Queen's Cinema Palace, Jupiter Street. Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent
This cinema was on the north side of Jupiter Street (formerly King Street South) near the corner of Mars Street, just off Ford Green Road. Around the time this photograph was taken, the Palace became ...
Rhyl express at Leek station
At Leek station on 15 June 1957, an unidentified 'Crab' 2-6-0 Mogul works its way to the front of the train, ready to take a trainful of passengers to the coast at Rhyl.
The locomotive probably owes ...
Rocester Station on the Churnet Valley line
Once rail services were withdrawn in the 1960s, many railway buildings became neglected and derelict, as seen here at Rocester.
Only a few railway workers houses remain as private dwellings.
However, ...
Rownall Hall, near Wetley Rocks
Rownall Hall was the seat of the Arblaster family of Longdon, near Lichfield, lords of Cheddleton manor from about 1620. It was later the home of Smith Child, member of Parliament for North Staffordshire ...
School children at Westwood Manor, Wetley Rocks
Wetley Rocks and Cheddleton School children at Westwood Manor, Wetley Rocks. Over 400 children were entertained at Westwood Manor to celebrate the wedding of the Earl and Countess Sondes. Emma Beatrice ...
School visit to Consall Forge
Pupils of Oldfields Secondary Modern School, Uttoxeter, at Consall railway station.
John Hudson, one of the pupils, remembers:
"This Consall station photograph was taken during a field trip to the ...
Sir Arthur Nicholson's Funeral Procession, Leek
Sir Arthur Nicholson's funeral procession on St Edward Street on its way to Leek Congregational Church (now Trinity Church on Derby Street).
From there the procession carried on to St. Edward's schurch, ...
Sir Thomas Wardle, Leek
Thomas Wardle was born on January 26 1831 to parents Joshua and Mary. His father was the owner of a silk dyeing business at Cheddleton Heath, which Thomas joined at the age of about 16, and was soon followed ...
Stockwell Street, Leek
The building on the far left of the picture is Bowcock's Grocers. It has since become Haworth's White Hart Cafe. Behind the small tree in the centre of the picture is Old Stockwell House, the home of ...
Stockwell Street, Leek
The building with the flag flying from the roof is the headquarters of Leek and Moorlands Building Society. When the Building Society moved to Cheddleton Road in the 1970s, Stockwell House became part ...
Summer Holidays in Leek
Scenes of children playing in Cheddleton Road (top), and Strangman Street.
The Village, Consall
The name Consall means 'Cuna's (from the Danish for king) hall'. The village was a former township in the ancient parish of Cheddleton and since the 13th century was part of the estate owned by the Draycott ...
Uttoxeter station
Two North Staffordshire Railway staff pose for a photograph at Uttoxeter station in around 1900.
This station was an important junction for trains to Stoke, Derby, Burton-upon-Trent, Stafford, Ashbourne, ...
Uttoxeter station
Pictured here in around 1960, Uttoxeter remained an important junction on the route of the old North Staffordshire Railway.
To the south - behind the camera - the line still runs around the edge of ...