The Picknalls, Uttoxeter
A postcard view of Picknal Brook (also known as The Picknalls) and weirs near Hockley Road, Uttoxeter. On the left is a glimpse of the Crewe to Derby railway line, often known as the North Staffordshire ...
The Post Office, Burton Road, Rolleston
Anne Robinson was postmistress in Rolleston from 1900 until 1940.
The Post Office, Burton Road, Rolleston on Dove
Anne Robinson was postmistress in Rolleston between 1900 and 1940. A view of the Post Office on Burton Road, looking along Burnside.
The Post Office, Rushton Spencer
The Potteries Loop Line between Hanley and Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph was taken looking west from the Josiah Wedgwood Street railway bridge along the Loop Line between Hanley and Etruria. This section of the Loop Line was opened in the early 1860s. The road ...
The Queen Mother at Trent Valley Station, Rugeley
The Queen Mother inspecting the guard on arrival at Rugeley Trent Valley railway station, before she officialy opened Blithfield Reservoir. Later on in the same visit she went on to have lunch at Blithfield ...
The Recreation Grounds, Stapenhill, Burton-upon-Trent
A quiet scene with a man sitting in the grass by a footpath, and through the trees above the urn there is a glimpse of Burton-upon-Trent’s Trent Bridge. This view was taken from Stapenhill Woodland Walk ...
The River Churnet at Alton
The Rocks, Biddulph
The stones are one of the most southerly outcrops of the Pennine Chain. The edge of the stones is the boundary between the parishes of Biddulph and Congleton, and the counties of Staffordshire and Cheshire....
The Roebuck, Wolseley Bridge
The Roebuck is seen here standing at the junction of the A51 and A513. On the right is Wolseley Bridge spanning the River Trent.
In later years The Roebuck became known as The Wolseley Arms, however, ...
The Roebuck, Wolseley Bridge
This view was taken by Wolseley Bridge looking southwards across the River Trent to The Roebuck, later known as the Wolseley Arms.
A note about this early postcard: due to the Postal Regulations at ...
The Rose and Crown, Biddulph Moor
View of the junction of Woodhouse Lane, Hot Lane, Wraggs Lane and New Street. The old gentleman is Bill Finney, who lived nearby and spoke the moorland dialect, which was as good as a foreign language ...
The Round House, Alton
This solidly built structure with stone walls, roof and cupola dates from c1815. It was erected as the village's lock-up, with the purpose of housing felons. Clearly it would have been virtually impossible ...
The route of the Deep Pit mineral railway, Cobridge
The photograph shows the line of the mineral railway through Cobridge just after it had crossed Waterloo Road. It ran between rows of houses. Those on the left faced onto Portland Street and on the right ...
The site of Trentham Park railway station
Trentham Park railway station was at the end on the short (1 1/2 mile) branch line which ran from Trentham Station on the main line. Opened in 1910 the station had regular trains until the 1930s but was ...
The southern entrances to Harecastle Canal Tunnels, Tunstall
The Trent & Mersey Canal passes through the higher ground between Tunstall and Kidsgrove using the Harecastle Tunnel. The photograph shows the two tunnels bored to take the canal. On then left is the ...
The Square, Great Haywood
View of the north side of The Square.
On the left is the Clifford Arms Hotel. The building was demolished in the 1930s and a new hotel was built on the site.
The Square, Great Haywood
View of The Square from Trent lane.
The two trees were planted to celebrate Queen Victoria's Jubilee; a lorry drove into one in the 1920s, the other died a few years later.