Samuel Seckham seen here in the regalia of Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire.

In 1889 he bought The Old Hall, which he extended and comprehensively renovated. He died in 1901.

Thomas Spencer (1852-1905), co-founder of Marks and Spencer. He lived out his short retirement in Whittington and is buried in St Giles churchyard.

The Spencer family outside Hill Farm some time between 1903 and 1905. Agnes (Thomas's second wife) is seated in front of him holding the dog.

Colonel Bassett Seckham inherited the Old Hall from his father, Samuel, in 1901 and lived there until his own death in 1925.

Charlotte Britt (nee Hardman), born in Whittington in February 1843, died 1916.

Thomas Britt, son of Charlotte - a Whittington soldier who fell in WW1 in July 1916. His mother died in the same month.

Hennis & Isabella Pass about 1912 with daughter, Elsie May, and spaniel, Dragon. Pass Avenue is named after the family.

Bob (John Robert) Beckett, who lived most of his life in Whittington. He died aged 75 in 1946.

Wedding party of Elsie May Pass and Alfred George Coxe - 11 August 1917 - in the garden at Callingswood.

Twin brothers - Maurice and Eric Fisher - born in Church Street, Whittington, in 1919.

Maurice made an immense contribution to community life in Whittington and was for many years Chairman of the Parish Council.

Mary Fisher - mother of the twins

Alice Capper (with her daughter-in-law, Katherine) lived at Cappers Mill until she died in 1918.

Cappers Lane is named after the family which ran the Mill through the 19th century.

Carol singers ca 1920. Adolphus John (Jack) Pass shown on left; his daughter, Margaret, in front of him.

Bessie Leedham at Whittington Hurst

Hartley Triplets - Ronald, Richard & Leonard born 4/9/1934. Shown here with the Theobald sisters, Barbara, Joan and Kathleen.

Sam Bradbury with his family in the 1930s. In the 1920s the Bradburys lived at Green Farm; in the later 1930s Sam Bradbury was landlord of The Bell.

Thomas Linney, who ran a taxi service in the car he inherited from Col Seckham - shown here in the 1930s.

Frederick Mann (ca 1872-1939) farmed Rock Farm from about 1901, probably with his brother, Thomas, who took over later.

Edmund Corn in the garden of The Old Hall, where he lived from 1933 until his death in 1945.

The Britt sisters ca 1940s. Standing l to r: Edith?, Annie, Wm Phillips, Rose?, seated: Charlotte, Lily, Frances (wife of Wm Phillips)

Clarke children at Highland Cottages

Nurse Darby - Whittington's much-loved district nurse.

In 1925 she arranged to lodge temporarily with Mrs Leach at Yew Tree House; she was still there 50 years later! In the mid 1960s she was awarded an MBE.

Dyott Family 1952

Betty & Billy Howes in front of Rock Cottages - 1952.

Mrs Sarah Carter (nee Pass) shown here in the late 1960s.

She was a founder (or very early) member of the WI. For most of her life she lived in Hollycot Villas.

Horace Ball (standing), tenant farmer of Rock Farm from late 1930s until end of 20th century.

John (Gunner) Moore was famed for riding the bull, Wolverdington Lion.