The Veterans' Club, Cannock Park
A colour-tinted postcard of the Veterans' Club in Cannock Park. The park was opened in 1932, funded by The Miners' Welfare Committee but the land had been used for recreational purposes prior to this ...
The Waiting List, Longton Park and Paddling Pool. Photographed by William Blake.
Informal group photograph of dozens of children and some adults during the holiday period. Taken at Longton Park, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The park is very busy. Judging by Blake’s title for ...
The War Memorial, Hednesford
An early view of Hednesford's war memorial which was unveiled in November 1922. Railway trucks can be seen on the colliery line in the background.
The Weir Stafford
The Weir on the River Sow in Stafford Park. In the background is the Station Hotel.
Trentham Garden's Swimming Pool. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Trentham Garden's outdoor swimming pool on a busy day.
The pool was built in the 1920s and was demolished in the 1980s.
Trentham Gardens estate was home and pleasure gardens to the Dukes ...
Trentham Garden's Swimming Pool. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Trentham Garden's outdoor swimming pool on a busy day.
The pool was built in the 1920s and was demolished in the 1980s.
Trentham Gardens estate was home and pleasure gardens to the Dukes ...
Trentham Garden's Swimming Pool. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Trentham Garden's outdoor swimming pool on a busy day.
The pool was built in the 1920s and was demolished in the 1980s.
Trentham Gardens estate was home and pleasure gardens to the Dukes ...
Trentham Gardens,
The original Trentham Hall was built in the 1630s for the Dukes of Sutherland. The Caroline house was replaced in the early eighteenth century by one in a Classical style. Capability Brown and Henry ...
Trentham Gardens,
The original Trentham Hall was built in the 1630s for the Dukes of Sutherland. The Caroline house was replaced in the early eighteenth century by one in a Classical style. Capability Brown and Henry ...
Trentham Gardens,
The original Trentham Hall was built in the 1630s for the Dukes of Sutherland. The Caroline house was replaced in the early eighteenth century by one in a Classical style. Capability Brown and Henry ...
Trentham Hall and Gardens
The original Trentham Hall was built in the 1630s for the Dukes of Sutherland. The Caroline house was replaced in the early eighteenth century by one in a Classical style. Capability Brown and Henry ...
Trentham Hall,
The original Trentham Hall was built in the 1630s for the Dukes of Sutherland. The Caroline house was replaced in the early eighteenth century by one in a Classical style. Capability Brown and Henry ...
Trentham Road Entrance, Gates and Lodge, Longton Park. Photographed by William Blake.
Park scene taken at Longton Park, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. This view includes the Trentham Road entrance, gates and lodge.
The park's official name is Queen's Park and it was officially opened ...
Tunstall Park Lake
Tunstall Park also known as Victoria Park, was opened in 1908.
At the north-west corner of the lake is a boathouse built in 1904.
Victoria Bridge, Stafford
Lantern slide view of the original Victoria Bridge over the River Sow. The foreground area is now Victoria Park. the bridge was originally built in the 1860s and was replaced by the current bridge in ...
Victoria Park Bowling Green, Stafford,
The land between Izaak Walton Walk and the railway station was marshy and liable to flooding. In 1903 the Corporation bought the land and raised its level by three feet. The area was laid out as Victoria ...
Victoria Park, Stafford
A flower bed and tennis courts in the extension to Victoria Park which opened in 1930. In the background can be seen Broad Eye Windmill and to the right is Tenterbanks School which was demolished in ...
Victoria Park, Stafford
This postcard view shows flowerbeds in front of the thatched shelter on the left which has the bowling green on the opposite side.
In the background another thatched structure can be seen which houses ...