Chapel Tower, Alton Towers
View from the south-west of the Chapel Tower at Alton Towers. The Chapel (on the right of the tower) and its tall slim tower was designed by Thomas Fradgley and Joseph Potter and completed by 1833, but ...
Chapel, Alton Towers
This postcard view was taken looking from the south-east. On the left is the Armoury and the Picture Gallery, centre left the Conservatory which was built in about 1815 to 1819 to designs by Thomas Hopper ...
Choragic Monument, Alton Towers
The Memorial to the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury was erected in about 1830 by his nephew John, the 16th Earl. It is a copy of the Choragic Monument or Monument to Lysacrates in Athens (compare with the Lanthorn ...
Coach Service at Alton Towers
The 20th Earl of Shrewsbury in the driving seat of his 'Greyhound' coach, in front of Alton Towers, one of his family homes.
During 1892 and 1893 the Earl ran a daily coach service between Alton Towers ...
Conservatory, Alton Towers
This postcard view was published by The Alton Towers Café, Alton, Staffs.
Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. It was built between about 1810 and 1852.
The 15th ...
Conservatory, Alton Towers
A postcard view of the House Conservatory which linked the Drawing Room with the Octagon.
Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. It was built between about 1810 and 1852. ...
Dolphin Fountain, Alton Towers
The Dolphin Fountain in its own lake and adjacent to the Pagoda Fountain. This postcard view was franked at 9.00 PM on 11 August 1938 in Wolverhampton and posted to an address in Tarporley, Cheshire.
Alton ...
Donkey Rides, Alton Towers
The gardens at Alton Towers re-opened to the public after World War II in 1952. During the 1960s, under the management of Denis and Anthony Bagshaw, Alton Towers became an increasingly popular visitor ...
Drawbridge, Entrance, Alton Towers
A postcard view of the Drawbridge or East Entrance to Alton Towers.
Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. It was built between about 1810 and 1852.
The 15th Earl ...
Drawing Room Block, Alton Towers
A view of the south front of Alton Towers, showing the Drawing Room block and Conservatory. Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. It was built between about 1810 and 1852. ...
Drayton Manor Park, near Tamworth
This postcard view shows a section of the amusement area at Drayton Manor Park and Zoo. On the left there is a helter-skelter next is a chair-o-plane, also known as a swing ride. In the centre there is ...
Drayton Manor Park, near Tamworth
This aerial postcard view looks south. In the foreground there is a section of the amusement area at Drayton Manor Park and Zoo. Across the centre of the picture from left to right are the lakes which ...
Drayton Manor Park, near Tamworth
This postcard view shows the Aerial Cars which were in service from around 1964 to 2017 at Drayton Manor Park and Zoo. On the left there are the Tea Rooms, a Ballroom and Bars, on the right there is a ...
Drayton Manor Park, near Tamworth
This postcard view shows the Snake Train (a land train) at the top and below is the ‘Rio Grande’ Train at Drayton Manor Park and Zoo.
In later years the site became known as Drayton Manor Resort, ...
Drayton Manor Park, near Tamworth
An aerial postcard view which shows a section of the amusement area at Drayton Manor Park and Zoo. On the lower left the boating lake has several rowing boats, which were in use on the lake from the early ...
Drayton Manor Park, near Tamworth
An aerial postcard view which shows a section of the amusement area at Drayton Manor Park and Zoo. On the lower left the boating lake has several rowing boats, which were in use on the lake from the early ...
Drayton Manor Park, near Tamworth
This postcard view shows anglers fishing on the banks of the boating lake alongside the miniature railway, with Cotton Blossom giving rides to visitors by the lake at Drayton Manor Park and Zoo. In the ...
Drayton Queen, Drayton Manor Park, near Tamworth
This postcard view shows the Drayton Queen, a paddleboat that gave visitors rides on the lake at Drayton Manor Park and Zoo which was in service from around 1992 to 2016.
In later years the site became ...