Group pictured outside the Kinema Theatre, High Street, Kinver
Sid Hillman, the proprietor of the cinema, can be seen here making a presentation to the lady in the centre of the photograph. The man standing directly behind him is Harold Boneer. The group were possibly ...
Hartshill Institute, Hartshill Road, Stoke
This plan is of the Hartshill Institute.
An article in The Staffordshire Sentinel and Midlands Counties Advertiser of Saturday, January 15, 1859 reports on the official opening of the building.
Its ...
High Street, Burton-on-Trent
View of High Street with the Electric Theatre and Parrs Bank on the right, and the Bass Town Offices and Anglesey Hall in the distance.
High Street, Stone
A postcard published by Valentine & Sons, postmarked 1 November 1961.
A view looking north on the High Street. On the right hand side are the Town Hall and Cinema, the Red Lion public house (with ...
Interior of the Sandonia Cinema, Stafford
A view of the interior of the Sandonia after the Bingo club had left, just before the Snooker Club installed a false ceiling. The colour scheme dates from the cinema's use as a Bingo Hall and is not ...
Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This view was probably taken from the Municipal Hall. The white frontage of the Plaza Cinema can be seen on the edge of Nelson Place, with the spire of the Congregational Church in Kings Street visible ...
King George VI Coronation celebrations, Stone
Stone High Street decorated for the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. On the right is the old Town Hall and Cinema.
King's Theatre, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Pictured are the cast for the play 'Mock Trial' that was held at the King's Theatre, Newcastle on the 28th March 1919.
The play was written by Chief Constable William Forster.
Lifeguards outside Odeon Cinema, Stafford,
Two mounted lifeguards outside the Odeon Cinema on Newport Road, advertising the film 'They Robbed the Bank of England'.
Malpass Street, Tunstall
Looking north along Malpass Street (known as Hall Street until the 1950s) from The Boulevard (formerly Station Road) in Tunstall. This view has completely disappeared with the extension and widening of ...
Market Street, Hednesford
A busy scene on Market Street, Hednesford. The building with the diamond-shaped windows on the left hand edge is the Electric Palace. Built as a roller-skating rink in 1910, its maple wood floor was ...
Martin Street, Stafford,
Martin Street before the erection of the County Buildings in 1895.
On the left is the Playhouse Theatre, formerly known as The Lyceum Theatre. Built in 1792, the theatre was visited by Charles Dickens ...
Memorial Hall, Eccleshall
The Memorial Hall, formerly the National School, at the junction of Kerry Lane and Church Street, Eccleshall. The National School was built in 1862. The school closed in 1928 and was used as a social ...
Mitchell Memorial Theatre and Youth Centre, Broad Street, Hanley
The Reginald Mitchell Memorial Theatre and Youth Centre is on Broad Street in Hanley. This photograph was taken from the corner of Crown Street with wall of the ABC Cinebowl (closed in 2000) to the right ...
Mitchell Memorial Theatre, Broad Street, Hanley
Erected in tribute to the designer of the Spitfire, the Mitchell Memorial Theatre and Youth Centre stands at the north end of Broad Street in Hanley. The foundation stone was laid in 1955 and the theatre ...
Mr G T Merrick, Manager, Sandonia Cinema, Stafford
Mr G T Merrick is pictured feeding a film into the modern projector at the Sandonia Cinema, of which he was the Manager.
The Sandonia Theatre on Sandon Road, Stafford was designed and built by Sandy ...
Music Room, Sandonia Theatre, Stafford
This photograph shows part of a fully indexed library of music scores dating from the 1920s, covered with 30 years of dust, but still intact at the Sandonia. The kettle drums and the bass drum were used ...
Nelson Place decorated for the royal visit, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Nelson Place is seen here decorated for the visit of King George V and Queen Mary. The King and Queen visited North Staffordshire on the 22nd and 23rd April 1913, and attended a civic welcome in Nelson ...