Liverpool Road, Newcastle-Under-Lyme
View of Liverpool Road looking north west.
Lloyd's Gardens, Brewood
This postcard view shows Lloyd’s Nurseries & Tea Rooms which stood on the right hand side of Coven Road, Brewood (travelling towards Coven), approximately 100 metres after the junction with Port Lane ...
Locomotive Spotting, Burton-upon-Trent
This group of locomotive or train spotters are sitting on a level crossing gate close to Burton-upon-Trent Railway Station. Please contact us if you recognise anyone in the picture.
In the background ...
London Road and Stubbs Gate, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A very different scene to the oftentimes busy London Road of today. Note in particular the lack of a solid road surface and the horse and cart parked in Stubbs Gate (middle-left of image).
Long Case Clock
Long case clock with a brass dial of plain style. engraved on dial is 'Sutton Stafford'.
Maker - Robert Sutton of Stafford
Long case clock
A long case clock made by John Jackson, a clock and watchmaker who was working at 76 Eastgate Street, Stafford from about 1836 until his death in 1865.
Height 2300mm
Long Case Clock
Brass dial with minute dial and aperture for date. Plate inscribed 'JNo Stevenson Stafford' on dial. Engraved with leaf design.
Oak case decorated with bands of inlay outlining shape. On either side ...
Lord Anglesey’s Sitting Room at Beaudesert Hall
Lord Anglesey’s Sitting Room was affected by the 1909 fire. During the repairs the room was altered by using a decorative scheme based on Plas Mawr, Conway.
Beaudesert Hall was the mansion of the ...
Lord Harrowby and his Sister as Children, Sandon Hall,
The ancestral home of the Harrowby family is Sandon Hall.
Lord Harrowby (right) is wearing a dress similar to his sister's. It was customary for small boys to wear dresses until they reached the age ...
Lord Nelson taking Afternoon Tea with his Housekeeper and Guests
Pictured standing is Lord Nelson (George Horatio Nelson), 1st Lord Nelson of Stafford, Managing Director of English Electric between 1930 and 1956, taking afternoon tea with his Housekeeper, Mrs Belcher ...
Lotus Shoe Factory Social Club, Stone,
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded in the eighteenth century by Thomas Bostock, a cobbler. His three sons started their own factories in Stafford, Stone and Northampton. The original ...
Lounge, Coton Hill Asylum, Stafford
Coton Hill Asylum was built in the 1850s and opened in 1854. It was originally built as an extension to the County Asylum in order to house private patients. It was to be known as The institution for ...
Lounge, Royal Brine Baths, Stafford,
The brine baths were believed to cure rheumatism, the warm brine improving circulation. Each patient was allotted a private bath and dressing room.
In the 1880s a thick bed of salt was discovered ...
Lunch Queue, Brooklands School, Stafford,
Brooklands opened on Eccleshall Road in 1946 as a private school.
At first only a small number of five and six year olds were admitted, but the number of pupils increased and by 1962 126 children ...
Maids at Shugborough,
Elsie Hanson (Schoolroom Maid) and Maisie Stephens (3rd Housemaid) standing on the Laundry drying green at Shugborough. This is now the site of the restaurant at Shugborough.
Maids, Shugborough
Six maids in uniform outside the Servants' Quarters, Shugborough. Far left is Florence Elsmore, 2nd from right is Hilda Loveday.
Main Street, Clifton Campville
Looking along Main Street in Clifton Campville. The row of terraced cottages to the left is New Row, pictured here shortly before dormer windows were inserted. A group of girls on the right appear to ...
Main Street, Norton Bridge
A postcard view looking north along the Main Street in Norton Bridge. The building on the left with the wooden balustrades is the Railway Hotel.
This postcard was franked on 19 July 1913 in Norton ...