Fair, Market Square, Stafford,
Henry III granted the first annual fair to Stafford in 1261. Fairs had two sides - trade and pleasure. People would travel from a wide area to visit the fairs, which often filled the town's main streets.
By ...
Felling of Grange Pumping Station Chinmey, Burton-on-Trent
Floods by South Street, Stafford,
The River Sow in flood, looking towards the Gas Works from South Street.
Former Midlands Electricity Board power station, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is the former power station that served the Midlands Electricity Board (MEB), the electricity board that provided for the midlands area. The MEB functioned from 1947 to 1990 when it was sold to ...
Former Midlands Electricity Board power station, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is the former power station that served the Midlands Electricity Board (MEB), the electricity board that provided for the midlands area. The MEB functioned from 1947 to 1990 when it was sold to ...
Gaol Square, Stafford
View of the square showing, on the right, the Singer Sewing Centre, the Mecca sweet shop and The Jap Co., household furnishers.
The four-dial clock was presented by George Bruckshaw in 1916, to celebrate ...
Gaol Square, Stafford,
The Union Jack boot and Shoe shop - 'the working man's friend' - had closed at the time of this photograph. In the 1930s the building would be replaced by the Gaol Square Garage.
Note the cast-iron ...
Gaol Square, Stafford,
This drinking fountain was erected on Gaol Square in 1889 by the widow of Thomas Sidney, in memory of her husband.
Thomas Sidney was born in a house on Gaol Square (now occupied by Radio Rentals) in ...
Gas House, Trentham Hall
When Trentham Hall was rebuilt by Sir Charles Barry between 1834 and 1849 a new form of lighting was installed at the Hall: gas.
As the nearest gas supplier was located in Etruria, the Trentham Estate ...
Gas Works, Stafford,
Gas Works Retort House, Chell Road.
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 West Midland Gas Board, none ...
Gas works, Tamworth
The Gas Works have since been demolished and in 2003 Saxon Mill Housing and the Aldi Supermarket stood on the site.
Gasometer under Construction, Stafford,
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 West Midland Gas Board, none of the original buildings remained.
The ...
Gasometer, Eccleshall
A rare photograph of the gasometer in Eccleshall. Eccleshall gas works stood off the Stone Road. As well as supplying the town's domestic gas supplies, it was also a source of coke and tar for local ...
GEC, Lichfield Road, Stafford
Pictured is the construction of a new Diesel Generator House for the GEC Works on Lichfield Road, Stafford. On completion three diesel generators would be housed in this building. The combined ratings ...
Glendale Training Centre, Newcastle-under Lyme
This was the Glendale Regional Training Centre. The company provided in skills such as forklift and lifting training. It was demolished along with the rest of the gasholder and Smithfield Market site ...
Goods train at Etruria
Unidentified Stanier 8F locomotive at Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent.
Pulling a rake of empty coal wagons, this "up goods" is heading past Cockshutt sidings on the main line.
The buildings in the background ...
Goodwin's Potters Millers on the Caldon Canal, Hanley
George Goodwin & Sons Westwood Mills site on the banks of the Caldon Canal just off Lichfield Street in the Eastwood area of Hanley. The company was founded in 1848 and had mills at Consall and Cheddleton. ...
Granville Square, Stone,
View from Granville Square down High Street.
Granville Square was known as Pump Square until 1903. To celebrate the coronation of Edward VII the town pump, seen in front of the street lamp, was replaced ...