Joule's Brewery Wagon, Aston,
Joule's Brewery delivery wagon outside the Crown public house at Aston.
Francis Joule came into possession of the White House Inn and brewhouse at Stone in 1758. Nine years later he demolished the ...
Joule's delivery lorry, Stone
A Thorneycroft articulated lorry with 1901 Sunbeam Mableycar; Clifford Gaskin in the driving seat. Pictured at Joule's Brewery Bottle Stores and Garage on Newcastle Road, Stone.
Mr Gaskin was well ...
Link charity van, Stafford
A Morris van decorated with 'Link' logo, registration number VNF153. This van was donated to the Link charity for the elderly by Stafford and Stone Co-operative Society. It was used by Link to deliver ...
Loading bay, Wilts United Dairies Creamery, Uttoxeter
Wilts United Dairies creamery, Brookside Road, Uttoxeter. Workers are unloading empty milk churns from a lorry and placing them in a steriliser.
Uttoxeter Creamery opened on 29 September 1897 on a ...
Longton Road, Rough Close. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Longton Road, Rough Close, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The Swynnerton Arms public house and a horse and cart can be seen in the distance.
Longton Town Hall. Photographed by William Blake
A view of the town hall at Longton's Times Square, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This was Longton's second town hall and was built in 1863.
Lotus Shoes Delivery Van, Stafford,
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded in the eighteenth century by Thomas Bostock, a cobbler. His three sons started their own factories in Stafford, Stone and Northampton.
Edwin Bostock's ...
Main Road, Little Haywood,
View of Main Road taken from the crossroads in the centre of the village, looking towards Colwich.
Most of the buildings in the photograph are still standing, but the ground on the left is now occupied ...
Mark XVI Spitfire at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
Photograph of the Spitfire, which has been on permanent display at The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery since 1986.
Designed by local engineer Reginald Mitchell in the 1930s, the Spitfire was instrumental ...
Market Place, Cannock
An early view of the Market Place, Cannock. The indoor market, built in 1869 is on the left, incorporating Sellman's Funeral Directors established in 1870 and still (in 2018) in existence. Next is the ...
Market Square, Rugeley
A busy early postcard scene by Valentines of Market Square, Rugeley. Abraham Whitworth's grocery shop is on the left and Harris's ironmongers shop is to the right. The Town Hall's clock tower is prominent, ...
Market Square, Stafford,
Stafford had held a weekly market since the Middle Ages. In 1853 a covered market opened behind the new Guildhall, but some stalls continued to trade from the Market Square.
In 1927 the Borough Council ...
Market Street, Hednesford
Postcard view taken from the bottom of Church Hill. The shop in the right foreground was George Blagg and Son, Ironmongers since the 1870s, which finally closed its doors in 2003. It had a yard and warehouse ...
Market Street, Hednesford
Viewed from the bottom of Church Hill, looking up Hednesford's main street, Market Street. The Uxbridge Hotel is on the left corner. Posters on the wall advertise Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. whose ...
Market Street, Longton.
Black and white postcard with view of Market Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
This view includes a horse and cart, pedestrians and tram lines.
Most of the buildings in the foreground are now demolished.
Taken ...
Meir, Broadway. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Broadway, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This is one of many street scenes in the Blake Collection. Most of them were taken in the Normacot and Dresden areas near to where ...
Milk collection, Uttoxeter
A United Dairies milk lorry (registration number MW 7788) with churns on board, collecting churns from roadside milk churn platform.
Milk man delivering to Rugeley Times offices, Rugeley
The Rugeley Times was founded in November 1926 by Mr. Everard Frank Pope, a year after he had set up the Walsall Times. The newspaper closed in 1985.
Seen here, the milk is being delivered by Chris ...