Radford, Stafford
A postcard view showing Radford Bank, looking from Weeping Cross to Stafford. In the foreground is the bridge over the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.
Railway shunting horses, Tamworth railway station
Railway shunting horses, in the Goods Yard, Low Level of Tamworth railway station. Far left is Horace Walter Perry. A tea table is visible, which was brought out for official visitors. Three ladies are ...
Railway Tavern, Leek
The Railway tavern stood on Broad Street. It closed in the 1970s and has been converted into a veterinary surgery.
Resting after 8 days march, Palestine
Whilst in Palestine at this time the 1st South Stafford Battalion was involved in the Arab rebellions.
Through its history the Staffordshire Regiment has been involved in many campaigns and wars and ...
Roaches House, Upper Hulme
Sir Philip Brocklehurst and his daughter Anne mounted on horses outside Roaches House.
Roaches House stands to the south-east of Hen Cloud on The Roaches. Originally built in 1876 as Argyle Cottage, ...
Roadmen, Yarlet
George James, far left, and a team of Staffordshire County Council road menders with horse and cart full of stone. George James was a tenant at 27 Yarlet, a Staffordshire County Council Farm smallholding ...
Royal Mail Postman, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Photograph of a local delivery horse and cart.
Rugeley Grammar School
A postcard scene of the entrance to Rugeley Grammar School. This view looks south along Station Road towards Rugeley town centre, with St. Augustine's churchyard on the left.
Rugeley Road, Hednesford
Soldiers on horseback approaching Keeper's Cottage, from the direction of Rugeley. There are four soldiers on horseback on the incline. A plume of smoke from the waterworks at Moors Gorse can be seen ...
Rushton's grocery delivery cart, Carter Street, Uttoxeter
S. Rushton and son, Wesley Street, Blythe Bridge
Mr Rushton is ahead of the horse-drawn carriage delivering his bakery goods. His son is seated in the carriage.
Photograph donated by the Blythe Bridge and Forsbrook Local Historical Society, who ...
Salem Church, Cheslyn Hay
A postcard view of Salem Church which was built in 1855 and still stands (April 2020) on the High Street, Cheslyn Hay.
This postcard was published by Henry Praill of the "Courier" Office, Cannock. ...
Sam Evans, Oaken Manor, Oaken
Sam Evans, aged 15, is pictured on a horse-drawn trap delivering milk for a Codsall farmer T. H. Wilkes. Sadly, Sam Evans died aged 21.
The photograph is taken on Illif's farm. The Illiff family ...
Sandy Lane, Rugeley
This postcard view of a snowy scene was taken in Horse Fair looking towards the junction with Sandy Lane in Rugeley.
The corrugated iron Mission Church (on the left) and the thatched cottages no longer ...
Saracens Head, Weston
Photograph of the Saracens Head public house on Stafford Road, Weston, near Stafford.
The inn began life as the Nag's Head in 1818, but was renamed the Saracen's Head in 1860. The inn's name commemorates ...
Shaffalong Colliery sod-cutting ceremony, Cheddleton
Onlookers at the ceremonial cutting of the first sod by Mrs James Meakin (in the centre of the photograph) at the site of the shafts for the new colliery venture at Shaffalong in October 1906. Children ...
Shakeshaft and Playfer, Market Street, Lichfield
Shard Ruck, Longton
Postcard with a view of a pottery waste area called a Shard Ruck. Taken in the Potteries, Staffordshire.
Shard Ruck, always known locally as a shraff tip, was most probably at or near the Daisy Bank ...