Main Street, Swynnerton
A view of Swynnerton looking south from the Stab Lane and Tittensor Lane junction. On the right is the Old Post Office, an 18th century thatched cottage. It was the village Post Office until 1978.
Making a cask, Burman's Cooperage, Burton-upon-Trent
The original firm was called J. Burman & Son, Hawkins Lane, Burton-On-Trent. It was a cask repair firm only. In 1939 they took over J. Grout & Co., Dallow Street Cooperage, which was a firm somewhat run ...
Maltsters at Bass, Burton-on-Trent
Group of maltsters posed, probably outside Shobnall Maltings with an allowance can in front of them. The men are: G. Cox, Tim Broadhurst, T. Adams. F. Dunn. S. Cliff, J. Britton, G. Thompson, W. Peto, ...
Market Cart, Richardsons coachbuilders, Uttoxeter
A Market Cart or Float made by Richardson & Son of Uttoxeter. The business was started by George Richardson, a wheelwright in Bradley Street, when he opened coachbuilding premises at Park Street in the ...
Market Square, Lichfield
A market has been held on Lichfield market square since the 12th century and this typical view of the market from the 1930s is pretty much unchanged today. On the far side of the square is the Samuel ...
Market Street, Hednesford
A colour-tinted postcard view looking north-west along Market Street, Hednesford. The barber's pole on the left edge of the card belonged to the premises of Mr J. Bird who was there for over 30 years. ...
Market Street, Hednesford
View of the top of Market Street, looking down the hill. Shoppers are standing outside the butcher's shop, and on the near left, the iron monger's canopy with drainpipe and wrought iron decoration can ...
Marking Tool.
Potter's marker or backstamp.
This fired earthenware stamp, with a banjo-shaped head, was used to mark unfired ware with the maker's stamp for date or payment purposes.
Roughly 6cm in length.
Taken ...
Marking Tool.
Slate marking-tool with a sharpened point.
It has "42s" inscribed on it and was probably used to scratch marks into unfired clay for date or payment purposes.
Roughly 3.5cm in length.
Taken ...
Marsden Brothers, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Marsden Brothers stood on Newcastle's High Street from at least 1904 and was still trading in 1964.
The owners in the 1960s were the Saunders family, Mr Saunders senior, and son Keith Saunders.
As ...
May's builders yard, Alrewas
Located behind Alrewas House, at the time of this photograph this builders yard occupied by Dakin, a local builder. The Volkswagen Campervan to the right vehicle has the name 'Dakin' painted on the rear.
There ...
McCann's photographic studio, Uttoxeter
Gerald McCann's photographic studio on the first floor at 27 High Street, Uttoxeter. Mr G.H. Riley behind the camera.
The McCann family photographic business began in 1870 when Edward McCann began ...
Meaford Power Station and Darlaston Bridge, near Stone
Meaford Power Station, situated on the River Trent, was first commissioned in 1948 and was a coal-fired power station. Both the Meaford A (1948) and Meaford B (commissioned 1955) stations can be seen, ...
Mercer's Saddlers Shop, Stafford,
Mercer's shop on the corner of Bridge Street and Mill Bank, established in 1910.
In 1928 the council purchased Mercer's, along with various other buildings between the shop and the Coach and Horses ...
Mercer's Saddlers Shop, Stafford,
Harry Mercer's saddler's shop at the junction of Greengate Street and Mill Bank. On the left is The Baths Hotel and to the right, on Mill Bank, is the Telephone Exchange.
In 1928 the council purchased ...
Middleport Pottery.
Pottery factory exterior, chimney and bottle oven, taken at Middleport Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent.
Allotments and greenhouses can be seen in the foreground.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum ...
Milk Vans, Ash Flats, Stafford
Milk delivery vans at Woodlands Farm, Ash Flats near Stafford, farmed by the Kite family. The Reliant vans were built in Tamworth and replaced the horses and carts on the milk round around the late 1930s. ...
Millwrights at Siemens Bros. factory, Stafford
Millwrights with a saddle tank locomotive at Siemens Brothers Dynamo Works, Stafford in about 1905.
Siemens Bros. Electrical Engineering Works opened its Lichfield Road factory in 1903, after relocating ...