Sports day, Beasley Fields, Chesterton
Staffordshire boating figures with spill vase
Spill vases were used to hold tapers or spills for lighting candles, lamps or pipes.
Staffordshire Equestrienne Figure
Staffordshire figure of a horsewoman.
It is likely that this is not a zebra, but rather a patterned horse.
Zebras were included in Circuses in the 1830s, though it is unlikely that they were ridden.
From ...
Staffordshire Figure - Courtship
Staffordshire figure showing a man offering a reluctant lady a ring.
This figure is reflective of the changing attitudes towards marriage at the beginning of the 19th century, with families becoming ...
Staffordshire Figure - Summer
Staffordshire figure of a young woman holding wheat and a sickle, representing the season of Summer.
The image of a woman holding a sickle and crops has been used to represent Summer since the Romans. ...
Staffordshire Figure - Tambourine Player
Staffordshire figure in the shape of a tambourine player.
Staffordshire figures often depict the playing of traditional or amateur music.
It is thought that the mould for this figure was first made ...
Staffordshire Figure - Tambourine Player
Staffordshire figure in the shape of a tambourine player.
Staffordshire figures often depict the playing of traditional or amateur music.
It is thought that the mould for this figure was first made ...
Staffordshire Figure - The Lost Sheep
Staffordshire figure based on the parable of the Lost Sheep in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.
Teaching the idea of redemption, the parable tells of a shepherd who leaves his flock of ninety-nine sheep ...
Staffordshire Gardener figure
Staffordshire figure depicting a woman with a watering can.
During the early 19th century, gardening was a popular pastime, influenced by the fashionable Pleasure Gardens, public parks and the establishment ...
Staffordshire Sportsman Figure
Staffordshire figure depicting a man with a gun and hunting dog.
During the 19th century, shooting was a very popular pastime amongst upper class gentlemen.
Shooting was a very class-based activity ...
Sunday Morning, The Castle Hotel, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This view of The Castle Hotel that stood on the High Street in Newcastle-under-Lyme was painted, signed and dated by Reginald G. Haggar on 11th May 1969. In front of the hotel to the left of the painting ...
Sunday School Treat at Clayton Green, Newcastle-under-Lyme
An outing to the rural Clayton Green is captured here. Such outings were becoming more popular at the time amongst all classes of society.
Syd Perkin and Edna Duffield, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Syd Perkin and Edna Duffield were dance partners who won both British and European championships and were teachers and judges on the BBC's original 'Come Dancing' program in the 1950s. During the 1950s ...
Sydney Barnes, Cricketer
S.F. (Sydney) Barnes was born in Smethwick, Staffordshire in 1873 and died in Chadsmoor, Staffordshire in 1967. He was described by Wisden as the world's greatest bowler. Even though he was a regular ...
Sydney Barnes, cricketer
S.F. (Sydney) Barnes was born in Smethwick, Staffordshire in 1873 and died in Chadsmoor, Staffordshire in 1967. He was described by Wisden as the world's greatest bowler. Even though he was a regular ...
The Borough Museum and Art Gallery, Brampton, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is a view of the museum a few years after it moved to its building in the Brampton from the Lancaster Buildings in 1956. It was originally called the 'The Borough Museum and Art Gallery' and changed ...
The Dolphin Inn, Kidsgrove
The Dolphin was at 43 Heathcote Street. The licensee at this time was Jacob Stanier and it is his wife, Elizabeth, standing in the doorway. The poster in the window is advertising the screening of two ...
The Old Borough Treasurers , Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This oil painting signed and dated by Jack Clarkson in 1965 depicts the three storey Georgian building that was the Borough Treasurers offices until 1965. The red bricks and arched windows of Jubilee ...