English Electric Co., Stafford
Senior English Electric staff and Army personnel are pictured during a visit to the Lichfield Road Works in Stafford. In the 1940s representatives from British and American forces were regular visitors ...
English Electric Co., Stafford and the Ministry of Supply
English Electric staff and a Ministry of Supply employee are pictured during a visit to the Stafford Works. In the 1940s representatives from the Ministry of Supply were regular visitors to the factory. ...
Etching Hill, Rugeley
A postcard view of Etching Hill near Rugeley. Etching Hill is a good viewpoint on the north-eastern edge of Cannock Chase and has a distinctive, flat sandstone top.
Exterior view of Littleton Colliery
This picture of Littleton Colliery was taken from an area of open ground where the pit head baths were built in 1947, and shows general buildings, two pit head structures and a chimney. A road runs across ...
Fields near Rugeley
Cattle grazing on land at the edge of Cannock Chase. Etching Hill, on the outskirts of Rugeley, can be seen in the distance.
Photographer: Gerald McCann (1897-1970) of Uttoxeter.
Gate conveyors, Cannock Chase Colliery
Gate conveyors in series carrying coal through Park Seam. Wooden pit props can be seen on the left.
Hednesford Mines Rescue Team
The date and team members’ names are currently unknown. Formed in 1912-1913 with volunteer miners, and working then from the disused gasworks site in Victoria Street, the Hednesford team grew to be widely ...
High Green, Cannock
High Green, Cannock, showing the Manor, New Hall and the Post Office.
Infants Class at Walhouse School, Cannock
Infants class having school dinners at Walhouse School.
Walhouse School was founded in 1828 by Mrs Ann Craycroft Walhouse of Hatherton Hall who gave £2,000 to buy the land and build a school and teacher's ...
Joyce Brevitt, Walhouse Girls School, Cannock
Walhouse School was founded in 1828 by Mrs Ann Craycroft Walhouse of Hatherton Hall who gave £2,000 to buy the land and build a school and teacher's house on New Penkridge Road. By 1851 it had become ...
Lt. Col. R.A. Davies, South Staffordshire Home Guard on Cannock Chase
Lt. Col. R.A. Davies, Commanding Officer of the 29th Battalion (West Bromwich) South Staffordshire Regiment Home Guard. Richard Arthur Davies was born in Liverpool in 1886. He studied at Liverpool University ...
Main Road, Brereton
A postcard view of Main Road, Brereton showing the Castle Inn on the left. The backboard of the cart standing in the road reads 'D. Lockett & Sons Mineral Waters, Cannock & Stafford.' On the right is ...
Market Place, Cannock,
View of Market Place with the Market Hall (left) and the Crown Hotel .
The Crown Hotel was built in the early 18th century. Both buildings were demolished in 1962 and replaced with a row of modern ...
Miners wearing breathing apparatus, Mines Rescue Station, Victoria Street, Hednesford
The men wearing the apparatus are, left: Albert Payton, son of Jos Payton and, right: Samuel Davies. In the centre is Jos Payton, Superintendent of the Mines Rescue Station, Hednesford.
The station ...
Miss Walker, Headmistress, Walhouse Girls School, Cannock
Minnie Walker was hedmistress at Walhouse Girls School from 1913 to 1945. She succeeded her mother, Margaret who was Headmistress between 1878 and 1913. Her father, Napier Henry 'Nappy' Walker was Headmaster ...
Motorcycle Dispatch Riders, Milford Common
North Staffordshire Home Guard dispatch riders pictured during training on Milford Common. On the far left is John (Jack) Finney and on the far right is George Brassington seated on their motorcycles. ...
Mr Thompson and the first 'Regal' Van, Drayton Manor, Lichfield
Mr Ewart Sidney Thompson seen here with the first Regal van on the north east drive entrance at Drayton Manor.
The Reliant Motor Company was formed in 1935 when Mr T.L. Williams decided to build his ...
Old Park Loading Point, Cannock Chase No.8 pit
View of coal trucks underground by a loading point.
These old shafts were re-opened whilst Cannock Wood Colliery was being sunk, to provide finance for the venture. They were producing coal before ...