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'A.T. with bicycle'

Very little is known about this interesting photograph. It is inscribed 'A.T. with bicycle'. The gentleman's outfit, probably a festival costume, is covered with small decorated squares of fabric which ...

Abbot's Bromley: The Horn Dancers. Photographed by William Blake.

Photograph of a book illustration containing a village scene and a group of horn dancers. Horn dancing is an annual tradition, which is believed to have originated in 1226 at the Barthelmy Fair at ...

Barlow family at Highcroft, Rough Close

Charles Barlow (left) with two of his children and the coachman. This is one of a set of photographs of the Barlow family of Highcroft, Windmill Hill, Rough Close. The Barlows were pottery manufacturers ...

Dot. Batkin, Easter 1907. Photographed by William Blake.

Outdoor portrait of a young girl posing in formal dress. She is named Dot Batkin and the photograph was taken during the Easter period of 1907, when it is thought Dot was twelve. Dot's father was ...

Elizabeth Mary Blake. Photographed by William Blake.

Full length portrait of Elizabeth Mary Blake in a graduation cap and gown.

Elizabeth Mary Blake. Photographed by William Blake.

Full length portrait of Elizabeth Mary Blake in a graduation cap and gown.

Porthill Pantomime, Stoke-on-Trent

Members of Porthill Pantomime circa 1916. The cast appear to be sitting on a float, dressed as artists, with oversized neck scarves, paintbrushes and palettes.

Portrait, Unknown Subject. Photographed by William Blake.

Portrait of a woman dressed as Boadicea. The identity of the woman is unknown.

Senior pupils in fancy dress, Normacot

Probably Normacot C.E. Junior School, Meir Road, Normacot. The school opened in 1853, with new buildings in 1876, and a new infants' school in 1895. All the new buildings were demolished in about ...

Senior pupils in fancy dress, Normacot

Probably Normacot C.E. Junior School, Meir Road, Normacot. The school opened in 1853, with new buildings in 1876, and a new infants' school in 1895. All the new buildings were demolished in about ...

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