The last salute to the Staffords in Lichfield
Following a nine-month tour of duty in Afghanistan, members of the 3rd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment (3Mercian), formerly the Staffords, are pictured outside Lichfield Cathedral. The Regiment will ...
The Laurels, Mill Street, Cannock
Now demolished. Dr Hutchinson lived there in 1940s. The car in the foreground is a Wolseley 1500 Mk III which was newly registered in 1963.
The Lynton Tavern, Baswich, Stafford
The Lynton Tavern pictured during demolition in April 2015. The pub opened in the early 1960s as the Crossbow and became the Lynton Tavern in 1988. The building was sold in 2009 to be converted into ...
The Main Road, Brereton, Rugeley
A postcard view of a quiet scene on the Main Road in Brereton. In later years the road was widened and the cottages on the left demolished. The School building between the cottages and St. Michael’s ...
The Malt and Hops, Stafford
This view looking south along White Lion Street to Lichfield Road in Stafford was taken by Stafford photographer Tony Boydon.
The building on the right at the time of this photograph was known as ...
The Market Cross, Cheadle
A postcard view of Cheadle's Market Cross with a decorative lantern on top of the capping stone. The Market Cross stands on the High Street at the junction with Cross Street. It consists of an octagonal ...
The Mayor’s Sunday Parade and RAF Stafford
During the Mayor’s Sunday Parade RAF Stafford service personnel are pictured marching along Greengate Street towards the Market Square. On the platform on the right taking the salute is the Mayor of ...
The Mill and Canal Wharf, Great Haywood,
View of the mill and canal wharf from the towpath of the Trent and Mersey Canal; the bridge marks junction of the canal with the Staffordshire and Worcester Canal.
Far left is the corn mill, powered ...
The 'New' Police Station, Anson Street, Rugeley
The Police Station is described as 'new' on this postcard. It was built on Anson Street in 1907 on the Mutton Green area. In front, protected by railings, is a young oak tree planted to commemorate the ...
The Octagon Centre, Burton upon Trent
An exterior view of the New Street entrance to the Octagon Centre, a shopping mall constructed in the mid 1980s on a former brewery site.
The old smithy, Coppenhall
This postcard view shows a house on the left and the smithy in the centre background. Between the house and smithy there is a road traffic sign advising road users of a school nearby, which is further ...
The Picture House, Willenhall
The view is taken from Wolverhampton street.
The banner on the front of the Picture House advertises 'Patria'. This was a fifteen-part serial film released in 1917, funded by William Randolph Hearst ...
The Plaza Cinema, Horse Fair, Rugeley
A postcard view created in 1984 to celebrate 50 years of the Plaza Cinema on Horse Fair, Rugeley.
The Plaza opened as The Picture House on 12 November 1934 at 7.00pm. The first films to be shown ...
The Plum Pudding, Armitage
A view of the Old Plum Pudding, Rugeley Road, Armitage, next to the Trent and Mersey Canal. The building pictured has since been demolished and a new building built on the same site. This is now (2018) ...
The Post Office, Sugnall
A postcard view of the former Post Office which stood by the B5026 in Sugnall.
This postcard was published by W Shaw, Burslem and printed in Saxony.
The Potteries Die Company, Knypersley Road, Norton-in-the-Moors
The Potteries Die Co. premises on Knypersley Road, Norton. The company started in 1936 making precision moulds and press-tool equipment for the ceramics industry and today is a tool maker for a wide range ...
The Rickerscote Arms, Stafford
The Rickerscote Arms public house is pictured shortly before it was demolished in 2017. The pub was previously known as the Alpine Lodge and originally as the Plough and Trumpet. Within a week of this ...
The Royal Oak Public House, Dilhorne
Although the etched window glass proclaims that Joules 'Stone Ales' are to be procured, by the time this photograph was taken it was a Bass Worthinton house.