Excavations for Hanley Shopping Centre
Excavations for the underground car park and West Precinct of Hanley Shopping Centre on Old Hall Street. Old Hall Street is behind and the camera is looking southwards towards the buildings on Birch ...
Fallen trees at Tillington Hall Hotel,
Trees felled by a lightning strike on the drive to Tilligton Hall Hotel.
Gayton Hotel, Gayton Staffordshire
This is a photograph of the Gayton Hotel, Gayton Staffordshire, which has since been knocked down and houses built upon the site.
GEC ALSTHOM, Lichfield Road, Stafford
During GEC ALSTHOM’s ownership of the Lichfield Road site in Stafford, several of the old Switchgear Division factory buildings (dating back to English Electric’s time) were demolished to make way for ...
Gilman Street, Hanley
The camera is looking northwards along Gilman Street towards the access ramp to the roof top car park on the old Hanley Shopping Centre. This northern part of Gilman Street now lies beneath the Potteries ...
Holly Bush Public House, Seighford,
King's Arms, Eccleshall,
The King's Arms on Stafford Street was originally named The Unicorn. Its neo-Elizabethan timber framed facade covers the original Elizabethan structure.
The King's Arms, like the Royal Oak on High ...
Lamb Street, Hanley
The photograph was taken before The Potteries Shopping Centre was built and when Market Square was parking space. Looking along Lamb Street, on the right is Martins Bank, amalgamated into Barclays Bank ...
Market Square, Stafford,
Stafford had held a weekly market since the Middle Ages. In 1853 a covered market opened behind the new Guildhall, but some stalls continued to trade from the Market Square.
In 1927 the Borough Council ...
Mill Wheels, Mill Bank, Stafford
A postcard view by Mill Bank, Stafford, of the mill Wheels from the town mill which was built by George Brewster in 1834, on the site of the medieval town mill. It was powered by two wheels, fed from ...
Railway Station, Stone
Stone Railway Station was built between two railway lines, Norton Bridge and Colwich (on the London line), in 1848. Its Jacobean-style architecture was the work of Hunt, and the archway led to separate ...
Railway Station, Stone
Stone Railway Station was built between the first two railway lines built by the North Staffordshire Railway Company, Norton Bridge and Colwich (on the London line). Its Jacobean-style architecture was ...
Rectory, Stafford
The rectory on Mount Street was built in 1880.
The building was demolished in the 1960s and Iceland's store and the Sheridan Shopping Centre now occupies the site.
Roller Skating Rink, Drayton Manor Park, near Tamworth
This postcard view shows visitors using the roller skating rink at Drayton Manor Park and Zoo. In the background there is a part view of a car park.
In later years the site became known as Drayton ...
Row of shops, Bilbrook Lane, Bilbrook
Shops shown include a snack shop, 'The Old Orchard' and the Lane Green Post Office.
Bilbrook started life as a small village, but then grew in the 1930's, when Lane Green estate was built to accomodate ...
Rushton Marsh, Rushton Spencer
Shelton Steel Works from Basford Bank, Stoke-on-Trent
This is the view along Etruria Road near the bottom of Basford Bank, looking towards Shelton Steel works. Behind are the spoil tips of the Shelton and Racecourse Collieries. Wedgwood's Etruria Hall ...
Shops around Market Square, Hanley
A photograph of the north side of Market Square into Lamb Street, probably taken on a Sunday or Bank Holiday given the lack of traffic and parked cars. M Huntbach's store dominates one side of Lamb Street, ...