Keele Motorway Services
View of the M6 motorway and the newly built services at Keele, Staffordshire. The Forte Service Station was opened in 1963, soon after this stretch of the motorway was built. This section of the motorway, ...
Knowl Wall Tollgate Cottage, Swynnerton
This former toll house is situated at Knowl Wall, near Swynnerton, on the A519 Eccleshall to Newcastle Road, formerly a turnpike road.
Longton from Meir Hay Fields
This photograph was taken from what was called Meir Hay fields, looking westwards towards Longton with the tower of St James' church on the skyline in the centre. This part of Longton was thought to have ...
Midland Red Garage staff, Two Gates, Tamworth
A group of Midland Red Garage staff standing in front of Midland Red buses at the Two Gates garage. 'Bob' Herbert Young is seen wearing a dickie bow tie and standing directly in front of the radiator ...
Midland Red staff, Aldergate, Tamworth
Midland Red staff pictured outside the offices in Aldergate. Pictured on the front row are Fred Smith, Albert Wilday, William James Blower, Traffic Superintendent Harry Brown, and Traffic Inspector Tom ...
Milestone, Tamworth
A late 18th or early 19th century milestone on Upper Gungate, Tamworth, just north of the junction with Hospital Street. the cast iron plate lists mileage to destinations: Sutton 8, Birmingahm 15, Measham ...
Newcastle Lane, Penkhull
The camera is looking west along Newcastle Lane down towards the A34.The photograph was taken from the roundabout at the junction of Hilton road and Harpfield Road. Behind the camera, Newcastle Lane continues ...
Newport Road, Stafford
The entrance to the British Railways Coal and Goods Depot on Newport Road, Stafford.
Pearl Mill, Leek
Pearl Mill, on Buxton Road, had been converted into Bode's Garage by the time this photograph was taken at the time of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. The building is now (2014) occupied by PJS Machinery....
PMT depot, Scotia Road, Burslem
The Potteries Motor Traction company's Burslem depot was on Scotia Road. Originally it was Brown's Motor Co garage and was taken over by PMT in 1951. Enlarged in 1961, it took over from Goldenhill as ...
PMT Garage in Clough Street, Hanley
The Potteries Motor Traction Company ran buses in the Potteries from 1933, taking over from its predecessor the Potteries Electric Traction Co who had started the earliest trams in the area. The Hanley ...
Potteries Motor Traction Company (PMT) depot, Clough Street, Hanley
The PMT depot was towards the eastern end of Clough Street, Hanley. The main garage building has been replaced but the entrance and frontage survives, minus the clock tower. The depot in Clough street ...
Rose Bros, Lower Gungate, Tamworth
Employees at Rose Brothers Garage, Lower Gungate. To the left is the corner of Albert Road. From the third left are Wray Lester, Bertram Bullock, Neckie(?), and Charlie Day. Fourth from the right is Stuart ...
Rose Brothers Garage, Lower Gungate, Tamworth
In 2003 this building had become an Indian Restaurant.
Russell Street, Dresden. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Russell Street, Dresden, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The street was named after John Russell(1792-1878), who became British Prime Minister twice in the mid-1800s.
This ...
Smithy Corner, Madeley
A postcard view of Smithy Corner in Madeley. On the left with a petrol pump is Catell's Motor & Cycle Depot which occupied the former blacksmith's premises. The white painted house is Smithy Cottage. ...
Steam Bus outside Leek Railway Station
The Straker steam bus operated in the Staffordshire Moorlands from 1904 to ferry passengers to the newly built Manifold Valley railway. The routes were Leek and Ashbourne to Waterhouses and Buxton to ...
Stretton Garage and Cafe
Stretton Garage and Café on Watling Street (the A5), near Brewood. The garage was run by Joseph Gamson from 1915 until his death in 1951.
A postcard produced for advertising purposes.