1836 election document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook - "Beware of the Destructives"
This notice calls upon the electors of Stoke-on-Trent not to promise their votes to any aspiring Member of Parliament just yet.
Who should they vote for?
The author urges them to wait until they ...
Flooding at Oakamoor
A group of men ride away from a line of cottages in a small boat. Jack Heath is the man on horseback assisting in the rescue of the Finney family, during the 1927 flood.
This image is included by kind ...
Floods at Ford Green
Floods at Ford Green on Friday 8 February, 1946.
This photograph was presented to Ford Green Hall by Mr D.R. Holdcroft of Light Oaks, and to him by Earnest J. Warrilow to mark Holdcroft`s year as president ...
Floods at Ford Green
Floods at Ford Green on Friday 8 February, 1946.
This photograph was presented to Ford Green Hall by Mr D.R. Holdcroft of Light Oaks, and to him by Earnest J. Warrilow to mark Holdcroft`s year as president ...
Floods at Ford Green
Floods at Ford Green on Friday 8 February, 1946.
This photograph was presented to Ford Green Hall by Mr D.R. Holdcroft of Light Oaks, and to him by Earnest J. Warrilow to mark Holdcroft`s year as president ...
Lower Lady Meadow
The 'great white winter' of 1962-3 was the coldest since 1740. Temperatures as low as -22°C were recorded.
Heavy snow caused inevitable problems for British Railways, with snowdrifts of up to five ...