Mark 1 Spitfire outside Brampton Museum, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This Mark 1 Spitfire from R.A.F. Bicester was on display outside the Brampton Museum (then the Borough Museum and Art Gallery) in Newcastle-under-Lyme to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Royal Air ...
One Guinea Bank Note, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A Newcastle-under-Lyme bank note for one guinea (£1 and 1 shilling). Banks used to be able to issue their own bank notes until the Bank Charter Act of 1844 which gave exclusive note issuing rights to ...
Newcastle Union Workhouse, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Union workhouses were built in an effort to combat poverty and encourage those who were seen as lazy to work their way out of poverty. They were designed to be as uncomfortable as possible. Men, women ...
Goose Street Gas Works, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Before the late 1700s, light was either natural or came from candles and oil lamps. The advent of gas light meant streets were seen as safer to walk through at night and businesses could stay open later ...
Two boys skating next to Thistleberry Castle, Newcastle-under-Lyme
These boys are skating on the moat that surrounded Thistleberry Castle. It was a fake castle in the grounds of Thistleberry House, built by Samuel Mayer, a Burgess in Newcastle-under-Lyme since 1820 just ...
Miniature of Dr Blest Hadderton, Mayor of Newcastle, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Blest Hadderton began his practice as a doctor in the 1700s on the High Street and continued for 30 years. Not much is known about this time of his life but it is highly probable that the title of 'Dr' ...
Private Ernest Pattison, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Ernest Pattison came from Lower Green, Newcastle-under-Lyme. He joined the 3rd North Staffordshire Regiment in 1914. He was injured in France, when a piece of shrapnel hit him in the head. He was sent ...
Refugee Day Flag Poem, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is a poem written for Flag Day, where small flags would be sold to help raise money for Belgian refugees escaping to Britain in September 1914. Newcastle-under-Lyme was reported to have 'rallied ...
Stubbs Walk, Trophy Cannon and Tank, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The First World War tank and the Crimean War cannon were presented to Newcastle-under-Lyme as remembrances of two great conflicts. The cannon was presented to the Borough by Samuel Christie MP sometime ...
Church Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Church Street at the corner of Merrial Street and High Street during demolition. Pictured are the Talbot Hotel and Syd Perkin and Edna Duffield's School of Dance. Edna Duffield and Syd Perkin were national ...
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 ...
Bomb shrapnel, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is a small piece of bomb shrapnel from one of the two German Zeppelin air raids on the Midlands in 1916. One was recorded on the 31st January 1916 and the other on the night of 27th and 28th of November ...
Joseph Guest's Bugle. Newcastle-under-Lyme
This bugle belonged to Joseph Guest. Before the war, Joseph worked at Brymbo Colliery (later known as Holditch Colliery) as an office boy. In late 1914, he joined the North Staffordshire Regiment after ...
Pair of ceramic spill vase figures
A spill or taper was used to transfer a flame from an existing lit source to wherever else it was needed.
Made of tightly wound paper or thin wooden sticks, they were stored in simple wooden pots or ...
Kang Hsi dynasty ceramic plate
This hard paste famille verte (from the French ‘Green family’), deep plate is characterised by its decorative colour scheme that includes blues, reds and mainly greens and was produced primarily during ...
Robert Mayer, Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme
Portrait of Robert Mayer wearing robes and chains of office. He was Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme 1882-1883.
John Hand, Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme
John Hand wearing robes and chains of office. He was Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1883-1884.
A studio portrait taken by Edwin Harrison of Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Bronze Relief Plaque of Dr Henry Faulds
Dr Henry Faulds (1 June 1843 - 24 March 1930) was a scientist noted for developing fingerprinting. Faulds became a doctor having studied mathematics and medicine. He spent time in India before travelling ...