Description:This postcard view shows two men on similar motorcycles on Levedale Road, Penkridge. These motorcycles are thought to be Humbers and both have a prefix letter ‘E’ on their registration plates, also known as number plates. At the time this photograph was taken the letter ‘E’ was used as an area identification code for the first registration of vehicles in Staffordshire until around 1925.
In the background is the ‘The Seven Arches’ viaduct which was built by the Grand Junction Railway and opened in 1837. In later years the line became known as the Birmingham branch of the West Coast Main Line, with north heading to Stafford and south to Wolverhampton. The viaduct cost £6,000 and the contractor was Thomas Brassey. Each of the seven arches has a 30 foot span and is 37 feet high.