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Shyler's Grocery Shop, Great Bridgeford,

Signalman, Stafford,

Stafford Common Railway Station was built in 1867, to serve the Stafford to Uttoxeter line. The station closed to passengers in 1939, but continued to carry freight. It closed completely in the 1970s....

Silverdale Council Girls' School, Silverdale, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Silverdale No 2 Mines Rescue Brigade, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The North Staffs Colliery Owners Association set up their first mines rescue station, in a converted house at Stoke in 1911. This was not long after the Coal Mines Act was passed; meaning that it was ...

Silverdale No 3 Rescue Brigade, Silverdale, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The Miners Rescue Team are pictured here in all of their equipment. The National Miners' Rescue Service was formed in the early part of the twentieth century. Training in the area took place either at ...

Sinking of the staple shaft, Littleton Colliery

View of miners with a sinking shaft underground. The round cage suspended by the cable is descending into the hole. The miner in front of the hole to the left is using a pneumatic drill. Both miners are ...

Sir Robert Peel, 4th baronet, Drayton Manor

Sir Robert Peel, 4th Baronet (1867–1925) pictured at his family home, Drayton Manor. Drayton Manor was the home of the Peel family and was built by Sir Robert Peel's father in about 1790. This house ...

Sir Robert Peel, fifth baronet, and Lady Peel, Drayton Manor, Fazeley

Sir Robert Peel, the fifth baronet, is seen here with his wife, the Canadian actress, Beatrice Lillie. The couple were married at St Paul's Church in Fazeley in 1920. The Peel family home was Drayton ...

Sir Thomas Wardle, Leek

Thomas Wardle was born on January 26 1831 to parents Joshua and Mary. His father was the owner of a silk dyeing business at Cheddleton Heath, which Thomas joined at the age of about 16, and was soon followed ...

Sister Webster, Board Room, Biddulph Grange Orthopaedic Hospital

Sister Webster was the Night Sister at the hospital for many years, but it is not known when she retired.

Slater Family and Domestic Servants, Stone,

Thomas and Emily Slater with their children Kathleen (aged 12) and Edward (aged 8) and servants. The family lived on Lichfield Road in a house now known as The Rectory. On retirement the family moved ...

Slaughter House, Broad Street, Stafford

Pictured is the rear view of 8, Broad Street, Stafford seen from between 6 & 7, Queen Street. It had been a butchers with slaughter-house facilities for many years. Stafford Corporation's gasometer can ...

Slip House

Factory interior showing pottery workers in a slip house. Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Photographed by William Blake.

Small Beaded Bag

This bag is made up of tiny beads and colourful embroidery to create a floral pattern. The fastening is a simple clasp with a metal chain handle.

Small Girl with a Rabbit, Eccleshall,

Small Purple Handbag, c.1930-1970

This handbag is made out of purple cotton with a clasp fastening and short handle. It belonged to Emily Colclough who was born in Wolstanton in 1905 and worked in a pot bank but later worked at Wolstanton ...

Snow on Milford Common,

View looking across the common towards Milford.

Soldiers departing for war, Derby Street, Leek

View of local soldiers heading off for World War I.