Portrait, Unknown Subjects
This unused postcard shows an unknown couple posing for the photographer on their horse and trap in an unknown location.
On the reverse there is a message written in pencil: “From a collection of Abbots ...
Post Office, Amington
Old Tamworth Road leading to Moor Lane. The second house on the left is the Post Office.
Post Office, Gayton
Now known as the Old Post Farmhouse. At the time of this photograph the Post Office was run by Sarah Haywood. Her husband Joseph was a farmer.
Postcard view of Caverswall Road or 'The Avenue', Blythe Bridge
The raised pavements are still there.
Photograph donated by the Blythe Bridge and Forsbrook Local Historical Society, who retain copyright ownership.
Postcard view of Cheadle Road, Forsbrook
Bert and Myra Wood lived here in the 1930s and Lily and Arthur Colclough. Sylvia Wright lived there from 1934 to 1939. Also Tommy Simcox married Jean Ashley and they lived there with their son Steven.
Photograph ...
Postcard view of The Butchers Arms, Forsbrook
The building to the left of the public house was used as a temporary mortuary. Also the ground immediately behind the pub was the location of the winter quarters of Beech's Fair, following the Forsbrook ...
Postcard view of the Pigot Arms Hotel, Pattingham
Powell’s Tea Rooms, Bargate Street, Brewood
This picture was taken on Bargate Street in Brewood. On the left are the Gothic windows of Speedwell Castle, in the centre is Birch’s grocers shop and on the right is Powell’s Tea Rooms in its first location. ...
Private Omnibus for Pair, Ingestre
The Private Omnibus, also known as a Station Bus, came into use in the late 1860s and was probably the most versatile of all closed carriages. The larger ones were regarded as indispensable to the running ...
Proposed design for Town Hall, Stafford
A watercolour painting of a design for a new Town Hall for Stafford by John Nash, with figures by Thomas Rowlandson.
In 1790 a decision was made to replace the old Elizabethan Shire Hall, which was ...
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Celebrations, 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 ...
Radford Bank, Stafford
A postcard view showing Radford Bank, looking towards Weeping Cross from Stafford. In the foreground is the bridge over the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.
Postcard published by W.H. Smith ...
Radford Bank, Stafford,
This view of Radford Bank, or Hill as it was known in the early twentieth century, shows a rural lane very different to the busy main road of today.
The bridge is over the Staffordshire and Worcestershire ...
Radford Hill, Stafford
This view of Radford Bank, or Hill as it was known in the early twentieth century, the view is from Stafford to Weeping Cross and shows a rural lane very different to the busy main road of today.
This ...
Radford, Stafford
A postcard view showing Radford Bank, looking from Weeping Cross to Stafford. In the foreground is the bridge over the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.
Railway delivery cart, The Close, Lichfield
Railway Hotel, Rugeley
Situated at the road junction by the Rugeley Trent Valley railway station entrance, the Railway Commercial Hotel is strictly speaking in Colton Parish. It was probably built around 1862-64. The proprietor ...
Railway Station and Hotel, Stafford
The station building in this picture was constructed in 1862. On the right is the Station Hotel, originally built as the North Western Hotel on Victoria Road in 1866, to provide accommodation for rail ...