Church of the Resurrection, Dresden. Photographed by William Blake.
Church exterior with a view of the Church of the Resurrection at Red Bank, Dresden, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This is one of many street scenes in the Blake Collection. Most of them were taken ...
Clifford Arms, Great Haywood,
The Clifford Arms was once the sixteenth century gatehouse to Haywood Hall. A yard behind the archway was used to stable horses.
In the 1920s the inn was painted to look timber framed, but was demolished ...
Colwich Church
A view of St Michael and All Angels Church taken from under the railway bridge at Colwich. The church houses many memorials to the Wolseley and Anson families. The flag pole on top of Colwich Church was ...
County Fruit Stores, Mill Street, Stafford
A postcard view of Primrose Cottage which at the time of this picture was also known as ‘G Williams, The County Fruit Stores’ on Mill Street, Stafford.
Dated 1610, this small, thatched building would ...
Derby Lightweight Train at Stafford Station
This British Rail Derby Lightweight train with yellow whiskers ('cat’s whiskers') on the cab front is pictured standing at the south end of platform 2 at Stafford Station before departing for Birmingham. ...
Diesel Locomotive, Burton-upon-Trent
This British Rail 2-car Cravens diesel multiple unit (DMU) is pictured at Burton-upon-Trent station when it worked on the B3 service from Burton to Leicester.
On the left there is a glimpse of the ...
Dog and Partridge Public House, Stafford,
The Dog and Partridge public house on South Walls. The fenced off land to the right is the site of Walton Telephone Exchange in 2003.
Dolphin Hotel, Stafford,
The Dolphin Hotel on Gaolgate Street.
A public house had stood on this site since the seventeenth century, although it had been re-fronted in the eighteenth century.
The Licensee, Thomas Puzey, ...
Dove Street, Rocester
A postcard view of a quiet scene in Dove Street, later known as Dove Lane in Rocester. Most of the buildings in the picture remain (April 2020). The large building on the right is Chalice House which ...
Dr Samuel Johnson’s Birthplace and Statue, Lichfield
This postcard view shows Dr Samuel Johnson's statue on the left. It is by R.C. Lucas and was erected in 1838. The house on the right was completed in 1707 by Michael Johnson, Samuel's father. Samuel Johnson ...
Dr Samuel Johnson’s Statue, Lichfield
A postcard view of the Statue of Dr Samuel Johnson in the Market Place, Lichfield. It is by R.C. Lucas and was erected in 1838.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), lexicographer, critic and poet, was born ...
Draycott Church. Photographed by William Blake.
Church interior taken at St. Margaret's Church, Church Lane, Draycott, Staffordshire.
Eastgate Street, Stafford
In this view there are three public houses within one hundred yards of each other. The timber framed Fox and George, standing here empty and awaiting demolition, was later replaced by Price and Webb's ...
Elizabethan Cottage, Horse Fair, Rugeley
The thatched cottage in the centre and the cottage on its right were demolished and later replaced by a parade of shops and a cinema.
The building on the left adjoining the thatched cottage remains ...
Elizabethan cottage, Horsefair, Rugeley
Rugeley would once have had many timber-framed cottages, most of which were lost in the extensive fires of 1646 and 1708. This thatched cottage stood in the site now occupied by James Furnishers. On ...
Erskine St., Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Erskine Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This is one of many street scenes in the Blake Collection. Most of them were taken in the Normacot and Dresden areas near ...
Fashion Show at Ingestre Hall
Two models are pictured dressed in spring and summer fashions as they walk next to the catwalk at a fashion fhow held in the Great Hall at Ingestre Hall. In the background models dressed in bride and ...
Fashion Show at Ingestre Hall
A model is pictured dressed in spring or summer fashions as she walks along the catwalk at a fashion show held in the Great Hall at Ingestre Hall.
Ingestre Hall was built by Sir Walter Chetwynd ...