Croplifter at work, Bramshall
A Salopian Croplifter loading a lorry at The Elms farm, Bramshall, near Uttoxeter. This photograph was taken on behalf of Mr Hawkins of the Milk Marketing Board's Grass Drying Station at Leigh, Lancashire.
Photographer: ...
Cross base, Felthouse Common, Cheddleton
The base of a stone medieval cross by drystone wall at Felthouse Common, south of Cheddleton. Still extant in 1982, the base was no longer present in 1999. It consisted of a square socket in an irregular ...
Cross-leaved Heath, or Erica tetralix
Heather abounds on acid soils across heaths, moors, bogs and open woodland.
Heather is in flower from July to September and grows to a height of 40cm.
This example was collected at Cannock Chase ...
Cuckooflower, or Cardamine pratensis
You can track down cuckooflower, or lady's smock, in lowland water meadows and upland hay fields.
Flowering between April and July, it can grow up to 55cm in height.
This example was found growing ...
Cultivating potatoes, Alrewas Hayes, Fradley
A Farmall tractor at work cultivating potatoes in a field at Mr R.W.N. Dawe's farm at Alrewas Hayes, near Fradley.
Photographer: Gerald McCann of High Street, Uttoxeter.
Cutting corn, Whitmore
Dick Latham driving a Massey-Harris combine harvester, cutting corn at Church Farm, Whitmore.
Cutting oats, Maer
Team of two Percheron horses at work cutting oats with an Albion reaper binder in a field, moving from right to left. Photographed for Miss R.H. Harrison, Maer Hall, Maer.
Photographer: Gerald McCann, ...
Cutting oats, the Allotment Gardens, Alstonefield
From left to right: Ernest Adams, Jim Bailey and Herbert Wood, holding a scythe. Mr Wood grew oats on the Allotment Gardens, a plot of land of about a third of an acre which was formerly 4 allotments. ...
Dairy herd, Kingstone Hall, Kingstone
Dairy herd of cattle in a field at Mr Thomas Bernard Bettson's farm at Kingstone Hall, Kingstone, Staffordshire.
Photographer: Gerald McCann, photographer of High Street, Uttoxeter.
Dairy shorthorns, Staffordshire County Show, Uttoxeter
Dairy shorthorn cattle awaiting judging at the Staffordshire County Show, held at Uttoxeter Racecourse on Thursday 4 June 1936.The show was hit by a downpour in the morning, leaving the showground waterlogged. ...
Dancing Diggers, County Show, Hopton,
Dane valley, Gradbach
Looking north along the Dane Valley from Gradbach, looking towards Quarnford. The white building on the left in the middle distance is Dane Cottage.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton.
Degg's Fields, Normacot
Taken looking north-west, from near the north end of Hamilton Road. St. James's Church can be seen in the distance in Longton.
Denstone College
A postcard view of Denstone College which was begun in 1868 and opened in 1873 as St. Chad's College, with places for 46 boys. It was designed by William Slater and R.C. Carpenter in a Gothic style. The ...
Digging a ditch, Colton
Digging a drainage ditch at Newlands farm, Colton. The farm belonged to Mr B. Bettson at the time of this photograph.
Photographer: Gerald McCann (1897-1970) of Uttoxeter.
Dimmings Dale near Cheadle
Dog's Mercury, or Mercurialis perennis
You can find this perennial plant in woods and hedgerows, especially on limestone and clay.
Male and female flowers grow on separate plants, with flowers from February to April.
This plant can grow ...
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 ...