Stafford Fire Station
Fire station buildings on Lammascote Road. The fire station was moved from Mill Bank in about 1971 and remained here until 1998. The site is now occupied by Asda supermarket.
The fire engine in the ...
Thorneycroft fire engine, Rugeley
A 1954 Thornycroft fire engine that spent most of its life at Rugeley fire station and was found on a Powys farm. It is now (2023) with Staffordshire Fire and Rescue awaiting restoration.
Leyland fire engine, Stafford
This fire engine is a Leyland FT4A Pump Escape, registration JRE 294. It was delivered to the Stafford Borough Fire Brigade in December 1939 and was christened "Eveline” after the Mayoress, Councillor ...
Leyland fire engine, Stafford
Stafford fire engine and firemen at the christening of the fire engine "Eveline". This fire engine is a Leyland FT4A Pump Escape, registration JRE 294. It was delivered to the Stafford Borough Fire Brigade ...
Charabanc trip to Rhyl, North Wales
Believed to be a group of Kinver people on a day trip to north Wales pictured in a charabanc outside Ye Olde Welsh Cafe in Rhyl.
Land Army girl and Suffolk gelding, The Wood, Adbaston
Women's Land Army girl Miss Iris Penn holding Suffolk gelding 'Smiler' in harness. Photographed for Mr T. Rowland Ball, at The Wood, Adbaston.
Photographer: Gerald McCann, photographer of High Street, ...
Cox's Farm, Hammerwich
Cox's Farm, Hall Lane, Hammerwich, little changed today. The farm and pond formed part of the estate of Hammerwich Place Farm. Harry Cox bought the farm in 1920 and farmed there until the later 1930s. ...
The Hospital, Hammerwich
Hammerwich's Cottage Hospital opened in 1882, the costs being met by subscription. It was intended primarily for the victims of colliery accidents. It commemorated the late Birmingham manufacturer T. ...
Cox's Pond, Hammerwich
Cox's Pond and Farm House formed part of the estate of Hammerwich Place Farm on Hall Lane. Harry Cox bought the farm in 1920 and farmed there until the later 1930s.
Postcard photographed and published ...
The Hospital, Hammerwich
Hammerwich's Cottage Hospital opened in 1882, the costs being met by subscription. It was intended primarily for the victims of colliery accidents. It commemorated the late Birmingham manufacturer T. ...
Cox's Pond, Hammerwich
Cox's Pond and Station Road, Hammerwich, little changed today. This pond formed part of the estate of Hammerwich Place Farm. Harry Cox bought the farm in 1920 and farmed there until the later 1930s. ...
Old Mill, Hammerwich
Hammerwich's windmill was built in 1779 by Thomas Middleton, a maltster. He was still working at the mill in 1823, but in 1824 he conveyed it with the rest of his property in Hammerwich to his son William. ...
The Village, Hammerwich
Hall Lane with the Post Office and village shop on the right with the Lyons Tea enamel sign on its end wall.
Postcard published by Lillywhite (1932) Ltd, Sowerby Bridge
The Plateau, Hammerwich
A view of Overton Lane from its junction with Meerash Lane, Hammerwich. The stone wall still exists (2023) as do the houses but there are also now houses on the opposite side of the road. The area is ...
Overton Lane, Hammerwich
This postcard view looks along Overton Lane in Hammerwich; the southern end of Overton Lane is known as the Plateau. Over the years many of the buildings in this scene have hardly changed (August 2020), ...
Fairview, Hammerwich
Fairview was built in the mid-1870s for T. B. Wright, the founder of Hospital Sunday. The house was later to be known as Blackroot House. By 1901 it was the home of hardware manufacturer, Edward Eglinton. ...
Elias Ashmole Ashmall Institute, Hammerwich
The Institute was opened in 1911 by Lady Cooper of Shenstone Court in memory of her father, Elias Ashmole Ashmall, a local farmer and churchwarden for 34 years who had died in 1889. Most of the cost was ...
Elias Ashmole Ashmall Institute, Hammerwich
The Institute was opened in 1911 by Lady Cooper of Shenstone Court in memory of her father, Elias Ashmole Ashmall, a local farmer and churchwarden for 34 years who had died in 1889. Most of the cost was ...