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Book Illustration. Photographed by William Blake.

Photograph of an article entitled "Estates of the Rich and Poor." The article illustrates the disparities in the distribution of wealth between the rich and the poor. Along with other images in the ...

Brereton Bible Class

Pictured in front of the old Brereton Vicarage (demolished 1963) is the Rev. Arthur M. Harding's Bible Class of 1909. Rev. Harding was a curate at Brereton from December 1906 to April 1911. Identification ...

Burslem School of Art, Queen Street, Burslem

Burslem School of Art in Queen Street. The grade II listed building was built between 1900 and 1924 on the site of an old pottery manufactory. Directly opposite is the Wedgwood Institute. Queen Street ...

Bus Station and Mining College, Cannock

The original Mining College was founded 1891. The 1920s building which replaced it was enlarged and opened in October 1929 by Viscount Chelmsford. It cost about £25,000 of which £18,000 was a grant from ...

College Flats, Madeley

Student accommodation at Madeley College. Madeley College of Education was built in 1961 in parkland formerly belonging to Madeley Manor. It had begun life in 1949 as Stafford Teacher Training College ...

Cooper's night class, Victoria Road School, Burton-on-Trent

Coopers' apprentices and lecturers at the first night class for coopers at Victoria Road School.

Decorated plates and cups

Possibly made at Fenton School of Art. Fenton School of Art was set up in 1889 by William Meath Baker in the old Fenton Athenaeum, which had been opened in 1853 and stood on the corner of Church Street ...

Display of casks and tubs at Victoria Road School, Burton-on-Trent

These casks and tubs were produced by apprentice coopers at the local breweries.

Elizabeth Mary Blake. Photographed by William Blake.

Full length portrait of Elizabeth Mary Blake in a graduation cap and gown.

Elizabeth Mary Blake. Photographed by William Blake.

Full length portrait of Elizabeth Mary Blake in a graduation cap and gown.

Examinations at Rodbaston Agricultural College

Students undertaking written examinations at Rodbaston Agricultural College. Rodbaston College's origins lie in 1919 when the War Agricultural Committee opened an agricultural training depot. In 1921 ...

Fenton Engineering Technical School

The Honours List at the former Athenaeum building, covering the years 1914 to 1925. Fenton School of Art was set up in 1889 by William Meath Baker in the old Fenton Athenaeum, which had been opened in ...

Fenton School of Art

Fenton School of Art was set up in 1889 by William Meath Baker in the old Fenton Athenaeum, which had been opened in 1853 and stood on the corner of Church Street (now Christchurch Street) and High Street ...

Fenton School of Art

Plaster figures in a classroom. Fenton School of Art was set up in 1889 by William Meath Baker in the old Fenton Athenaeum, which had been opened in 1853 and stood on the corner of Church Street (now ...

Fenton School of Art

Plaster figures in a classroom. Fenton School of Art was set up in 1889 by William Meath Baker in the old Fenton Athenaeum, which had been opened in 1853 and stood on the corner of Church Street (now ...

Fenton School of Art

Fenton School of Art was set up in 1889 by William Meath Baker in the old Fenton Athenaeum, which had been opened in 1853 and stood on the corner of Church Street (now Christchurch Street) and High Street ...

Hawkesyard Priory and College, Armitage

Hawkesyard Priory near Armitage, built to the designs of E. Goldie in 1896-1914, in the Gothic perpendicular style, is on the left. The College, housed in the older Hawkesyard Hall is on the right. The ...

High Street, Tutbury

A postcard view of the High street in Tutbury from near its junction with Lower High Street and Cornmill Lane. On the left is Tutbury Institute, the front block of which is Grade II listed. It has a ...