This is a photograph of D Company, 5th North Staffordshire Regiment at Butterton Hall for basic training during World War One. Stanley Birks (3rd row back and 7th from the left) was the son of Alboin ...
Clayton Hall originally belonged to the Lovatt family, who were local landowners. The Hall was used as a family home for nearly one hundred years until 1939, when it was taken over during the Second ...