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 ...
Hill Street, Stoke upon Trent.
From near the top of Hill Street, a view south east down towards Campbell Place at the bottom. In the distance is the spoil tip of the Glebe Colliery, Fenton, Glebedale Park today. On the left, halfway ...
Hill Street, Stoke upon Trent.
A view north west up Hill Street from Campbell Place. At the top is Honeywall. The Essoldo Cinema is visible on the right. Formerlty The Danilo, the 1800 seat cinema dates from 1939. The building was ...
Hunter marionette, by William Simmonds
William Simmonds (1876-1968) trained initially as an architect. He then studied at the Royal College of Art under Walter Crane, and at the Royal Academy schools, exhibiting at the Academy from 1903. During ...
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 ...
Interview with Douglas Hayward (video clip)
Douglas Hayward talks about his passion for making marionettes, his puppet theatre at Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire and the the background and history of the art of puppetry.
This video is about ...
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 ...
Jones & Shufflebottom's premises, Wharf Street, Stoke-on-Trent
The photograph shows the old premises of Jones & Shufflebottom (Wholesale Plumbers' and Builders' Merchants) at the north end of Wharf Street, Stoke. The building was formerly the site of Prince's Hall ...
Lanchester Marionette Theatre, Stafford
Waldo Lanchester and his wife Muriel preparing for a show at King Edward VI School, Stafford in January 1952. Stafford and District Arts Council had organised a previous visit by the Lanchester Marionette ...
Laurel and Hardy society, Sons of the Desert, Another Fine Mess IV, Staffordshire
This photograph, showing a meeting of members from the Sons of the Desert, a Laurel and Hardy appreciation society, was taken by a student from Staffordsire University, as part of his studies. The 1994 ...
Lifeguards outside Odeon Cinema, Stafford,
Two mounted lifeguards outside the Odeon Cinema on Newport Road, advertising the film 'They Robbed the Bank of England'.
Macbeth - Out Out Brief Candle
Lithograph print by Ruskin Spear CBE (1911-1990). Portrait of Sir Laurence Olivier as McBeth. One of a number of prints commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-upon-Avon as designs ...
Male prototype marionette, by Werner Jackson
Marionette prototype of male figure. Unpainted, undressed but with large facial features. Made by Werner Jackson, who carved figures for the well-known puppeteer, Waldo Lanchester.
Werner Jackson ...
Manager and Directors of the Theatre Royal, Hanley
Hanley's Theatre Royal had a long and colourful history until its closure in 2000. In 1850 a disused Methodist Chapel on Brunswick Street was converted into a chartist lecture hall by Thomas Hinde, and ...
Market Day, Cheadle
A multiview postcard with scenes of Market Day in Cheadle. The Empire Theatre can be seen in the upper and lower photographs, situated between the Market Hall and the wall. It is absent in the earlier, ...
Market Place, Hednesford
The solitary parked car stands in front of the Anglesey Hotel (out of picture) with the Electric Palace on the left of the photograph. Rhodes’ fancy goods and toy shop stands on the corner of Anglesey ...
Midland Red Bus in Stafford
This Midland Red Bus is pictured travelling south along Bridge Street, Stafford. On the left of the bus there is a shop called Gingham which has changed ownership many times over the years. On 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 ...