Jubilee Jamboree, Beaudesert Scout Camp
The 'Jubilee Jamboree' anniversary of the founding of the Scouting movement was held at Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, during 1st August 1957 – 12th August 1957, for 35,000 scouts. Such ...
Brocton Hall Mill
The photographer Dr. J.E.C. Peters left a note attached to this picture stating: “Brocton Hall Mill".
The building remains (2026) and stands next to a car park near Brocton Hall on the Brocton Hall ...
Dobson's tobacconists, Greengate Street, Stafford
Exterior of Arthur Dobson's wholesale and retail tobacconist, 37 Greengate Street, Stafford, on the corner with Mill Street.
Arthur Dobson was born in Stockton on Tees in 1865 and started work in ...
Cheadle Station
View of Cheadle Station including a steam engine marked No. 12 and passengers waiting on the platform.
Cheadle Station was the terminus of the Cheadle Railway, which was worked by the North Staffordshire ...
Primitive Methodist Chapel, Marchington
Now a private residence, this former Primitive Methodist Chapel stands on Bag Lane in Marchington and was built in 1841.
Photographer: Alfred McCann of Uttoxeter.
St. Philip and St. James' Church, Milton
This painting shows the chapel of ease built in 1848 on land given by Lord Norton. In 1865 this chapel became the chancel of a new parish church when the nave was added in 1865.
This is one of a ...
Three Horseshoes, Meerbrook
Looking east towards the Three Horseshoes public house with the former village school, built in about 1778, to the left, and the Post Office on the right. A group of children pose for the camera in the ...
School and Post Office, Meerbrook
Looking east towards the Three Horseshoes public house with the former village school, built in about 1778, to the left, and the Post Office on the right. A group of children pose for the camera in the ...
St. Matthew’s Church, Meerbrook
View of St. Matthew's Church, Meerbrook. Designed by R. Norman Shaw, the chancel and central tower were built in 1869-70 and the nave in 1873. The new church replaced a mid-16th century church which ...
View of Rushton Village
Looking down Sugar Street towards the Royal Oak.
Rushton Marsh, Rushton Spencer
Taken from outside Rushton Vicarage, this view is looking north towards Macclesfield with the Royal Oak public house on the right. On the left is the former Robin Hood public house.
Rye Croft Gate, Rushton
The Hanging Gate Inn can be seen to the right in this postcard view, taken from the bridge over the Rad Brook on what is now the busy Leek-Macclesfield road.
Spite Hall and Caravan Park, Rudyard
The Hall is actually a large cottage located near to Horton Lodge on the west side of Rudyard Lake. When it was built in about 1865 the house was known as Keeper's Cottage, but it later acquired the name ...
Rudyard Tennis Club
Rudyard Tennis Club was formed in 1922 and existed into the 1930s. Their court and pavilion stood in a field opposite Rudyard Road's World War II pill box.
Advertisement, The Potteries Motor Traction Co., Ltd. (1)
Advertisement title: 'P.M.T. Tours'
Part 1 of an advertisement for trips and outings with the P.M.T. (Potteries Motor Traction Co., Ltd.) during July and August 1955. Tickets were to be booked in advance ...
Main Street, Yoxall
A postcard view looking north along Main Street, Yoxall.
This scene has hardly changed over the years. In the centre distance is the Grade II listed 17th century timber-framed house at 1 King Street. ...
Unidentified Farm, Calf Heath
Motor Cycle Mecca, Mill Street, Stafford
Motor Cycle Mecca had previously occupied a shop on Market Street, Stafford between 1945 and its demolition in 1963. The business then moved to this location at 38, Mill Street which until 1937 had been ...