Main Road, Wetley Rocks

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Date:1920 - 1924 (c.)

Description:A postcard view which looks south along the Main Road, Wetley Rocks, towards the junction with Leek Road and Plough Bank.

On the left there is a wheelwright's workshop, this later became a private house known as the Old Forge. In the distance on the junction of Leek Road, Main Road and Plough Bank stands the Old Plough Inn which was later converted into a private house known as the Plough. Most of the buildings in this scene remain (2023), although over the years many have been altered.

This postcard was franked in Wetley Rocks in 1924 and sent to an address in Burton-upon-Trent.


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1900s
Cottage, Wetley Rocks
Cottage, Wetley Rocks

A postcard view of two women outside an unidentified house, believed to be in Wetley ...

1920s
Flower Festival, Wetley Rocks
Flower Festival, Wetley Rocks

This postcard view was taken during a Flower Festival procession in Wetley Rocks, ...

1950s
Main Road, Wetley Rocks
Main Road, Wetley Rocks

A postcard view of the Main Road, Wetley Rocks, looking north from the junction ...

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Image courtesy of: The Roy Lewis Postcard Collection

Donor ref:Roy Lewis-947 (240/48211)

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