John Russell Alder, Gunner 11052276 Royal Artillery. Born 1923
John was born on 27th September 1923 in Portsmouth, Hampshire. In 1941 all men between 20 and 23 years of age had to report to the Employment Exchange in Blackpool Lancashire to register for military ...
Land Army Girls. Circa 1942
During WW II many women joined the armed forces in non-combatant roles, that is they did not see actual fighting.
Some women went into the Royal Air Force or the Royal Navy. Some women chose to be ...
Longport Volunteers - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Parade
Notice of a parade by the Longport Volunteer Corps on Wednesday 21st April 1813.
One of the purposes of the parade was to ensure that members of the corps returned their "Arms and Accoutrements".
There ...
Longton C.E. School
Photograph shows war time shelters and static water tank.
Longton Church of England School was built in 1836 on School Lane (later Webberley Lane).
Matthew Edward Joyce, Pioneer Corps. Born 1919
Matthew Joyce was born in December 1919 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. Matthew survived combat in World War Two.
Matthew Edward Joyce, RE (T) 2157 Sapper, Royal Engineers 492054. Born 1885
Matthew was born in 1885 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. He married Florence Alice Leadbetter in 1905. He enlisted into the Royal Engineers on 10th October 1914 and a year later was serving in ...
Military parade, Normacot
Soldiers of the 2nd North Midland Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery travelling roughly south-east down Uttoxeter Road near the junction with Meir Road.
Notice from the Enoch Wood scrapbook - "Our cause is gained!"
A big decision
In 1812, the people of the Potteries were struggling for their livelihoods. One government decision could make all the difference, but would it all come too late?
Ruin
Years of ...
Ordnance Workers, Radway Green, near Alsager, Cheshire
Ordnance workers at Radway Green, Alsager collecting for the war effort. The plaque reads 'A Local Bomb For Hitler. Carriage paid by RAF'.
Peace - 1813 petition from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Hard Times in the Potteries
By 1813, years of war with France, and later the United States, had pushed Britain's businesses to the brink of bankruptcy.
The pottery manufacturers were no exception, ...
Peace meeting at Hanley Town Hall - a document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Hard Times in the Potteries
By 1813, years of war with France, and later the United States, had pushed Britain's businesses to the brink of bankruptcy.
The pottery manufacturers were no exception, ...
People of England - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
A restless and ambitious Usurper
Broadsheet outlining the dangers posed to Great Britain by Napoleon Bonaparte and the French army.
Napoleon had fought many successful land wars with the monarchies ...
Plain Answers to plain Questions in a dialogue between John Bull and Bonaparte - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Satirical Wartime Propoganda
Fictitious dialogue between John Bull (a well-known name used to personify England) and Napoleon Bonaparte.
It was produced during the Napoleonic Wars shortly after ...
Private Herbert Lewis, 5041117 North Staffordshire Regiment. Born 1894
Herbert Lewis was born in 1894 in Silverdale, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. He joined the army in 1916. He served in France, Gibraltar, Constantinople and India. He married on 16th February 1929. ...
Private John 'Jack' Joyce, 212681 Royal Army Service Corps. Born 1909
John was born 6th October 1909 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. He married Elleanor Annie Thorley, pictured with two of their sons, on 26th September 1942. John and Elleanor had six children.
John ...
Public Dinner - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Organising a Public Dinner for the local volunteer corps
Hand-written letter seeking subscriptions from local businessmen for a public dinner in honour of the Longport Volunteer Corps "return from ...
Reginald Mitchell
Reginald Mitchell was born at 115 Congleton Road, Butt Lane, Kidsgrove in 1895 and was educated at Hanley High School. At sixteen, he gained an apprenticeship at Kerr Stuart & Co of Fenton.
After ...
Setting up a Volunteer Corps - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
The Defence and Preservation of KING and Country
Printed public notice announcing the resolutions from a meeting that took place in the Legs of Man in Burslem on July 28th, 1803.
A number of businessmen ...