Happy Days Coaches, Stafford
In the centre of this photograph Mr W H Austin is pictured with his staff outside the Happy Days Coaches booking office on the corner of Derby Street and Railway Street in Stafford.
The Happy Days ...
Holiday makers
This photograph shows three people enjoying the beach in their bathing costumes. During the years between the first and second world wars the holiday seasons saw hordes of people flooding into seaside ...
Ian Allan Potteries Express, Leek
This photograph shows the rear end of the Ian Allan Potteries Express train, hauled by a 2-6-0 steam engine No 42922 at Leek station. The train full of railway enthusiasts stopped here for a while to ...
Ian Allan Potteries Express, Leek
This photograph shows the rear end of the Ian Allan Potteries Express train, hauled by a 2-6-0 steam engine No 42922 at Leek station. The train full of railway enthusiasts stopped here for a while to ...
Ian Allan Potteries Express, Leek
This photograph shows the Ian Allan Potteries Express train, hauled by a 2-6-0 steam engine No 42922, as it enters Leek station with a train full of railway enthusiasts on a special day trip excursion ...
Ian Allan Potteries Express, Leek
This photograph shows the Ian Allan Potteries Express train, hauled by a 2-6-0 steam engine No 42922 at Leek station. Some of the railway enthusiasts on a special day trip excursion to Macclesfield have ...
Iguanodon, Drayton Manor Park, near Tamworth
This postcard view shows an Iguanodon, one of several replica prehistoric creatures in the former ‘Lost World’ at Drayton Manor Park and Zoo. Around 2010 ‘Lost World’ was reinvented and became known as ...
King Edward VII and Grand Duke Michael at Whitmore, Newcastle-under-Lyme
King Edward VII and Grand Duke Michael of Russia are pictured riding through the village of Whitmore. This photograph was probably taken in July 1901, whent the King visited Grand Duke Michael at Keele ...
Ladies outing, Uttoxeter area
Portrait of an unidentified group of ladies taken around the the time of World War I.
Lakeside Railway, Drayton Manor Park, near Tamworth
This postcard view shows the Lakeside Railway at Drayton Manor Park and Zoo.
In later years the site became known as Drayton Manor Resort, one of the largest amusement parks in the UK with over 100 ...
Landing Stage, Rudyard Lake
A postcard view of visitors and boats at the landing stage near the south end of Rudyard Lake.
Rudyard Lake is a reservoir constructed in 1797 by engineer John Rennie to feed the Caldon Branch of ...
Locomotive No. 45091, Burton-upon-Trent
Steam locomotive No. 45091 is pictured in Burton-upon-Trent hauling a train full of enthusiasts on a special excursion day trip.
This R.C.T.S. (Rail Correspondence and Travel Society) The Mercian rail ...
Lotus Ltd Staff on a works outing, Stone
A group of Lotus Ltd staff and families waiting for buses on Oulton Road. The factory chimney can be seen to the right hand side.
On the far left is Sid Saunders, his wife Olive, and standing in front ...
Lower Street Chapel outing, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This outing was probably from the Methodist Chapel that was located off Lower Street. Church outings were fairly common at the time, people travelling a little way into the countryside to enjoy a walk ...
Milford Common
A postcard view of a busy scene on Milford Common at Holiday time. It was taken on the Stafford to Rugeley (A513) Road by the junction with Brocton Road at Milford.
This postcard was franked on 2 ...
Milford Common
Milford Common on a busy Whitsunday evening, a view from close to the Barley Mow. Milford Common, on the northern edge of Cannock Chase, has long been a popular destination on summer weekends and bank ...
Milford Hall Cricket Club Fete, Milford
Highfields Social Club team and Newcastle Borough Police team are pictured struggling for possession of the large sphere during their game of "push-ball", one of the novel attractions at the Milford Hall ...
Narrow Boats outside Winkle and Wood Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent
Canals are now mostly used for recreation with many people owning or hiring narrow boats for touring holidays. Some people live in canal narrow boats and have permanent moorings at the canal side or in ...