Reliant Motor Vehicles
The Reliant Motor Company in Tamworth didn't just build 3-wheelers. This shot from the 1960s shows the vehicles Reliant was manufacturing at that time. It includes the Regal three wheeler, the small ...
Richard Howle's Truck & Van Service
We're unsure of where this photograph was taken but it shows a fleet of vehicles owned by Richard Howle. He ran a delivery business from Red Street, Chesterton in the 1930s.
Road Accident, Eccleshall,
Road accident outside the chapel on Horse Fair.
Road Accident, Stafford
Road accident on Foregate Street. An AEC Mandator lorry has driven into the Stafford Hospital Management Committee building close to the junction with Glover Street. The Longton Crane Hire crane is ...
Roman Catholic Church, Lower Foundry Street, Hanley
The building on the left was originally the church of St Mary and St Patrick, opened in 1860. the present church of the Sacred Heart on Jasper Street was consecrated in 1911. The church in Lower Foundry ...
Rowlands delivery van, Stafford
Rowlands food merchants' delivery van outside their shop front on Gaol Road, Stafford. Rowlands were grocers, bakers and butchers, with premises on Gaol Road and Crabbery Street. Rowlands also owned ...
Rowley Street, Stafford
Rowley Street, looking west. The Methodist Chapel can be seen on the right hand side of the street.
Roxy Cinema, Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This oil painting signed and dated by Don Dawson is dated 1958 and depicts Nelson Place , Newcastle-under-Lyme with the Roxy Cinema and the corner of Brunswick Street. Two red lorries are parked in front ...
Royal Mail Van, Stafford Pageant
A Morris 1000 Royal Mail delivery van decorated with balloons with a caricature of 'Postman Pat' waving from the back of the van.
Royal Mail Van, Stafford,
Royal Mail van believed to be the first motor driven mail van in Stafford.
The bodywork was made by Bagnall's Carriage Works in Stafford. Note the solid wheels and George V's insignia.
Rugeley town centre
The main street in Rugeley, which is now pedestrianised from the Globe island to Brook Square.
Rugeley town centre
View of Dewhurst's van outside Taylor's bakery shop, with a Foden cement tanker, (made in Wolverhampton), passing on the right. This area of the town is now completely pedestrianised.
Rupert Hall Lorry in Tamworth floods
Ryknield Motor Company Ltd., Burton-upon-Trent
An early Ryknield delivery van operated by James Duckworth Limited, grocers and wholesalers, pictured outside the Peter Walker & Co. Ltd., Brewery on Clarence Street, Burton-on-Trent.
The Ryknield ...
Ryknield Motor Company Ltd., Burton-upon-Trent
An early Ryknield delivery van outside the factory which was based on Shobnall Road, Burton
The Ryknield Motor Company Ltd. began life as the Ryknield Engine Company Ltd. This short-lived motor car ...
Salter Street, Stafford
This view looks south-east along Salter Street to the junction with Malt Mill Lane. All of the buildings remain (July 2022) although some have changed use on several occasions. On the left is the Vine ...
Samuel Barlow Coal Co. trucks, Glascote, Tamworth
Five Ford Thames six-wheeler trucks belonging to Samuel Barlow Coal Co. Ltd. pictured at an unidentified colliery. the drivers are (from left to right): Jack Healy, Albert Taylor, Johnny Holmes, unknown, ...