Coton, Gnosall
Looking along Newport Road towards Gnosall village centre from Coton, this photograph was taken just outside the Navigation Inn (off the picture, to the left) by the road bridge over the Shropshire Union ...
County Fruit Store, Stafford,
Dated 1610, this small, thatched building on Mill Street would have been a typical example of a seventeenth century Stafford cottage.
Throughout the centuries it was known as Primrose Cottage and ...
County Fruit Stores, Mill Street, Stafford
A postcard view of Primrose Cottage which at the time of this picture was also known as ‘G Williams, The County Fruit Stores’ on Mill Street, Stafford.
Dated 1610, this small, thatched building would ...
County Fruit Stores, Mill Street, Stafford
Dated 1610, this small, thatched building on Mill Street would have been a typical example of a seventeenth century Stafford cottage. It was known as Primrose Cottage and was only put to commercial use ...
Covent Garden grocers, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
As you can see from the window display Covent Garden was a fruit and vegetable shop, owned by H.M. Scrawn. The shop was on Ironmarket from the early 1970s to 1996. At the time of writing (December 2024) ...
Crabbery Street, Stafford
This view in Crabbery Street, Stafford was taken by Stafford photographer Tony Boydon.
From left to right: the former Caroline Electric shop, Maureen’s florist shop, an entrance to St John’s Market, ...
Crabbery Street, Stafford
This view looks along Crabbery Street from the junction with Gaolgate Street in Stafford. In 1992 the town centre became pedestrianised and the A34 was re-routed around the town.
All of the buildings ...
Crabbery Street, Stafford,
Mr Trevitt the fishmonger, whose shop can be seen on the right, had given the four small girls on the left shrimps, which they are holding in their pinafores.
Creed's Corner, Armitage
This postcard view shows a crowd of people positioned by Creed’s Corner shop at the junction of Old Road and New Road in Armitage. They are thought to be posing for the camera before an Armitage walking ...
Cresswell's Butchers, Penkridge
T.A. Cresswell's butchers shop on Market Street, Penkridge. The shop was converted to office and residential accommodation in 2008.
Cromwell House Cafe, Wolseley Bridge, Colwich,
These buildings, now an Indian restaurant, belonged to Roebuck Farm.
During the Civil War Parliamentary troops guarded the river crossing at Wolseley Bridge, prior to the battle of Hopton Heath in ...
Crowds outside the Bratt & Dyke department store, Hanley
Crowds gather outside the Bratt and Dyke Department store in Hanley for the town's first ever 'mile of pennies' for charity.
Draper Oliver Dyke opened a shop in Hanley in 1890 with the financial support ...
Crowds preparing for a procession, Market Place, Leek
Crowds preparing for a procession, Market Place, Leek. The occasion is thought to be either a Sunday School or Band of Hope procession.
Crowds preparing for a procession, Market Place, Leek
The occasion is thought to be either a Sunday School or Band of Hope procession.
Crown Hotel, Stone,
The Crown Hotel on High Street was damaged by fire in 1778. The new building was designed by Henry Holland in 1780.
The inn was a stop for stage coaches from London, Manchester and Birmingham; there ...
Croxton, near Eccleshall
This timber-framed cottage stands on the main road between Eccleshall and Loggerheads. The right-hand extension used to be Meadows' grocers and bakers shop. Prior to that, it was The Swan with Two Necks ...
Croydon's, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph taken in 1905 from the Ironmarket in Newcastle-under-Lyme shows the exterior of a shop called Croydons on the corner of Lad Lane and the Ironmarket. The picture captures Croydon's closing ...
Currys fire on Greengate Street, Stafford
Firemen clearing up after the fire at Currys electrical goods store in the mid to late 1980s. After this fire Currys moved to Gaolgate Street.