Straw Hat
This hat is made out of straw woven together, with a large wide brim.
It has blue elastic over the brim, going around the crown and to the edge of the brim. It also has blue cotton flowers attached ...
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.
VE Day Celebrations, Hall Street, Audley, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A group of children standing on the steps of the Coronation Cinema celebrating VE day.
Victorian Child’s Coat
A cream coloured woollen coat, with a scalloped edge.
Victorian Child’s White Dress
Victorian children were dressed like miniature adults to a certain extent, for example girls’ skirts were shorter than adults. The skirt would gradually get longer as the girl aged, so when she was sixteen ...
Victorian Children’s Leather Shoes
Victorian children wore hard leather shoes that were durable, as shoes were very expensive as they were handmade.
Most children, unless they were wealthy, would have worn ill-fitting shoes which were ...
Wolstanton Church School class 5, Wolstanton, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Before the days of free state education many school were run by churches and charitable organisations who took it upon themselves to educate the lower classes who could not afford to pay for education. ...