Clayton Hall, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Clayton Hall originally belonged to the Lovatt family, who were local landowners.
The Hall was used as a family home for nearly one hundred years until 1939, when it was taken over during the Second ...
Collecting for Hospital Saturday during World War 1, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This horse-drawn float carries a group of girls all dressed as 'Allied' countries.
They are beleived to be collecting for Hospital Saturday.
Colonel Ralph Sneyd, Keele Hall, Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Colonel Ralph Sneyd inherited Keele Hall from his father Walter. Although he spent very little time there, especially in his later life when he went to live in the south of England.
He served as a ...
D-Day Landing Flag
This flag is from one of the landing crafts used in the D-Day Landings on Tuesday 6th June 1944.
It was given to the youngest member of the crew Eric Heath from Sandyford.
The flag was blackened ...
First World War photographs by Frederick Everitt of Clayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Frederick Everitt lived at 'Sunnyside' on Northwood Lane, Clayton in the early part of the 20th century.
He was employed as a chauffeur and was an amateur photographer.
Whilst at home on leave he took ...
Harrison's Birthplace, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Taken at the rear of Major-General Thomas Harrison's Birthplace. Thomas Harrison was born in 1606 and became one of the countries leading army officers. He had a close relationship with Oliver Cromwell ...
High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
An unusual photograph of an aircraft fuselage on a low-loader moving through traffic much to the amusement of shoppers on the High Street.
Woolworth's can be seen in the background.
HMS Daedalus camp military band, Clayton Hall, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph was taken during the Second World War when Clayton Hall was used as a training base for Fleet Air-Arm apprentices.
Joseph Guest's Bugle. Newcastle-under-Lyme
This bugle belonged to Joseph Guest. Before the war, Joseph worked at Brymbo Colliery (later known as Holditch Colliery) as an office boy. In late 1914, he joined the North Staffordshire Regiment after ...
Knitted Mittens, WW2
These woollen mittens have been knitted out of khaki coloured wool and were hand knitted probably for a soldier during World War 2..
Liverpool Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Photograph of French soldiers from the camp at Trentham during World War Two.
Local Home Guard Platoon, Newcastle-under-Lyme
View of the local Home Guard platoon during World war 2 marching down Liverpool Road.
Lt. Colonel Johnson’s Belt Buckle
Lt. Colonel Johnson served in the North Staffordshire Regiment for over seventeen years, and had seen action in South Africa before serving in World War One.
In September 1914 he was selected to train ...
Mark 1 Spitfire outside Brampton Museum, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This Mark 1 Spitfire from R.A.F. Bicester was on display outside the Brampton Museum (then the Borough Museum and Art Gallery) in Newcastle-under-Lyme to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Royal Air ...
Metal Disk Spurs, WW1
These spurs were used by Lt. Colonel Harry Johnson.
When the First World War broke out in he was selected to train the 2nd/5th Battalion at Butterton Hall. In 1917 he was sent to France but was captured ...
Miss Beardmore's private school, Wolstanton
Peace celebrations at Miss Beardmore's School in Wolstanton. All the children are dressed in their best clothes to celebrate the end of the Boer War.
Newcastle Union War Hosptial, Newcastle
Patients and staff are pictured here posing for their photoraphs in a ward of the Newcastle Union War Hospital during World War 1. It later became the City General Hospital.
Parade to the opening of the Municipal Hall, Liverpool Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph shows the parade that went through the town to the official opening of the Municipal Hall in the Ironmarket. Here the Volunteers are pictured marching down Liverpool Road going past St. ...