The Empire Theatre, Longton
The Chancery Lane side of the building. Built as the Queen's Theatre in 1896 after a fire had destroyed the previous building, the Empire was a theatre until 1921, when it was converted into a cinema. ...
The Forum, Market Hall Street, Cannock
The tall white building was known as The Forum at the time of this photograph. It was built in 1912 and was originally the Hippodrome Theatre, managed by Benjamin Kennedy and hosting film shows and variety ...
The Free Library Stafford
Stafford's library was housed in the Borough Hall until 1914. The new library building on The Green was built in 1913, with funds from the Carnegie Trust. The building also housed the Wragge Museum, later ...
The Hippodrome Variety Theatre, Stoke.
The Hippodrome was built in Kingsway, Stoke in 1919. It instantly became a popular venue and also served as the Gordon Theatre & Opera House. Upon its closure in January 1961 it was the Gaumont cinema. ...
The Keep and Well, Tutbury Castle
An interior view of Tutbury Castle. On the left is the King's Lodging, in front of which are swing-boats, part of the entertainments for visitors to the castle. Passengers propelled the boat by pulling ...
The Library, Blythe Bridge
The library was built c1964, and like the police houses, police station and the high school, it stands on the site of the old Blythe House.
Blythe House was built in 1853 for Charles Harvey and his ...
The Lido, Uttoxeter
The recently built open-air swimming pool with improved changing rooms, and a new water filtration system. This pool replaced an earlier pool which had been closed down due to worries about water pollution....
The Miner's Arms, Packmoor.
Constance Smith behind the bar at The Miner's Arms in Mellor Street, Packmoor, around the late 1950s.
Part of Packmoor medical centre grounds now occupy the space where this pub once stood.
The ...
The Museum, Denstone College
A small museum was created in 1876, when the collection was placed in a small room opening off the Great Schoolroom. In 1892 the room was enlarged and re-arranged by Mr A. A. Armstrong, who was curator ...
The Nicholson Institute and Greystones, Stockwell Street, Leek
This view of the present day tea rooms and Library was captured in Market Street. Today the cobbles have gone from Stockwell Street but they remain along the short 'drive' from the street to the entrance ...
The Odeon Cinema, Trinity Street, Hanley.
The Odeon Cinema in Trinity Street, Hanley, taken in the late 1950s. The film being advertised is 'South Pacific' which was released in 1958.
The old library and museum buildings in Pall Mall, Hanley
A view down Pall Mall towards the Piccadilly crossroads with the old library, art gallery and museum on the left. Closest to the camera is the original City Library which itself was originally a school ...
The Palace Picture House, Tunstall
The art deco Palace Picture House (or Palace CInema) was on The Boulevard opposite the Memorial Gardens. Opened in 1909 on what was then known as Station Road, the Palace Picture House was the first purpose ...
The Palladium, Bore Street, Lichfield
The Palladium Cinema was open between 1912 and 1937, and the site has undergone many changes. In 1790 a theatre was built on the site, and was known as the Theatre Royal by 1859. This building was demolisehd ...
The Paregoric Shop and MacGregor Baths, Church Street, Tamworth
The Old Paregoric shop is the first building on the left, with MacGregor's Baths and Institute to the right of it. The Paregoric Shop was given its name after a patent medicine containing opium.
The ...
The Picture House, Stafford
This postcard view shows the Picture House which opened on Bridge Street, Stafford on 23 February 1914. Between the front doors and the windows on the left there is a sign with a hand pointing to the ...
The Picture House, Willenhall
The view is taken from Wolverhampton street.
The banner on the front of the Picture House advertises 'Patria'. This was a fifteen-part serial film released in 1917, funded by William Randolph Hearst ...
The Post Office and Shop, Weston
Situated on the corner of Stafford Road and Old Road in Weston, the Post Office and shop was converted to a private residence around 2013. The houses still exist (2023) with a modern bungalow filling ...