Treatment Room, Royal Brine Baths, Stafford,
The brine baths were believed to cure rheumatism, the warm brine improving circulation. This photograph shows the gentlemen's private treatment room.
In the 1880s a thick bed of salt was discovered ...
Trentham Ballroom
During the Second World War many important departments were moved from London and other major cities in order to evade air raids.
On 26 August 1939, just prior to the outbreak of war, the Bankers ...
Trentham Ballroom,
Trentham Hall was built in the 1630s for the Dukes of Sutherland. The Caroline house was replaced in the early eighteenth century by one in a Classical style. Capability Brown and Henry Holland worked ...
Trentham Gardens Ballroom
During the Second World War (1939 to 1945) the Central Bank was moved from London to Trentham Gardens as a precaution against bombing.
The staff, mainly female, worked long hours here in very difficult ...
Trentham Gardens bandstand
The dismantled remains of the Trentham Gardens bandstand pictured in 2012.
Trentham gardens outdoor swimming pool
The heated pool was built in the grounds of Trentham Hall, the former home of the Dukes of Sutherland.
Recently the site has been re-developed as an exhibition, conference and leisure centre. The pool ...
Trentham Gardens swimming pool.
Trentham swimming pool was built in the 1920s in the Art Deco style, with angular lines complimented by sweeping curves and the extensive use of glass. The pool could be reached either by a pleasant walk ...
Trentham Gardens, Nr. Stoke-On-Trent c. 1900-1940. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Trentham Gardens, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The estate was home and pleasure gardens to the Dukes of Sutherland from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century. The family abandoned ...
Trentham Open Air Swimming Pool. Photographed by William Blake.
The swimming pool, located on the far side of the lake from the main Trentham Gardens entrance, was very popular with visitors. It became fashionable for people to visit the pool just to take tea and ...
Tunstall Public Baths
Tunstall's Victorian public swimming baths are in Greengates Street opposite Tunstall Memorial Gardens. Opened in 1889 they were amongst the oldest swimming pools in the UK and inside they retain many ...
Uttoxeter Oldfields C.C. Cricket Pavillion, Uttoxeter
John Bamford, owner of the Leighton Ironworks built this cricket ground and pavilion near to his home,'Oldfields Hall' because of his love of the game. Dr.W.G. Grace visited the ground and paid a huge ...
Uttoxeter Racecourse
A view of the grandstands with a race in progress. The first meeting at Uttoxeter Racecourse was held in May 1907.
Uttoxeter Racecourse
Winners enclosure and paddock at Uttoxeter Racecourse, with the Railway Stand to the right. The first meeting at Uttoxeter Racecourse was held in May 1907.
Photographer: Gerald McCann, photographers ...
Uttoxeter swimming pool, Uttoxeter
VE Day Celebrations, Hall Street, Audley, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A group of children standing on the steps of the Coronation Cinema celebrating VE day.
Veronica Hurst and Humphrey Lestocq at the Borough Hall, Stafford
Film stars Veronica Hurst and Humphrey Lestocq are pictured during the Hawaiian Press Ball charity fundraising dance held at the Borough Hall, Stafford.
It was reported in the Staffordshire Advertiser ...
Victoria Park, Stafford
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 ...
Victoria Park, Stafford
View from the Station Hotel on Victoria Road.
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 ...