Child’s Pink Top, c.1950-1980
This dress is made by the company 'Peter Pan, Scotland'.
It has a smocked neckline, with short puff sleeves which have a tie detail.
It has a tying and button fastening at the back.
Child’s Silk Dress
This dress would have been worn by either a boy or girl, as both girls and boys wore dresses until they were about 3 or 4 years old.
Child’s White Dress, c.1900-1920
This top was handmade for a child, boy or girl, and is made out of cotton.
There is broderie anglaise on the cuffs and neckline, and white embroidery to embelish the front.
Children’s Chemise, c.1850-1900
The chemise was a form of underwear.
This chemise was designed to be worn by a girl when she was old enough to wear children’s clothes instead of long baby dresses.
The frill at the bottom was designed ...
Children's Leather Shoes, c.1900-1920
These shoes are made out of soft leather and have a cotton lining to make them softer and more comfortable to wear.
They were most probably made around beginning of the 20th century.
The soles of ...
Child's dress, c.1850-1910
This is a young child's dress from either the Victorian or Edwardian era.
It has been made using plain white cotton fabric and decorated with lace and broderie angalise on the hem and lower edge of the ...
Child's dress, c.1930-1960
This delicate cotton dress is presumably for a very young girl.
It was probably handmade and has a little frill around the bottom edge and pin tuck detail around the chest.
We believe it to have ...
Child's pink party dress
Child's short pink dress made up of fabric frills.
Christening Bonnet, 19th century
The bonnet (pictured) is likely to have been a christening bonnet with the amount of detail and decoration on it. The long ribbons were usually used as added decoration and could be the length of the ...
Christening Gown and Veil, 1920s
A 1920s lace gown and veil worn by the donor Mrs D Wilson when she was a baby.
She was born 27.12.1928 at the Chapel House, Pepper Street, Keele and was christened in 1929.
An underdress would have ...
Christening Gown, 19th century
During the Victorian era christening gowns became more elaborate as textiles became cheaper.
Christening gowns sometimes copied the current fashion trends. This dress has 'whitework' (a style of white ...
Christening Gown, 19th century
A boys christening gown made of white fine cotton.
It has a triangular bodice, square neckline and broderie anglaise edging.
This is a very long gown measuring over a meter from shoulder to hem.
Leycett
An old corner shop at Leycett is pictured here with residents standing outside. At the time this photograph was taken only about twenty houses in the village were still occupied.
Loomer Bridge, footpath from Mount Pleasant, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph captures three boys against the background of the pyramid-like slag heap from one of the local coal mines.
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.
Satin Christening Gown, 1930s
This christening gown was worn by Graham Potts in 1939.
Graham's two sons were also christened in the same gown some years later.
Silk Christening Gown, 1800s
The christening gown that we recognise today started in the mid eighteen century.
These early gowns were made out of soft fabrics, such as silk or satin, until the 1800s when cotton became more readily ...
Silverdale Council Girls' School, Silverdale, Newcastle-under-Lyme