Trentham Gardens. Photographed by William Blake.
Stereoscope slide with a view of the ballroom at Trentham Gardens, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The estate was home and pleasure gardens to the Dukes of Sutherland from the seventeenth to the ...
Tunstall Volunteers - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Printed notice highlighting the resolutions from a meeting, which took place on August 8th, 1803, at the Lamb Inn, Tunstall.
At the meeting, local inhabitants and manufacturers decided to form a volunteer ...
V.E. Day, Middleport, Burslem
A cobbled backstreet in Middleport, near Burslem in seen here with flags and bunting in celebration of Victory in Europe day.
Residents from the street would work together to bake cakes and make sandwiches ...
Volunteer Corps Business - Burslem July 29th 1803 - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Volunteer Corps
The French Revolution in 1789 signalled the start of a very turbulent period in European history.
During the 1790s the French Revolutionary government waged war on much of Europe, ...
War and Peace - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
War is Over
Hand-written document giving notice of a dinner for manufacturers in the Burslem area of the Potteries.
The dinner was arranged to celebrate the end of Britain's war with the US in ...
War and Peace - Document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Military Association in Hanley Shelton and Stoke
Revolutionary France had declared war with Great Britain in 1793.
Fears of a French invasion had been growing.
Resolved Unanimously
This notice ...
War and Peace - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
War is Over
Hand-written document giving notice of a dinner for manufacturers in the Burslem area of the Potteries.
The dinner was arranged to celebrate the end of Britain's war with the US in ...
War and Peace - Document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
MILITIA
Fear of invasion by Napoleon's French army was growing in Great Britain in 1803.
In times like these men could be called upon by law to serve with the local militia or the general army.
Various ...
War and Peace - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
War is Over
Hand-written document giving notice of a dinner for manufacturers in the Burslem area of the Potteries.
The dinner was arranged to celebrate the end of Britain's war with the US in ...
War and Peace - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
The Battle of Leipzig
Document describing the emotional scenes between victorious leaders in the aftermath of Napoleon's most decisive defeat at Leipzig, Germany.
Nearing the end of the Napoleonic ...
War and Peace - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
A Collection for the Heroes of the Battle of Trafalgar
Hand-written subscription notice for a collection to assist the wounded soldiers, widows and orphans in the wake of the Battle of Trafalgar.
The ...
War Memorial tablet, Hot Lane, Cobridge
This memorial tablet is built into the corner of what was previously The Dog and Partridge public house at the southern end of Hot Lane, Cobridge. The inscription reads:
In the memory and honour of the ...
War Memorial, Albert Square, Fenton
This war memorial is situated in Albert Square, Fenton, outside the Town Hall. The monument was constructed between 1918 and 1924 to commemorate the First World War. It is a four sided obelisk made from ...
War Memorial, Swan Square, Burslem
This war memorial was constructed in Swan Square, Burslem between 1900 and 1924 to commemorate the First World War. Built from stone, it is approximately one storey high with a plinth style base. There ...
War, Peace, Politics and Reform - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
To the Inhabitants of the Staffordshire Potteries
This probing document contains anti-war, pro-Reform propoganda in the form of a series of questions posed to the reader.
War
The Potteries were ...
Why re-elect Mr. Bootle? An 1812 election notice from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
In 1812, Newcastle-under-Lyme had an MP both for the borough and the county.
Mr. Bootle had served for 16 years, but now his position was under threat.
One of the hottest political issues at the ...
WRVS Tea Van, Stoke-on-Trent
The Lord Mayor, Lady Mayoress, Council Officials and Civil Defence members photographed in front of a mobile tea van during the Second World War.
Mobile tea vans like this would have been operated ...