North Western Hotel, Stafford,
Photograph taken from Station Road.
The Station Hotel, originally built as the North Western on Victoria Road in 1866 (opposite the station) to provide accommodation for rail travellers. It provided ...
Norton Bridge Railway Station
Norton Bridge Station was on the London and North Western and North Staffordshire Railway lines. It was the nearest station to Eccleshall and in the mid-1800s the landlord of the Royal Oak sent omnibuses ...
Old Cottages, Rugeley
This postcard view was published by Valentine’s XL Series. Real Photo Cards.
The view was taken from the corner of Elmore Lane and Upper Brook Street, Rugeley.
All of the buildings in this scene ...
Old Toll House, near Cannock
Situated on the Cannock to Penkridge road with Cocksparrow Lane to the right, the toll house, built in about 1840-50 would originally have had a barrier across the road. It was demolished in about 1956. ...
On the ice, Rudyard Lake
A postcard view of a winter scene taken at the south end of Rudyard Lake. There were a number of exceptionally cold winters in the decades before the First World War which enabled locals and visitors ...
Original Village School at The Green, Fulford
The Victorian National School was built in 1823, at a cost of 125 pounds, after the existing village school was criticised by the Reverend John Dunderdale for its poor facilities. Its early successive ...
Oulton, Stone
A view of the main street, looking towards Stone. To the left by the junction with Church Lane can be seen the Brushmaker's Arms, with its sign advertising Joules Ales.
Outcrop pit, Cheadle
Pictured is one of a number of shallow outcrop pits (about 4 feet square) which were dug for coal getting during the General Strike of 1926.
Printed on an unused postcard and cropped to fit a frame, ...
Parade passing Biddle’s Stores, Brook Square, Rugeley
This postcard view shows a parade passing John Biddle’s Stores in Brook Square, Rugeley. The decorations by the upper floor windows suggest that at the time this photograph was taken the town was celebrating ...
Penny farthing seen outside the Angel Hotel, Brewood
Petrol Station, Abbots Bromley
Thomas Taswell's petrol station, near the Butter Market, Abbots Bromley.
Piccadilly Lane, Upper Mayfield
This postcard scene looks east along Piccadilly Lane towards the cross-roads in Upper Mayfield. All the buildings remain (January 2023). The barn on the right is adjacent to Old Hall Farm which is just ...
Police Escorting a Heavy Load, Weeping Cross, Stafford
A Wynns tractor and trailer is seen here navigating the junction at the top of Radford Bank, heading towards Milford.
Vehicles like this were a fairly common sight in Stafford during the later years ...
Portrait of young man with bicycle, Cannock area
This unidentified young man is pictured standing with his 'Sunbeam' bicycle manufactured by John Marston Ltd. of Wolverhampton. Note the carbide front light. The oil-bath chain case contains oil which ...
Post men and boys outside the Post Office, George Street, Tamworth
Post men and boys, bicycles and mail bags, outside the Old Post Office, on the south side of George Street, eastern end. A recruiting poster can be seen on the wall of the Post Office, possibly for the ...
Post Office, Walton on the Hill
The Old Post Office, Walton on the Hill, Stafford.
This postcard view was published by W. Shaw, Burslem.
Postcard view of 'Blyth marsh'
This view shows Uttoxeter Road. On the right is the original Post Office, with a telegram boy and his bicycle outside.
On the left is at the base of the telegraph pole is a wall which used to mark ...
Postcard view of the High Street, Pattingham