Rushton Spencer
A group of women and children pose for a photograph outside is A. Holland's grocers and provisions shop in Rushton Spencer village
In the background is the station, now a private dwelling.
The ...
Rushton Station
Rushton station, pictured during the 1960s.
Note the 1960s Lambretta scooter parked outside.
Note also the Staffordshire Knot of the old "Knotty" (North Staffordshire Railway Co) emblem on the ...
Rushton station
A postcard showing Rushton station and level crossing in 1900.
Until quite recently, level crossings were constantly manned and operated by a conventional swing gate.
The railway no longer serves ...
Rushton Station and the Railway Inn
The North Staffordshire Railway's Churnet Valley line once connected Macclesfield with Leek and Uttoxeter, via the Churnet Valley. The station closed in the 1960s but the pub remains, since re-named The ...
Sacred Heart Church from the Scotia Lane area, Tunstall
The camera is looking north east from the area of the Scotia Colliery spoil tip towards the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church on Queen's Avenue in Tunstall. The photographer, Bert Bentley, noted that ...
Saddle tank locomotive 'Blackcock', Cannock Chase
One of the locomaotives which operated on the 'Tackeroo' on Cannock Chase during World War 1. The rolling stock for these locomotives tended to be loaned from local colliery companies. Pictured is "Blackcock" ...
Safety training at Shelton Bar Steelworks, Stoke-on-Trent
The men in this picture are simulating an accident on the train lines serving Shelton Bar steelworks. The rescuers, Frank and Jack Chevin appear to be attempting to lift the casualty without touching ...
Salt & Co.'s Brewery, Burton-on-Trent
View of the yard at Salt & Co.'s where two men are at work on the roof, and one man is walking towards the brewery. Railway wagons stand on the left, with horse drawn carts on the right.
Salt & Co.'s Maltings, Burton-on-Trent
Salt railway station Great War Roll of Honour
The inscription reads:
Names of Great Northern Railwaymen from Salt Station or Depot who have lost their lives in the service of their Country.
Name: F. Davenport
Regiment: 8th King's Shropshire ...
Salt Warehouse, Horninglow Basin, Burton upon Trent
A North Staffordshire Railway Company salt warehouse on the Trent and Mersey canal at Horninglow Basin, Burton-upon-Trent. Painted on the walls of the warehouse are advertisements for rock salt, butter ...
Salt Warehouse, Horninglow Basin, Burton-upon-Trent
A North Staffordshire Railway Company salt warehouse on the Trent and Mersey canal at Horninglow Basin, Burton-upon-Trent. Painted on the walls of the warehouse are advertisements for rock salt, butter ...
Samuel Allsopp & Sons Ltd., Burton-on-Trent
In the centre is the Clock Tower standing above the Hydraulic Engine-House.
Sand train
A sand train passes Wall Grange in Summer 1988.
This was the last commercial train to use this line. Some special passenger trains have been run from Stoke to Leekbrook, and the line may well open ...
Sand train at Leekbrook Junction
Diesel locomotives 25290 and 25252 at Leekbrook junction.
Sand was carried from Hepworth's sand quarry at Oakamoor to St Helens, Merseyside for Pilkington glass. The last 'sand train' ran down the ...
Sand train at Oakamoor
A Yorkshire diesel shunting engine pulling a 'Sand Train' at Oakamoor sidings. Sand was carried from Moneystone sand quarry via the Churnet Valley line to St Helens, Merseyside for Pilkington glass.
The ...
Sandon Station
A postcard view of Sandon Railway Station looking north from the nearby Stafford Road B5066 bridge. Around the time this picture was taken both railway companies and specialist producers of railway ...
Sandon Station
The railway station at Sandon was built in 1849 for the convenience of guests visiting the Earl of Harrowby at Sandon Hall.
The covered entrance provided protection to the Earl when he alighted from ...