Bass employees at Blackpool train station in 1911
Bass, Ratcliff and Gretton organised annual trips for its employees from 1865 until 1914. Initially these trips were biennial until 1883, then every year until 1914. Destinations included Blackpool, Liverpool ...
Bass Malt Vans, Bass Brewery,Station Street, Burton-on-Trent
Two Bass Malt Vans being shunted by a David Brown tractor mounted on bufferboards. In the background Steam Loco. No.4 is shunting a demountable tank wagon.
These 2 all steel riveted bulk malt vans ...
Bass Sentinel Diesel No. 12, Station Street, Burton-on-Trent
Bass engine pulling a train of open waggons across Station Street, crossing the new brewery. Behind is Station Street crossing box, and waiting at the gates is a Bass dray lorry.
Bass Steam Loco No. 2, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
Bass Steam Loco No. 2 shunting a demountable tank wagon past the Joiners' Shop.
Bass Steam loco with Monty, Middle Brewery, Burton-on-Trent
Monty the Shire horse stands with a Bass worker alongside a steam locomotive.
Bass Steam Locomotives, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
Steam locos outside the engine shed, with the Fire Station wall on the left.
Battery Electric Shunter, GEC Turbine Generators Ltd., Stafford
This 70hp Battery Electric Locomotive is pictured close to the One Million Volts Test facility by the GEC Switchgear Division buildings adjacent to the West Coast Main Line and near to GEC Turbine Generators ...
Berkswich Church Fete, Milford
This little side-tank engine made frequent trips up and down the line during the Berkswich Church annual fete held on Milford Hall Cricket Club. It was a very hot day (over 80 degrees Fahrenheit) and ...
Bird's Eye View of Victoria Park,
The land between Izaak Walton Walk and the railway station was marshy and liable to flooding. In 1903 the Corporation bought the land and raised its level by three feet. The area was laid out as Victoria ...
Black Five at Oakamoor tunnel
British Railways 'Black Five' locomotive number 45020 emerges from Oakamoor tunnel with a passneger service in around 1960.
Stanier 'Black Fives' were a popular engine choice for mixed traffic, being ...
'Black Five' bound for Llandudno
British Railways 'Black Five' 4-6-0 locomotive number 45045 prepares to meet a rake of coaches at Leek railway station.
Together, they will form a service bound for Llandudno in North Wales - a long-standing ...
Brookfield Foundry and Kerr Stuart engineering works, Whieldon Road, Stoke-on-Trent
This is a view west from the Whieldon Road area towards the Brookfield Foundry. The main railway line runs in front of the buildings and behind can be seen the floodlight pylons of the original Stoke ...
Brookfield Foundry, Stoke-on-Trent
The photograph shows what was the California Engineering Works of the locomotive builders, Kerr Stuart & Co. Railway locomotives had been produced on this site since 1892. Kerr Stuart closed down in ...
Canal and railway, South Basin, Hednesford
Working narrow boats with railway rolling stock in the background. The Hednesford Basin was sited at the end of the Cannock extension to the Birmingham Canal Navigations and served the nearby collieries, ...
Cheddleton Railway Station
This is a film taken around 1960 by Alan Williamson of Endon. It shows the station at Cheddleton, near Leek, and typical scenes of a train coming in, the mail being deposited, children on the platform ...
Churnet Valley, near Consall
A steam locomotive pulling a train of six carriages is leaving Consall Station on the Churnet Valley line. Alongside is the Caldon Canal with a working narrowboat. The hillside on the right is Kingsley ...
Clarence Street Brewery, Burton-on-Trent
After the death of Peter Walker, the brewery's founder, the business was managed by trustees.
Coal train at Cobridge station
A coal train passes through Cobridge station during 1932.
The bottle ovens in the background now belong to Moorcroft Pottery, but are no longer used for firing.
Cobridge was connected to the railway ...