Pony and Gig, Eccleshall,
A gig is a two-wheeled vehicle which only carried two people and is drawn by a single horse.
This gig would have been used for social occasions.
Pony and Trap, Eccleshall Festival,
The first Eccleshall Festival was held in 1979. The festival takes place every two years.
Pony and trap, Orme Girls’ School, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A pony and trap pictured outside Orme Girls’ School on Victoria Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme.
The Orme Girls School was founded in 1876 and attracted pupils from a wide area, some travelled in by train ...
Pony and Trap, Rugeley,
The Heatherley family in a pony and trap behind the Globe Hotel. Mr Joe Heatherley hired the pony and trap for a day's outing to Lichfield.
Portable bandstand, Stone
A portable bandstand designed and built by Haynes and Sons, wheelwrights, Stone in 1920. The bandstand was suitable for 25 instrumentalists, and cost £100 Little real effort was made to market and sell ...
Portable bandstand, Stone
A portable bandstand designed and built by Haynes and Sons, wheelwrights, Stone in 1920. The bandstand was suitable for 25 instrumentalists, and cost £100 Little real effort was made to market and sell ...
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 ...