Milford Common
Two girls on the Green at Milford, opposite Milford Common.
Postmarked 28 April 1905.
Milford on Milford Day
Visitors to the Fair on Milford Common. Fashions suggest this photograph was taken around 1912.
Copy photograph of a postcard.
North Western Hotel, Stafford
The North Western Hotel, later the Station Hotel, Stafford. This appears to be a promotional post card produced by the Hotel Manager, Septimus Carolus Howard. He was manager of the hotel from 1907 until ...
Notts & Derby Regiment soldier, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
A bandsman of the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment pictured outside a hut at Brocton Camp. This young man is proud to send home his portrait in full bandsman uniform and is informing his mother, ...
Novelty Postcard, Milford
A postcard with the captions "Our B'hoys:- all leave suspended" and "Thumbs down". Sent from Emma to a soldier in Lincoln Regiment saying they had visited Milford for the day but hoped he would be home ...
NZRB soldiers, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
Three unidentified New Zealand Rifle Brigade soldiers pictured in a photograph taken at a local studio to be sent back home to loved ones. The local photographers must have had been kept very busy with ...
Old Acre Cottage, Old Acre Lane, Brocton
Elizabeth Smallwood and her niece Lizzie outside their cottage in Oldacre Lane. Eizabeth was born in 1856 and Lizzie in 1888.
Old Acre Hall, Brocton
Elizabeth Smallwood and her niece Lizzie ran a tea shop from the front room of this house in Oldacre Lane, Brocton. They used to cater for Sunday School parties from Stafford who visited the Chase. ...
Old Acre Lane, Brocton
The Gamekeeper's Cottage, half-way along Old Arce Lane, Brocton. In 1911 Tom Lockett was Gamekeeper living with his wife Annie (nee Fleet) and Annie's daughter. In the adjoining cottage lived widow ...
Old Acre Lane, Brocton
The Gamekeeper's Cottage, half-way along Old Arce Lane. In 1911 Tom Lockett was Gamekeeper living with his wife Annie (nee Fleet) and Annie's daughter. In the adjoining cottage lived widow Mary Nunn ...
Old Houses, Greengate Street, Stafford
Three shops which probably date back to Tudor times. Indentures for Philip Dale and Henry Bamford as apprentices to Richard Bartlem Tomlinson, ironmonger, date back to 1811. The building was demolished ...
On the Chase, Milford
Clearly written under the photograph is Tuesday 30th June 1904. Two children sitting on The Green with Milford Common in the background.
Our halfway holiday, Brocton Military Camp
This view of a group of young trainees at Brocton camp shows the single stove located in the centre of each hut. The ordinary soldiers had to share their stove whereas the officers each had their own ...
Prince of Wales, Stafford
In June 1924 the Prince of Wales, later to become King Edward VIII visited Stone and the Potteries. A series of photographs of the visit were taked by Stafford photographer, Charles Fowke. There is ...
Proclamation of King George V, Rugeley
This postcard picture shows the crowds gathered for the Proclamation of King George V at 7 o’clock on 11 May 1910 in front of the Town Hall, Rugeley. George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British ...
Remembrance Sunday, Stafford
The poster on the wall is announcing visit of Famous Wireless Entertainers (Flotsom & Jetsom). The Mayor, William T. Richardson surrounded by Police Officers is preparing to leave the Borough Hall for ...
Royal Visit to Ingestre
King Edward VII arrived by train at Hixon station on Monday evening, 18th November. There were plans for shooting on Tuesday and Friday with a visit to Rangemore on Wednesday, again to shoot. The bag ...
Satnall Hills, Cannock Chase
Travelling towards Stafford just before the Shugborough main entrance. On the right can be seen part of the Milford gravel quarry worked in 1923 by Hubert Nickolls. In the 1930s and 1940s the company ...