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 ...
Burgess family, May Bank, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Private Stan Burgess showing off his new uniform, with his young brothers, Graham, Frank and Alan. This view was taken from Highfield Avenue, May Bank, and shows the awful air pollution that existed around ...
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 ...
C Rennatt Top Hat, Newcastle-under-Lyme, c.1885-1910
Charles Rennatt was born in 1861 and on the 1901 census he is found to be living at 16 Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme which is where we believe his shop was also located.
He is listed as being ...
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.
Cartwright (of Newcastle-under-Lyme) Pocket Watch
Clock-making in the midlands has a long and diverse history, with the earliest known clock to date from 1473.
The area has since been producing various types until the mid nineteenth century. Numbers ...
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.
Child’s Blue Straw Hat, 1940s
This hat was worn by Miss Marson from Hanchurch when she was a little girl in the 1940s.
The hat is made out of straw woven together and dyed blue.
It has a blue ribbon going around the base of the ...
Child’s Dress
This is either a plain underdress or used for nightwear.
The dress is very plain with no noticeable details and is made out a fine woollen material.
Child’s Dress, 1960s
A synthetic red fabric with a white netting overlay.
Decorated with frills, red velvet ribbon and sewn flower decorations.
Child’s Dress, c.1880-1900
Fine woollen dress, with an embroidered hem
Child’s Flower girl Dress, c.1950s-60s
This child’s bridesmaid dress has a white cotton under layer with yellow netting over the top.
The dress has a design of small white flowers to match the small lace frill around the chest and hem and ...