Old Road, Upper Tean
Old Road looking south towards the High Street. On the left is the police house.
Postcard courtesy of Ivy Shore, nee Farmer.
Old stocks, Cheddleton
Stocks built into churchyard wall opposite the Black Lion, Cheddleton. They are believed to be old stone stocks and are set into the churchyard perimeter wall, opposite the Black Lion Inn. Since this ...
Old Town Hall, Stafford,
There has been a shire building in Stafford since the 1280s, used as a meeting place for the County Court and later for other civic meetings.
The Old Town Hall building was built in 1586. In 1795 ...
Old Water Conduit, Stafford,
An old water conduit unearthed during roadworks on Lichfield Road.
The lock-up can be seen on the left, used to temporarily detain local drunks and vagrants.
The public house is the White Lion.
Both ...
Opening up the fashion floor, Bratt & Dyke Department Store, Hanley
Builders working to add the third floor to Bratt and Dyke's Hanley Department Store.
Draper Oliver Dyke opened a shop in Hanley in 1890 with the financial support of Northwich draper and entrepreneur ...
Oulton, near Stone
Looking north-east through the village. The Police House (with the village policeman), the Wheatsheaf and the Brushmaker's Arms can all be seen on the right hand side.
This postcard view was published ...
Ox Roast on Market Square, Stafford
The Diamond Jubilee celebrations lasted three days. Jubilee Day was a public holiday and two oxen, donated by the Meakins of Creswell Hall, were roasted on Market Square.
Children sang the National ...
Ox Roast on Market Square, Stafford
The Diamond Jubilee celebrations lasted three days. Jubilee Day was a public holiday and two oxen, donated by the Meakins of Creswell Hall, were roasted on Market Square.
Children sang the National ...
Ox Roast on Market Square, Stafford
The Diamond Jubilee celebrations lasted three days. Jubilee Day was a public holiday and two oxen, donated by the Meakins of Creswell Hall, were roasted on Market Square.
Children sang the National ...
P.C. Edward Cornes, Staffordshire County Police, Stone Division
Pictured trying the handle of a shop door in the High Street, Stone, is just one of the routine jobs of Police Constable Ted Cornes.
Much of the policeman’s lot is, of course, purely routine work, ...
Pageant Parade, Eccleshall,
Parade seen on High Street, possibly celebrating George V's Silver Jubilee in 1937.
The sign reads 'Never Get There Fire Brigade'.
Parade in Abbots Bromley
This postcard view shows a church parade and a band passing the 17th century hexagonal butter cross in the Market Place and walking towards Bagot Street in Abbots Bromley. On the right there is a ‘Green ...
Parade passing Biddle’s Stores, Brook Square, Rugeley
This postcard view shows a parade passing John Biddle’s Stores in Brook Square, Rugeley. The decorations by the upper floor windows suggest that at the time this photograph was taken the town was celebrating ...
Party at Longton Fire Station
Stoke-on-Trent Fire Brigade staff and their families at a party held at Longton Fire Station, which stood near the junction of Uttoxeter Road and Commerce Street.
Patent Potter's Ovens - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Protecting ideas
Printed notice informing pottery manufacturers of Valentine Close and James Keeling's successful application for patent on a new oven design.
The new design promises to use less ...
Pattingham Auxillary Fire Service, Pattingham
Pictured in the back row, from left to right, are Bill Bowen, Stan Bentley, Geoff Lloyd, Bev Bentley, ? Sace, Richard Law, Geoff Lawley, Jim Parkes, Bill Smith and Norman Harris.
Pictured seated, from ...
PC John Richard Buncle, Pattingham.
PC Buncle lived in the Police House at West End, Pattingham, which was sited on the corner between Rudge Road and Chesterton Road. He served as the village police constable from 1927 to 1937.
PC Peter Bartlam, Staffordshire Police
Pictured is PC 29 Peter Bartlam, who describes himself as “a Stokie from the Meir who joined Staffordshire County Police in June 1965, serving through the period of the merged Forces, Staffordshire County ...