White Lion Street, Stafford,
This photograph was taken from Wolverhampton Road.
The building on the right lasted until the 1970s when, along with Camden Place and Timmis' Antique Shop it was demolished to make way for the inner ...
White Swan Inn, Newport Lane, Middleport
The photograph shows the White Swan Inn at 107 Newport Lane, Middleport where there has been an inn or beerhouse since the 1830s. This building was originally two modest semi-detached houses, which had ...
Whitehouse Road, Abbey Hulton, Stoke-on-Trent
The junction of Whitehouse Road and Leek Road (A5009) in Abbey Hulton. On the left, on the corner, is a co-op shop, a branch of the Burslem and District Industrial Co-operative Society. Founded in 1901, ...
Wiggin Grocery Stores, Coven
Wigham, Tea and Coffee dealer, 12 Tamworth Street, Lichfield
Cuthbert Thomas Wigham was a noted Lichfield businessman. He took over the grocery on Tamworth Street from John Fowler in 1898 and, as well as the Lichfield store, he then opened further branches in Tamworth, ...
Wilcox Tobacconist and Confectioners, Stone
Wilcox wholesale and retail tobacconist and confectioners, Radford Street Stone. The Misses Wilcox lived in the attached house. The building is now (2013) the home of Gannon's Bar at the Blue Rooms.
Wilcox Tobacconist's shop, Radford Street, Stone
This shop has since been converted into a bistro and is now (2006) occupied by The Blue Rooms.
Wile's Tobacconists Shop, Stafford,
Tobacconist's shop at 12 Market Square.
The building on the left is Boots chemists.
Wilkinsons, Market Street, Tamworth
The Berni Steak House at the Peel Arms Hotel at number 1, Market Street, Tamworth. The Peel Arms Hotel was in existence by 1841. Prior to 2016, numbers 1,2 and 3 were purchased and altered to become a ...
William Booth's Visit to Stone,
William Booth (1829 - 1912), known as 'General Booth', founded the Christian Mission in 1865.
The movement aimed to help the poor and needy of London's East End, and as it developed was renamed the ...
William Marson and the Old Curiosity Shop, Stafford,
William Albert Marson owned a high class family grocer's shop, established in the High House on Greengate Street.
Marson was also a lay reader and held sermons in several churches within the Stafford ...
Wilson Road, Hanford
This is a view along Wilson Road from its junction with Mayne Street. The cottages on the right hand side of Wilson Road have been demolished. The houses and corner shop in the centre of the photograph ...
Wimblebury, near Hednesford
Wimblebury came into existence as village to accommodate incoming coal miners and their families in about 1870. It was named after an existing farm. It is now contiguous with Heath Hayes (named after ...
Window Display of Ladies' Shoes, Lotus, 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 ...
Window Display of Men's Shoes, Lotus, 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 ...
Window display, Co-op Department Store, Stafford
This window display of ‘Trutex’ Schoolwear, which was in Crabbery Street, used a large banner promoting ‘Trutex’ quality and a life-size silver suit of armour (cut and shaped from silver backed thin card) ...
Wolstanton High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Looking down Wolstanton High Street. Ernest Swettenham's grocery shop can be seen on the corner of High Street and Ellison Street, on the right hand side. This postcard captures the period, with the tram ...
Wolstanton postcard,Newcastle-under-Lyme