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Cannock Town centre looking South to the A34 and Walsall Road

A mother with her children, one in a pram and other groups of children stand talking or playing in the street. On the left of the picture is the Crown Hotel, which was knocked down in the 1960s. The trees ...

Cannock Urban Council Steam Roller, Cannock

The Urban District Council yard was off Mill Street until around the 1920s. The picture could have been taken on any of the Tarmacked roads maintained by the Urban District Council.

Cannock Urban District Council roadworkers on the A5 at Bridgtown, South of Cannock

Council workmen standing with forks and steamroller while working on the roads. The bungalows in the background were built by the Urban District Council.

Car by country house, near Burton-upon-Trent

A group of women and a chauffeur are pictured beside a Minerva motor car by the front door of a large country house, thought to be in the Burton-upon-Trent area. If you recognise anyone in the photograph ...

Car for a Bob, Stafford

Stafford Round Tablers John Harvest (left) and Geoffrey Bramall are pictured checking over a new Ford Popular which has a sign on the front saying “This is it – Car for a Bob”. A Bob was a slang name ...

Car Park of the Swan Inn, Church Eaton,

Carriage outside the stables of Hartwell Hall, Barlaston

A single horse and Landau pictured with a coachman, stable boy and two small children. At the time of this photograph Hartwell Hall was the home of the Paddock family. George Frederick Paddock was a ...

Cars on Smithfield Road, Uttoxeter

Cars drive along Smithfield Road by the Jet petrol station. There is a mini ( august 1959) behind the dual tone BMC van . The Vauxhall PA Cresta / Velox has a single piece rear windscreen (august ...

Castle Church and Newport Road, Stafford,

Castle Church is dedicated to St. Mary and dates from the Norman period; it was connected to the Collegiate Church of St. Mary until 1547. The tower was rebuilt in the fifteenth century; to celebrate ...

Castle Church Scout group, Stafford Station

Members of the 19th Castle Church Scout Group pictured at stafford Station, leaving for camp in Belgium. The Scout leaders are Stan and Molly Snape, 1st and 4th from right. Amongst the Scouts are: ...

Castle Lodge, Holloway, Tamworth

A winter scene with Holloway Lodge on the left of the photograph and Lady Bridge in the background. Holloway Lodge was built by the 2nd Marquess of Townshend in 1810. It was originally a single stored ...

Castle Mills and Tamworth Castle

The Castle Mills can be seen on the right hand side of this photograph. The mills consisted of three corn mills and a fulling mill, and were demolished in 1920. The top of the castle can be seen in the ...

Castle Street Toll-house, Eccleshall

Looking north along Castle Street, Eccleshall showing the former toll-house on the left which has since been demolished. The gates to Eccleshall Castle can be seen further along the road. Tolls were ...

Castle Street, Stafford

This view was taken looking southwest from the Castle Street railway bridge (over the West Coast Main Line) in Stafford. On the left are several abandoned railway buildings, centre right on the horizon ...

Cattle at Ingestre Home Farm,

Dairy cattle returning from milking.

Cattle Market, Gaolgate Street, Stafford,

Cattle fair held in Gaolgate Street (then known as Cow Street). The annual Rother Market, where long-horned cattle were bought and sold, continued until 1909, when protests about congestion and the ...

Cawdry Buildings, Leek

View of the bottom of Derby Street (Sparrow Park), with the public baths on the left. In the centre is the public weighbridge, with St. Luke's Church, the Bethesda Schools and Brough's Mill in the background. ...

Celebratory archway over Stockwell Street, Leek

This arch which reads, "Give Honour To Whom Honour Is Due", was one of several made especially for the Duke and Duchess of York's visit to the town. It stood at the top of Stockwell Street looking towards ...