Royal Scot at Etruria
In the age of steam, expresses between London and Scotland were a regular sight in the Potteries.
This service, passing the gasometer at Etruria, is hauled by 4-6-0 locomotive number 46149 The Middlesex ...
St. Augustine's Mission Church, Stafford
St. Augustine's on Duke Street was built in 1878.
On weekdays the church was used as a schoolroom. In 1900 the church was replaced by St. Bertelin's in Broad Eye; the school closed in 1911.
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St. Augustine's Mission Church, Stafford
St. Augustine's on Duke Street was built in 1878.
On weekdays the church was used as a schoolroom. In 1900 the church was replaced by St. Bertelin's in Broad Eye; the school closed in 1911.
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Stafford Gas Works
Stafford Gas works situated on Chell Road, beside the River Sow.
The town's first gas works were built by William Edwards and Co. on this site in 1829. By 1949, when the works were taken over by the ...
Station Hotel, Stafford,
Photograph taken from Station Road.
The Station Hotel, originally built as the North Western on Victoria Road in 1866 (opposite the station) to provide accommodation for rail travellers. It provided ...
Steam freight train at Newcastle Junction, Cliffe Vale, Stoke on Trent
Steam locomotive 44682 pulling mixed freight on the North Staffs Railway. The track on the left of the signal box is the branch line to Newcastle-under-Lyme. The Trent and Mersey canal is on the right, ...
Stoke City v. Grimsby Town, Victoria Ground
Players getting ready to defend a corner in a football match between Stoke City and Grimsby Town. The match finished in a goalless draw.
Sun Street, Shelton
Looking west along Sun Street from close to the old entrance to Hanley Greyhound Stadium. Clyde Street runs off to the left. On the right, on the corner of Mount Pleasant, is the Shoulder of Mutton public ...
The Hednesford Murder
A postcard with four views of places associated with the murder of Mrs Gaskin in Hednesford in 1919. The murder of Mrs Gaskin is not Hednesford's only murder but it is still probably the most infamous.
Henry ...
The murder of Elizabeth Gaskin, Hednesford
Postcard photograph captioned ‘Where the body was found’ with a group of people at the base of a gasometer. Henry Gaskin hid his wife's dismembered head and clothing in the water below the disused gasometer ...
The murder of Elizabeth Gaskin, Hednesford
Postcard photograph with the caption ‘The Chase Murder, Feb 1919. Showing 5ft wall over which the body was taken. Tank is several yards from the wall’.
Henry Gaskin climbed the wall to place his murdered ...
The station and gasworks, Longton
Photograph taken looking east, St. James's church can be seen in the distance. The entrance to the yard was by Murdoch St.
This is the now site of the Tesco super store and car park.
Trent and Mersey Canal Wharf, Stone
The Stafford Street bridge over the Trent Mersey canal at Stone. In the distance can be seen the gas works. the canal boat appears to be unloading a cargo of lime at the wharf on the right.
To the ...
Twyford's Etruria Works, Garner Street, Stoke-on-Trent
Built in 1912 and modernised in the 1950s, the Etruria Works was just a mile from Twyford's main site in Cliffe Vale. In the background are the holders of Etruria Gas works, the wall in the foreground ...
Twyford's Works, Cliffe Vale, Stoke-on-Trent
A view taken from Hanley Cemetery looking over the Trent and Mersey Canal, towards the Twyford's factory and bottle kilns.
Thomas Twyford built the works in Cliff Vale for the production of sanitary ...
View from Joule's brewery, Stone
The view from the top of Joule's brewery, looking south east towards the River Trent. On the left is the Gas Works, close to the Star Inn on the Trent and Mersey Canal. Beyond can be seen the arches ...