Longton Railway Station and Bridge
This photograph was taken from Times Square, looking towards Longton railway Station and the bridge over King Street. The station was built on an embankment with a cantilever bridge carrying the line ...
Longton Station
The Phoenix Pottery Works seen from the platform of Longton Station, looking west towards Fenton. Phoenix Pottery was operated by Thomas Forester, specialising in majolica, from the 1880s.
The chimney ...
Longton Station and the Phoenix Works, Longton
Longton Station in the foreground with the old Phoenix Pottery building behind and the tower of St John The Baptist Church (demolished in 1979) beyond that.
The station, opened in 1848, is on an embankment. ...
Longton Station, Baths Road, Longton
Longton Station was opened in August 1848 and stood on the Crewe-Derby line of the North Staffordshire Railway.
Looking over the Potteries from Hartshill Bank
This was the view north east from the top of Hartshill Bank (at the bottom of Vicarage Road). The lower land in the foreground is the Fowlea Brook valley with the main railway line running across. Immediately ...
Looking towards Longton from Cinderhill Lane
Photograph taken near Millfield Road, looking along the railway line.
Looking west from Hollywall Lane, Goldenhill
The view west from Hollywall Lane over the entrance to the old Harecastle railway tunnel. The houses in the foreground are on Boathorse Road (or Lane) and beyond the house and barns of Yeld Hill Farm. ...
Lower Lady Meadow
The 'great white winter' of 1962-3 was the coldest since 1740. Temperatures as low as -22°C were recorded.
Heavy snow caused inevitable problems for British Railways, with snowdrifts of up to five ...
Madeley Railway Station
A postcard view of Madeley Railway Station on the West Coast Mainline. The station was opened by the Grand Junction Railway in 1837 and it closed to passengers in 1952 and later demolished along with ...
Madeley Railway Station
A postcard view of Madeley Railway Station on the West Coast Mainline. The station was opened by the Grand Junction Railway in 1837 and it closed to passengers in 1952 and later demolished along with ...
Madeley Road Station, Madeley
This is the closed station at Madeley Road. This view looks east towards the West Coast Main Line. The station, on the line from Stoke-on-Trent to Market Drayton, was opened by the North Staffordshire ...
Madeley Signal Box
Situated on the West Coast Main Line, this signal box was built by the London, Scottish and Midland Railway in 1930. It continued in use until 2004.
From the County Archaeology photograph collection ...
Main Street, Swynnerton
A view of Swynnerton looking south from the Stab Lane and Tittensor Lane junction. On the right is the Old Post Office, an 18th century thatched cottage. It was the village Post Office until 1978.
Main Street, Swynnerton
Looking north along the main street through Swynnerton. Facing the photographer is the Old Post Office, an 18th century thatched cottage. It was the village Post Office until 1978.
Malt and barley stores, Worthingtons Brewery, Burton-on-Trent
Man-rider train, Lea Hall Colliery, Rugeley
"Man-rider" train conveying men from the pit bottom into mine workings at the start of the shift. The driver is Sid Bailey.
Lea Hall was the first colliery planned and sunk by the National Coal Board. ...
Market Place, Hednesford
The solitary parked car stands in front of the Anglesey Hotel (out of picture) with the Electric Palace on the left of the photograph. Rhodes’ fancy goods and toy shop stands on the corner of Anglesey ...
Market Street, Hednesford
A busy street scene looking towards the Railway Station on the bridge from near the front of the Anglesey Hotel. Ellison's chemists shop on the right. A decorative plaque can be seen over the large door ...