Design Department, Lotus Ltd., Stafford
Don Vickers pictured in the Design Department at the Lotus Shoe Factory in Stafford. This photograph was taken by Stafford photographer Tony Boydon.
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded ...
Directors of Keats and Bexon, Stafford
Directors, staff and family outside the Keats and Bexon factory main gate, Corporation Street.
John and William Keats set up a company manufacturing shoe making machinery on Gaol Road in the 1870s ...
Dolefoot Lane, Hoar Cross
This early postcard view shows a pony and cart being driven through a ford near Hoar Cross, believed to be on Dolefoot Lane at one of the entrance paths to Jackson's Bank. The wooden pedestrian bridge ...
Donkeys, Blackpool. Photographed by William Blake.
Group portrait of holiday makers taking a donkey ride on Blackpool Beach, Lancashire.
The base of Blackpool Tower can be seen in the background.
Donkeys, Blackpool. Photographed by William Blake.
Portrait of two boys taking a donkey ride on Blackpool Beach, Lancashire.
One of the town's piers can be seen in the background.
Dot. Batkin, Easter 1907. Photographed by William Blake.
Outdoor portrait of a young girl posing in formal dress. She is named Dot Batkin and the photograph was taken during the Easter period of 1907, when it is thought Dot was twelve.
Dot's father was ...
Dove shoe polish tins
Spic and Span Shoe Polishes Ltd. was established in Glover Street on 3 June 1932. The company was partly owned by Lotus Ltd., the shoe manufacturers.
In 1938 the company, under the directorship of ...
Dr Hewson, Coton Hill Asylum, Stafford,
Coton Hill Asylum was built in the 1850s and opened in 1854. It was originally built as an extension to the County Asylum in order to house private patients. It was to be known as The institution for ...
Dramatic Production, Stafford Girls' High School
In 1907 the County Council took over a private girls' school at the Moat House on Newport Road, and moved it to new and larger premises in The Oval. It became Stafford Girls' High School, and there were ...
Dramatic Production, Stafford Girls' High School
In 1907 the County Council took over a private girls' school at the Moat House on Newport Road, and moved it to new and larger premises in The Oval. It became Stafford Girls' High School, and there were ...
Duckie Dodds in Gramophone Costume, Stafford Pageant,
Duckie was married to Percy Dodds who owned the Golden Key shop on Gaol Road. She won first prize with this costume, which 'records' the amount of money collected each year for Stafford Infirmary.
The ...
Earl of Lichfield and Domestic Servants at Shugborough Hall,
Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lichfield (in top hat), on the steps of Shugborough Hall.
With him are servants from his shooting lodge, Ranton Abbey. The lady on the right is Sarah Titley, who was born in 1862....
Early motor car, Stafford
Dr Cyril Marson, a Stafford dentist, and his elder sister Miss Arabella Marson in an early motor car. The vehicle pictured is an 8hp Decauville introduced into this country late in 1899. They had limited ...
Earrings
Each earring comprises of two parts - one a curved piece of ivory with pink edges, and the other a curved piece of titanium which has been etched and electrolytically anodised pink.
Designed a made ...
Earrings
Square shape earrings, anodised aluminium patterned in a mosaic of squares in shades of blue and green.
Designed and made by Reema Pachachi, a London based craft jeweller.
30mm square
Earrings
Pair of asymetric earrings in Titanium and perspex. One earring is a half circle of coiled multi coloured titanium, the other a similar half circle of titanium supporting two tapering, twisted rods of ...
Earrings
Silver earrings with dyed and laminated sycamore veneer. Rounded semi-circular shape, hinged at one side to reveal an inlay of red and green sycamore. Inset with a band of silver. Hallmarked on reverse.
Designed ...
Earrings
Ivory and diamond pendant earrings. There is a 9 carat Gold wire arrow pattern on the two sides of the earrings.
Designed and made by Glynis Carpenter, a London-based craft jeweller.
Length: 80mm.
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