waving from the back of the van.
Salvation Army Decorated Float, Stafford Pageant,
The Salvation Army's decorated float 'The Rock of Ages', Stafford Pageant, seen here on Siemens Road.
The gentleman standing at the front is Peter Wakefield, his daughter Francis Eliza Wakefield born ...
Sherbrook Gypsies, Carnival Float
Photograph shows a group of men and women in fancy dress costume on a decorated horse drawn cart.
Sherbrook Gypsies, Carnival Float
Photograph shows a group of men and women in fancy dress costume sitting on a horse drawn decorated cart.
'Ship of Mine' Pageant Float, Stafford,
The pageant included a class for floats representing a film shown in Stafford over the previous year. This float won second prize and was based on 'Ship of Mine'. It was entered by Mason and Marson, ...
Spring Dance, Stafford Pageant
This group of Uttoxeter girls won First Prize at the 1930 Stafford Pageant for their 'Spring Dance'. Frances Hollins is standing in the centre of the back row. She was dressed in green, representing ...
Stafford Concert Brass
Stafford Concert Brass playing on rear of a lorry at Stafford Pageant in June 1987.
Stafford Brass Band was formed at the English Electric Lichfield Road works during World War II. In the late 1940s ...
Stafford Pageant and RAF Stafford
The RAF Stafford Pageant Float with a Gazelle HT3 helicopter is pictured in the Market Square, Stafford, celebrating the 50th anniversary for the RAF at Stafford. The building in the background is the ...
Stafford Pageant Carnival Queen, Borough Hall, Stafford
Pictured at the selection of the Stafford Pageant Queen are (from left to right): Coral Grainger (Miss English Electric), Sheila Greatorex (Miss Stafford), Ellen Pedley (Miss Haughton), Hazel Brown (Miss ...
Stafford Pageant Costumes,
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 ...
Stafford Pageant Float with Entrants
Entry in the annual Stafford Pageant, seen on the corner of Siemens Road (Sabine Street is in the background). The float is a copy of an early Biplane built around two bicycles which was probably inspired ...
Stafford Pageant Float,
Pageant float 'The Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe' was entered by the Accounts Department of the Universal Wheel Grinding Co. on Doxey Road.
The float won first prize in the category of film shown in ...
Stafford Pageant Procession,
Pageant procession seen on Foregate Street, opposite the end of Glover Street.
The procession through Stafford ended with a fair on the town common. A prize was awarded to the best decorated entries ...