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Stafford Street, Eccleshall

This picture was taken looking along the west side of Stafford Street in Eccleshall. On the left are the former premises of Robert Heywood Estate Agents and next door is the Post Office. The Post Office ...

Station Bridge, Audley, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The bridge pictured carried the Audley Branch line from Alsager to Leycett and Keele. Audley station was off to the right, with the building on the extreme left being the old Post Office and Telegraph ...

Station Road and Stoke Station, Stoke-on-Trent

A view of Stoke Station and Station Road. The Victorian station buildings were opened on 9 October 1848. All the buildings were constructed using an architectural style referred to as "robust Jacobean". ...

Stone Branch, Cyclists' Touring Club, Stone

The Stone Section of the North Staffordshire District Association of the Cyclists' Touring Club was formed in 1962 by Gordon and Irene Smith and Dave Steele. Here three members are checking the route ...

Stone Branch, Cyclists' Touring Club, Stone

The Stone Section of the North Staffordshire District Association of the Cyclists' Touring Club, formed in 1962 by Gordon and Irene Smith and Dave Steele, starting off on an endurance ride from Granville ...

Stone Branch, Cyclists' Touring Club, Stone

The Stone Section of the North Staffordshire District Association of the Cyclists' Touring Club, formed in 1962 by Gordon and Irene Smith and Dave Steele, starting off on a ride from Granville Square ...

Stone Telephone Exchange

The GPO (General Post office) telephone exchange in Stone. Seated at the front is Mrs Joan Ravenscroft. Joan was a telephonist from 1957 to 1967. The telephone exchange was over the Post Office in Granville ...

Street gas light cleaner, Unwin Street, Bradeley, Stoke-on-Trent

Street gas lamps needed constant maintenance, their glasses polished, clockwork mechanisms wound, mantles replaced. The gas mantle was the equivalent of the electric bulb. They were made of silk and coated ...

Swan Bank, Madeley Heath

A postcard view showing Swan Bank, Madeley with the Post Office to the right. The terrace of houses in the distance still stands but the other buildings have all been replaced by modern housing Postcard ...

Swynnerton Post Office,

The Post Office, which closed in 1978, can be seen in the centre of the photograph with a thatched roof.

Telephone Exchange extension, Stafford

Telephonists are pictured operating switchboards in a section of the extension to Stafford Telephone Exchange, which was part of a £100,000 development scheme at the Post Office, inaugurated by the Mayor, ...

The Post Office, Critchlows Corner, Blurton

Situated on the very edge of Longton’s urban sprawl one could be fooled into thinking that this is a quiet country scene. To the left the embankment carries the mineral railway line to Florence Colliery, ...

The Crown Club, Abbots Bromley

This postcard view was published in 1913 with the picture taken at a wonky angle. The description on the front of the postcard is: ‘Crown Club 1913 Dinnertime’. This scene was captured on Crown Bank, ...

The Crown Club, Abbots Bromley

The description on the front of this postcard view is: ‘Crown Club 1914’. The picture was taken on Crown Bank, Market Place, Abbots Bromley. On the left are cottages and in the centre behind the motor ...

The Dovecote, Whiston

The Dovecote on Whiston Eaves Lane, Whiston photographed Easter 1899. This late 19th century house has been a general stores, Post Office and butchers until it closed in the late 1990s. It is now a ...

The Institute and Post Office, Wheaton Aston

A view of the corner of Marston Road and High Street with the Wheaton Aston Institute and Reading Room on the left, built in 1887, and now the Village Hall. On the right is Mayland's supply store and ...

The Junction Inn, Norton Bridge

The Junction Inn and post office. The Inn was owned by Eley's Brewery of Stafford. The licencee was Tom Greaves at the time of the photograph. A 'Wells Series' postcard view published by E.J. Hurlstone ...

The New Post Office, Bird Street, Lichfield

This postcard view looks north-west along Bird Street with the ‘New’ Post Office on the right. In the background are the spires of Lichfield Cathedral. he Post Office closed in early 1968. The Arts Centre ...