Royal Brine Baths, Stafford
Brass lettering on the side of the Royal Brine Baths.
In the 1880s a thick bed of salt was discovered on Stafford Common, during the search for a water supply for the town. This led to the opening ...
South Shore Baths, Blackpool. Circa 1920
This is a postcard of South Shore open air swimming baths in Blackpool. The image was taken between 1920 and 1930. Many people in the Potteries spent their holidays in Blackpool and Rhyl, often visiting ...
Stafford Brine Baths
In the 1880s a thick bed of salt was discovered on Stafford Common, during the search for a water supply for the town. This led to the opening of the Brine Baths in Greengate Street in 1892, designed ...
Stafford from the River Sow
In the centre is the River Sow, on the left is a canal which was specially made to carry coal to a wharf near to the Green Bridge in Bridge Street. Due to lack of use it was filled in around 1930. The ...
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 ...
View of Bridge Street, Stafford
On the far right is Burgess' agricultural engineers, now replaced by Allied Carpets.
The clock tower belongs to the Royal Brine Baths, built in 1892. The open-sided tower was used by the fire brigade ...
View of Stafford from the top of the Gasometer,
View from the gasworks on Chell Road.
To the left is St. Mary's Church, the parish church of Stafford. Originally the church possessed a spire, but it was blown down in 1593 during a storm, bringing ...