The High Bridge, Handsacre
The High Bridge was made at Coalbrookdale works, ironbridge, and was constructed between 1829 and 1832. It replaced an older stone bridge which stood just downstream and crosses the River Trent between ...
Ryknield Engine Co. Ltd., Burton-upon-Trent
This photograph shows the chassis or vehicle frame of a typical Ryknield motor car during early stages of production. The Ryknield Engine Company Ltd. factory and offices were based on Shobnall Road, ...
Ryknield Engine Co. Ltd., Burton-upon-Trent
This photograph shows a typical Ryknield motor car standing outside the factory after the final stages of production.The Ryknield Engine Company Ltd. factory and offices were based on Shobnall Road, Burton-upon-Trent. ...
Ryknield Engine Co. Ltd., Burton-upon-Trent
This photograph shows a typical Ryknield motor car standing outside the factory after the final stages of production. The Ryknield Engine Company Ltd. factory and offices were based on Shobnall Road, ...
Ryknield Engine Co. Ltd., Burton-upon-Trent
The Ryknield Engine Company Ltd., factory and offices were based on Shobnall Road, Burton-upon-Trent. In this view there is a date-stone of 1902 on the building just below the flagpole.
This short-lived ...
Ryknield Engine Company Ltd., Burton-upon-Trent
A typical Ryknield motor car standing outside the factory offices after the final stages of production. The Ryknield Engine Company Ltd. factory and offices were based on Shobnall Road, Burton-upon-Trent. ...
Wendon Lodge, Beaudesert
Wendon Lodge was one of the entrance lodges to the Beaudesert estate, situated close to the junction of Rugeley Road and Startley Lane. It has since been altered and extended and is now (2024) a private ...
Parish Room and Cottage Homes, Armitage
The four almshouses and the Parish Room were built by the Rev. E. Samson in 1904. He had previously built four almshouses in Brereton. The homes were for the use of needy village people. The almshouses ...
Girls at Granville Secondary Modern School, Stone
A group of girls armed with snowballs!
Back row, left to right: Evelyn Upperdine, Rosemary Blakeman, Gill Weaver, Lynn Sutton, Rita Williams.
Front row: Vivienne Leech, Barbara Mayer, Pauline Edwards, ...
Rear view of Rye Bank, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph shows some back yards of houses on Rye Bank. Like many other houses identified for demolition at the time they appear very cramped with poor conditions for living. If you look at the ...
Rye Bank, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph shows a front view of Rye Bank, Newcastle-under-Lyme. The shops include a newsagents and J. Chadwick, antique dealer. These shops and dwellings were the subject of demolition following ...
Plan of Slum Clearance Area 60 - Rye Bank, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is a slum clearance plan of Rye Bank, Newcastle-under-Lyme. These houses were a subject of demolition following the Housing Act 1930, due to them being dangerous to live in. It is close to two other ...
Plan of Slum Clearance Area 60 - Bristol Street, Wolstanton
This is a plan of the houses on Bristol Street, Wolstanton. They were demolished following the Housing Act 1930.
Plan of Slum Clearance Area 59 - Station Road, Longport
This is a plan of slum clearance area showing Station Road, Longport. These houses were demolished following the Housing Act 1930, because they were unfit for human inhabitation.
Loomer Bridge, Chesterton
These houses on Loomer Bridge were demolished under the Housing Act 1930. They were described as being ‘unfit for human habitation', due to their 'bad arrangement' and a 'bad arrangement of the street'....
Plan of Slum Clearance Area 84 - Loomer Bridge, Chesterton
This is a slum clearance plan of Loomer Bridge, Chesterton. These five houses were demolished under the Housing Act 1930. The street was probably named after a bridge which formerly crossed over the ...
Market Cross Renovation, Newcastle-under-Lyme
In 2006 column was cleaned and the steps replaced. The Market Cross marks the spot in the High Street where a variety of weekly markets take place.
The Market Cross originally stood in the centre of ...
Round Room, Allsopp & Sons, Ltd., Burton-upon-Trent
A view of the Round Room, at tthe Allsopp & Sons, Ltd. brewery, Burton-upon-Trent.
Allsopp’s brewery was founded in 1807 when Samuel Allsopp purchased Wilson’s brewery business. In 1859 a new brewery ...