Building the Springfield estate, Rugeley
Rugeley's Springfield housing estate under construction by Wimpey. A Rugeley Times photograph (courtesy of the Birmingham Post).
Building Whiston Church
Workers unloading stone at the site of St. Mildred's Church, Whiston which was built in 1910 to the designs of J.H. Beckett.
Building work at Parrotts Restaurant, Longnor
Parrotts restaurant occupied an early 19th century three-storied Grade 2 listed building at 7, Chapel Street in Longnor. It closed in 1995 and had been locally well-known for its set tasting menu. The ...
Buildings adjacent to Matthew Wardhaugh's theatre, Longton.
Buildings being demolished in The Strand, Longton.
Matthew Wardhaugh (1813-188) was born in Whitechapel, London. He was first employed as a call boy at Drury Lane Theatre, then made a living by reciting ...
Burnthill Lane, Rugeley
A view of new housing being built in Burnthill Lane, Rugeley.
Burton Place, Hanley
The building on the right was occupied in the 1960s by Foulkes, building and decorating materials suppliers but had previously been a pottery. From the early 1920s until 1937, this was part of the Corona ...
Butterworth's shop advertisement, George Street, Newcastle under Lyme
The painted F & E Butterworth Ltd sign was uncovered during the demolition of the neighbouring Zanzibar (Ritzy) nightclub building in March 2021.
The business was established in the 1840s by John Butterworth ...
Calwich, near Ellastone
A road mender at work on the road between Ellastone and Mayfield at Calwich Bank.
Photographer: H.P. Hansen, Ashbourne.
Central Racking Room construction, Middle Brewery, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
Alterations taking place at the Middle Ale stores, including the construction of a canopy on the side of the stores. In the background on Station Street is Grants of St. James' building.
Chapel Street, Stafford
This view looks along Chapel Street towards Bath Street, from the junction with Broad Street, Stafford.
On the left there is a sign stating ‘Bath Street Closed, no access to Earl Street’, this was ...
Chimney after demolition, Cheadle
Crowds inspect the remains of the chimney after felling at the brassworks, Brookhouses. The brassworks were in operation between 1725 and 1835 and had long been derelict for some time when demolition ...
Chimney demolition, Cheadle
Men undercutting brickwork ready to fell the brassworks chimney at Brookhouses, Cheadle. The brass and copper works were in operation at Spout Farm from about 1725 and had been derelict for some time ...
Church Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Church Street at the corner of Merrial Street and High Street during demolition. Pictured are the Talbot Hotel and Syd Perkin and Edna Duffield's School of Dance. Edna Duffield and Syd Perkin were national ...
Church Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Demolition of building formerly Moody's Saddler opposite St. Giles' Church.
City Central Library and Art Gallery & Museum, Bethesda Street, Hanley
This photograph is looking over the foundations of the City Central Library and Archives building towards the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery. This photograph was taken in 1968, before the museum building ...
Cockster Brook, Longton
Culverting the Cockster Brook. Longton town centre can be seen in the background.
Community Centre, Perton
Perton Community Centre under construction during 1979 on what was to become Church Road. Once completed, it replaced the old Control Tower which had been used as a stopgap community centre since the ...
Constructing huts at Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
Pictured are local workers taking a break from erecting one of the wooden huts which made up Brocton Camp.
The soldiers being trained at the two military camps on Cannock Chase during World War 1 lived ...