These photographs depict shops, shopkeepers, and shoppers from each decade, from the 1880s to the 1980s.
They illustrate a century of changing shopping habits and shop architecture.
To see these images, click on “100 Years of High Street Shopping from 1880 to 1980” below the photograph.
Women from North Staffordshire were “called up” for military service or war work during the Second World War. Some served in the armed forces. Others built Spitfires at Castle Bromwich or worked in munitions factories at Swynnerton and Radway Green.
To read about women’s contribution to the war effort, click “Women Work and War” below.
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