Blue and White Clasp Bag, c.1920-1970
This handbag is made out of small metal discs sewn on to a metal frame with a metal chain.
The bag is made entirely out of metal and was used as evening wear, as the bag is quite small.
We're not entirely ...
Blue Cotton Shawl, c.1850-1880
This shawl is made out of blue cotton with a red woven pattern around the edge and blue tassels.
Blue Girl Guides Cap, 1990s
The Girls Guides started as a side organisation from the Boy Scouts. Lord Robert Baden-Powell set up a camp for boys in 1907 at Brownsea Island in Dorset to test his scouting ideas.
By 1908 girls started ...
Blue Wedding Dress, 1920s
This wedding dress was worn by Lucy Harvey when she married Bill Hughes in the 1920s.
It demonstrates the flapper style of the ‘Roaring Twenties.’
It is shorter in length and would have been worn ...
British Red Cross Beret, c.1940-1960
This is a lady's Red Cross Officers beret and was in use in the 1940s and 1950s.
Brittain's Foundry Workers, Chesterton
At this time Brittain's Hope Foundry stood in Dragon Square, Chesterton, and had done since 1870, but it has since been demolished.
Brown Fox Fur Stole c.1930 -1960
This would have been worn between the 1930 and 1950s.
This brown fox is complete with head, legs and tail as was fashionable at the time.
Brown Fur Cape, c.1920-1940
This cape was made in the 1920s or 1930s by the company Alexander Wilkie in Edinburgh.
The length and style of the cape indicates that it was used by a woman on formal occasions.
Brown Leather Football boots, c.1890-1920
Football has been popular in Britain for centuries with the first recorded football boots in 1526 when King Henry VIII ordered new boots for his great wardrobe.
In the nineteenth century the popularity ...
Bull's Bank, Lower Street , Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph of Bull's Bank off Lower Street and behind St. Giles' Church is typical of the crowded housing that existed in some areas of Newcastle-under-Lyme until the late 1960s.
The cramped ...
Bull's Bank, Lower Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Taken in 1935 this picture of Bull's Bank in Newcastle-under-Lyme takes in the tower of St. Giles' Church, the alleyway that leads to the churchyard and three of the terraced houses that surrounded the ...
Bus drivers’ uniforms made at Enderley Mills, Newcastle-under-Lyme
New design of bus drivers' uniforms made for Potteries Motor Transport by J Hammond & Co at Enderley Mills in 1968.
Enderley Mills were founded in 1881 by Richard Stanway and specialised in the manufacture ...
Caddick Adams family's nanny dressed as Queen Victoria, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Caddick Adams family's nanny is here pictured dressed as Queen Victoria, for an unknown occasion.
Carnival procession Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent
A car decorated for Wolstanton Carnival containing children in fancy dress, topped by a child dressed as Britannia. This photograph was taken in Forster Street, Tunstall.
Castle Hill, Audley
A view looking from Church Street towards Castle Hill by Thomas Warham. The building behind the trees was once Castle Hill Farmhouse, built in 1870. In 1930 it became the offices of Audley District Urban ...
Catherine Street, May Bank, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A family sitting outside Smelters Row at the bottom of Catherine Street, May Bank.
Celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation, High Street, Chesterton
High Street, Chesterton June 2 1953
Chainmail purse / bag, c.1910-1935
This handbag is made up of chainmail links sewn onto a metal frame with a metal chain handle.