Birches Head Road, Stoke-on-Trent
The view west along Birches Head Road from just before the Caldon Canal. The parapets of the canal bridge are in the centre of the photograph. Just beyond is the level crossing over the Biddulph Valley/Stoke ...
Bakery, Maunders Road, Milton, Stoke-on-Trent
Number 51 Maunders Road (originally called Market Street) was once a bakery, by 1964 it had been split into a shop and a house and has now been demolished and replaced with modern housing. In the early ...
Joule's Brewery Charabanc Outing, Cannock Chase,
Draymen from Joule's Brewery on a charabanc outing to the Bridgnorth area. The photograph was taken on Cannock Chase on the way back to Stone.
Cyril Halfpenny is the driver, he was born in 1899, ...
Milton Station, Stoke-on-Trent
The view north long the railway from the single platform of Milton Station towards the bridge carrying Leek New Road (A53) over the line. This is the old North Staffordshire Railway branch line from Stoke ...
Army camp, Milford Common
Men from the North Staffordshire Regiment pictured at a camp on Milford Common during the Great War. Third from left, in shirtsleeves holding bread and knife, is Jack Harper. In civilian life he was ...
Brocton Military Camp
Chase Road Corner. The Anson's Bank portion of Brocton Camp lies in the background. Alternate image is a digitally colourised version of the image.
Cannock Chase had been used as a military training ...
Soldiers and WAACs at Brocton Military Camp,
Four members of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) with a sergeant from the Army Service Corps (ASC). On the front row are two officers and a young boy. The officer on the right holds a Staffordshire ...
Army Recruits at Colwich Station,
Army recruits at Colwich Railway Station awaiting departure. They are accompanied by a local councillor and a police constable. The alternate image is a digitally colourised version of the image.
Field bakery, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
Men of the Army Service Corps pictured at the Field Bakery at Brocton Camp on Cannock Chase,
During the First World War two military camps were built on the Chase - Brocton Camp, which was located ...
Brigadier JV Campbell addresses troops from Riqueval Bridge, Bellinglise, France
This colourised images shows the 137th (Staffordshire) Brigade (46th North Midland Division) being addressed by Brigadier JV Campbell from the Riqueval Bridge over the St Quentin Canal, having carried ...