Eighteenth Century Slippers
During the 1700s womens fashion went by a simple idea of big and tall, to the extent that arms on chairs had to be taken off to accommodate for the width of womens dresses and some women had such vastly ...
Victorian Beaver felt Top Hat, made in Newcastle-under-Lyme
Hat making was a prime industry Newcastle-under-Lyme in the Victorian period.
This top hat was produced in Newcastle at during the 19th century.
You very rarely see anyone wearing a top hat today ...
View from Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme looking south
Watercolour by James Hulse of a view looking from Red Lion Square towards the High Street. Figures, cart and horse, carriage in the background and dogs on the cobbled street.