14 Frederick Avenue, Penkhull
This building was originally a Sunday School and Chapel that stood on Frederick Avenue, previously Frederick Street until 1912. It was constructed in 1909 but has since been demolished.
Brewery Street, Hanley
Looking along Brewery Street towards the junction with Bryan Street. Beyond is the site of the old Port Vale football ground, a car park by the time this photograph was taken. The building on the right ...
Children’s Party, Eccleshall
Pictured is the first party for children of Eccleshall Methodist Sunday School, which started in 1855. The party was held during the early January 1956 and it proved to be an outstanding success. If you ...
Flower Festival, Wetley Rocks
This postcard view was taken during a Flower Festival procession in Wetley Rocks, this scene shows children in the parade and on the left there is a part view of a Sunday School banner.
Hill Top Sunday School, Westport Road, Burslem
The construction of the this chapel was a result of a dispute between the Sunday School teachers and trustees of the Wesleyan Chapel in Burslem. The dispute concerned a writing ban on the Sabbath day ...
Jubilee Methodist Memorial School, Paradise Street, Tunstall.
The Jubilee Methodist Memorial School stood on the corner of Paradise Street and Oldcourt Street (formerly Cross Street) in Tunstall. The tablet over the middle windows gives the opening date as 1875. ...
Methodist Sunday School, Hot Lane, Burslem
This single storey building is three room wide by three rooms deep. The front of the building has a row of stone plaques above the skirting. Two decorated iron figures extend from the external buttress.
The ...
Methodist Sunday School, Swan Bank, Burslem
This Sunday School building has two sections. The first is two storeys high, six rooms wide by two rooms deep. The second building also has two storeys but is five rooms wide by two rooms deep. They were ...
Mr Thomas Rylands Parton, Principal of Cannock Grammar School
Son of a coal miner, born in Madeley, Shropshire in 1873. A Baptist Church preacher, President of Chadsmoor Sunday-morning Adult School and Principal of Cannock Grammar School.
As Principal, he advertised ...
Procession, Abbots Bromley
A postcard view of a procession (led by violinists) which may be a Sunday School outing, proceeding along the road by the Market Place and Crown Bank in Abbots Bromley.
Ragged School banner, Leek
Mill Street Wesleyan Ragged School banner, from Leek. Blue embroidered silk with blue, white and yellow silk tassels and fringe.
The side shown features a painted inscription (apparently a later ...
St.James National School, Webberley Lane, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent
This plan is of St.James National School in Longton. The school was built in 1836 next to the church of St.James the Less on land donated by the Duke of Sutherland. Around 100 children attended the school ...
Stone laying at George Street Sunday School, Burton upon Trent
Lantern slide view of a large crowd posed on the site of George Street Sunday School for a stone laying ceremony. The large banner (at the top of the picture) illustrates the finished sunday school design, ...
Sunday School Centenary Celebrations, Stafford,
Wesley Methodist Church Sunday School centenary celebrations on the Market Square.
In the centre is the Jubilee Fountain, erected in 1887 to mark Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. It was demolished ...
Sunday School Outing to Trentham Gardens
Members of Rugeley Congregational Sunday School are pictured on an outing on the steps leading from the gardens to the courtyard buildings at Trentham Gardens. The School was on the corner of Heron Street ...
Sunday School, Regina Street, Smallthorne
This Sunday School stands on Regina Street in Smallthorne. This street was previously named Victoria Street. This two storey building was constructed between 1843 and 1878. There is a yard at the rear ...
Sunday School, Zion Methodist Church, Endon Road, Norton Green
This church building was constructed in 1857 and stood on Leek Road before it was renamed Endon Road. There is a datestone on the front gable which reads: 'Primitive Methodist A.D. 1857. Prepare to meet ...
Tutbury Congregational Church Sunday School
The Congregational Chapel and its neighbouring Sunday School stand on Monk Street. This group shows Mrs Crerar's class of ladies at the rear of Arden House
Back row: Alice Morley, unknown, Mrs Moorcroft, ...