Canal Scene, Meaford, Stone
A working narrowboat on the Trent and Mersey Canal travelling north towards a bridge near Meaford, Stone.
Canal scene, Willenhall
A photograph of a canal scene taken by Harold Cartwright of Willenhall. It was probably taken somewhere near Willenhall or elsewhere in South Staffordshire.
Canal Side, Great Haywood
Postcard view of the towpath alongside the Trent and Mersey Canal at Great Haywood. There is a man sitting on the towpath fishing in the canal. The iron bridge seen in the picture carried the drive from ...
Canal view, Aston-By-Stone
The Trent and Mersey Canal near the bridge at Aston-by-Stone, with a canal boat with cargo of wood being towed by horse.
Canal ware painter, Shebdon
Canal ware artist and sign writer Martin 'Bunny' Bunford of Shebdon, near High Offley pictured painting a Buckby can as his dog looks on.
Photographer: Lionel Holland of the StaffordshireNewsletter....
Canal workers, Cannock Wharf
A group of canal workers pictured at Cannock Wharf. The Cannock Extension of the Birmingham Canal Navigation extended as far as East Cannock Colliery, Hednesford.
Canalware Buckby Can
A 3 gallon Buckby can used to hold fresh water on narrowboats for drinking. It has been painted with traditional 'roses and castles' decoration by Lisa Jenkins of Norbury Junction, Staffordshire.
The ...
Cheddleton Wharf
Cheddleton Wharf on the Caldon Canal. The Flint Mills can be seen beyond the bridge, to the right.
Cheddleton Wharf and paper mills
Boats on the Caldon Canal at Cheddleton Wharf.
Cheddleton. Photographed by William Blake.
Canal view including Cheddleton Wharf, Staffordshire.
This view includes a lock, overhead warehouse and bridge situated on the Caldon Canal at Leek Road.
Christmas Card, Holdiford Bridge, Milford
This winter scene was taken by Mr E Graham in Holdiford Road looking north to the River Sow bridge, the Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal bridge and towards Tixall.
The concept, design and costs ...
Church Bridge, Cannock
The White Lion Hotel and the Hatherton extension of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal at Church Bridge, Cannock. On the right can be seen the flight of 13 locks leading up to Hednesford Basin. ...
Codsall Road Bridge, Brewood
Colt's-foot or Tussilago farfara
Colt's-foot is a common perennial of waste ground and derelict areas. Its flowers develop before its leaves do.
Flowering between March and April, it can grow to a height of 25cm.
This example was ...
Common Centaury or centaurium erythaea
Common Centaury is an annual that frequents dry banks, wood clearings, gravel pits and other open places on sandstone heaths.
Flowering between June and October, it can grow to a height of 15cm.
This ...
Common Cottongrass or eriophorum angustifolium
Common Cottongrass is a perennnial abundant in wet places on the moors. It differs from the hare's-tail cottongrass by having more than one flowering head.
Flowering between May and June, and fruiting ...
Consall Flint Mill
Consall Flint Mill was built by John Leigh (the Lord of the Manor) in the 1830s and the site was complete by 1845. At this time there were three iron waterwheels and 17 or 18 flint grinding pans. The ...
Consall Flint Mill
A postcard view of the flint mills and the Caldon Canal at Consall in the Churnet Valley. The back of the card is signed "T.H. Podmore 18/12/18": he was the owner of the flint mill at the time.
Consall ...