The Rock House Tea Rooms, Milford
Albert and Florence May Barker purchased Rock House in around 1947. It was already an established tea room. Albert and May ran the tea room until it was sold to Gordon Boston in 1954. During this time ...
The Square, Alton
View of the lower village with the Ideal Cafe on the right and the Talbot Inn to the left. The Inn was first recorded in 1827 in the parish register, when it belonged to Thomas Weston and his wife Ann. ...
The Talbot Fast Food Restaurant, Alton Towers
Barbara Pattinson is pictured operating a drinks machine in the Talbot fast food restaurant at Alton Towers.
This photograph was taken by Stafford photographer Tony Boydon.
Alton Towers was the ...
The Tavern, Bridge Street, Stafford
View looking South along Bridge Street, showing 'The Tavern' public house, formerly the Baths Hotel, which had been closed and boarded up for some time when the photograph was taken. To the left can be ...
The Tiko Bake Shop and Coffee House, Sheridan Centre, Stafford
The Tiko Bake Shop and Coffee House formed part of the Sheridan Centre which was developed in the 1970s. In later years the centre was partly demolished and given a £5 million redevelopment which officially ...
The Upper House, Barlaston
Built in 1845 for Francis Wedgwood, Upper House later became the home of the Barton-Land family. The house was bequeathed to the County Council in 1954 as a home for the blind, and until around 2005 was ...
The Woodman , Bilbrook
The Woodman Inn stands on the north side of the Green and was in existance by 1834.
The Zetland Cafe, Market Square, Stafford
Agnes Galloway opened the Zetland Café on the first floor of 54a Greengate Street in 1910, but moved to this site at 13-14 Market Square the following year. The café closed when the owners ...
Tipperary Tea Rooms
The 'Tipperary Tea Rooms' stood at the junction named Harley's corner, the location of which is at the corner of Penkridge Bank and Stafford Brook Road.
During the First World War it had regular trade ...
Tipperary Tea Rooms, Cannock Chase
The 'Tipperary Tea Rooms' stood at the junction named Harley's corner, the location of which is at the corner of Penkridge Bank and Stafford Brook Road. The sign above the door identifies the proprietor ...
Upper Brook Street, Rugeley
A quiet scene in Upper Brook Street, Rugeley. On the left is a glimpse of a sign for the Crown public house and on the right are several set-back shops which replaced cottages demolished in the 1930s. ...
Upper Brook Street, Rugeley
This postcard view of Upper Brook Street looks north-east towards Brook Square. On the left is the Globe Hotel and further along is Hindley’s café, several of the buildings on this side of the street ...
View of Martindale's Tea Gardens, Kinver
View of the Edge View Hotel, Kinver
The Edge View Hotel was built in about 1900, to help cater for the many people who came to visit Kinver on the Light Railway. The hotel contained the Cafe Royale tea rooms, which had seating for over ...
View of Wells Tea Rooms, Stone Lane, Kinver
Village store and coffee house, Oakamoor
During the 1890s, this building doubled as both a village store and coffee house, serving the village of Oakamoor.
It must have been quite a novelty for such a small village to have a coffee house; ...
Vintage brewery vehicles, Town Centre, Burton-on Trent
Three vintage vehicles from breweries in Burton-on-Trent, outside McDonalds to celebrate its opening. From left to right: Ind Coope orange car with soft top, Bass Worthington bottle car, and Marston Thompson ...
Wedding party, Milford
Wedding party of Thomas Henry Hancox and Lizzie Dodd, who were married on 20 February 1920, Walton on the Hill. They are pictured in front of the 'Old Dame Coffee House' in Milford.