Last train across Station Street, Burton-on-Trent.
The Bass Sentinel Diesel No. 7 is pictured here as it is just about to cross Station Street with a train of vans, on 8th May 1967. It was the last train to do so. In the background is the Old Brewery ...
Leacroft Colliery, Cannock
A postcard view of Leacroft Colliery which opened in 1874. It merged with Mid-Cannock Colliery in 1954 which in turn closed in 1967. Its location is now (June 2020) under the Poplars landfill site, Cannock.
The ...
Leading Seaman, Roy Tittensor, Stafford Station
Pictured arriving at Stafford Railway Station is Leading Seaman Roy Tittensor, home from service in Korean waters and being welcomed by his brother-in-law, mother, sister, Mrs Marion Goodwin and his father. ...
Leek & Manifold Light Railway
A view of a train on the Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway between Redhurst and Wetton Mill, moving north. The railway had a short lifespan, running between 1904 and 12 March 1934. The route of the ...
Leek & Manifold Light Railway, Manifold Valley
A view of a train on the Leek & Manifold Valley Light Railway between Redhurst and Wetton Mill, moving south past Darfur Crags. The railway had a short lifespan, running between 1904 and 12 March 1934. ...
Leek & Manifold Light Railway, Waterhouses
A view of the Leek & Manifold Valley Light Railway as it leaves Waterhouses and enters the Hamps Valley. The railway had a short lifespan, running between 1904 and 12 March 1934. The route of the railway ...
Leek & Manifold Light Railway, Waterhouses
A view of the Leek & Manifold Valley Light Railway as it leaves Waterhouses and enters the Hamps Valley. The railway had a short lifespan, running between 1904 and 12 March 1934. The route of the railway ...
Leek & Manifold Light Railway, Waterhouses
The Leek & Manifold Light Railway as it leaves Waterhouses, entering the Hamps valley across the first of 24 bridges.
The railway had a short lifespan, running between 1904 and 1934. The route of the ...
Leek & Manifold Light Railway, Wetton Mill
An image from Staffordshire Country Magazine, May 1989 showing Wetton Mill Railway Station in the Manifold Valley on the Leek and Manifiold Light Railway. The railway had a short lifespan, running between ...
Leek & Manifold Valley Light Railway
A favourite trip out was to the Manifold Valley – and a ride on the Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway, which was closed down in 1934. Passengers would travel on the North Staffordshire Railway via ...
Leek Canal Basin
Narow boat moored at Leek Canal Basin. The white building is the Goods Office, with a warehouse on the right with its derrick crane. In the background is Leek Station down platform with water tower. ...
Leek goods yard
A dirty Standard Class 4 locomotive numbered 75030 pulls away from Leek yard in Staffordshire with an empty load of wagons.
This picture was taken in 1966 when steam was becoming a rarer sight on Britain's ...
Leek Goods Yard
Leek Goods Yard with a southbound freight train. The locomotive is Class 5 45008, Stanier 4-6-0 design. Leek Gas Works can be seen in the distance to the left.
Image copyright Peter E. Baughan.
Leek New Road at Daisy Bank Bridge, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking south west from close to the Daisy Bank Bridge along the A53 (Leek New Road) with Sneyd Green to the left and Holden Bridge in the centre distance. The photograph was taken from near Bellerton ...
Leek Railway Station
The original station was built by the North Staffordshire Railway Company in 1849, this photograph shows the successor building rebuilt in 1880. Passenger services finished in 1960 and the station finally ...
Leek Railway Station
The original station was built by the North Staffordshire Railway Company in 1849, this photograph shows the successor building rebuilt in 1880. Passenger services finished in 1960 and the station finally ...
Leek railway station
A passenger service leaves Leek station on a wet day in 1960.
Leek, in Staffordshire, was a mill town, hence one of the tall factory chimmneys still standing.
The station is now the site of Morrisons ...
Leek Railway Station
The original station was built by the North Staffordshire Railway Company in 1849, this photograph shows the building as rebuilt in 1880. Passenger services finished in 1960 and the station finally closed ...