Paddling Pool, Alton Towers
The Paddling Pool was sited at the western end of the Boating Lake.
The gardens at Alton Towers re-opened to the public after World War II in 1952. During the 1960s, under the management of Denis and ...
Pals at Colwich Junction Signal Box
The photograph, taken by Jones, photographer of Bow Street, Rugeley was used in a local newspaper article featuring Herbert Shelley of Colwich and his Army pal of 45 years, Len Cleminson from Essex. ...
Park Street Maltings, Burton-on-Trent
The maltings were part of James Eadie's Cross Street Brewery.
Passenger service at Alton station
A Leek to Uttoxeter service hauled by grimy Fowler 4P locomtive number 42323 waits at Alton.
Many rural passenger services were withdrawn during the 1960s, and stations like Alton were closed.
However, ...
Passenger service at Leek station
A passenger train stands at Leek station in 1928.
The locomotive is an 0-6-0 tank engine. Because it has only two carriages it is probably a local service between Leek and Uttoxeter.
This image ...
Passenger steam train, near Hednesford
A steam locomotive pulling carriages up the incline from Rugeley, past Moors Gorse towards Hednesford. Keeper's Cottage, the white building on the left, has since been demolished. The halt at Brindley ...
Passenger train at Oakamoor
A three-coach passenger service approaches Oakamoor in around 1957, hauled by Stanier class 4P steam locomotive number 42663.
Note the spur line to the right, heading into sidings at Bolton's Copper ...
Passenger train passing Rudyard Lake
A Fowler 4P steam locomotive passes Rudyard Lake with a three-coach passenger service from Macclesfield in 1953.
This image is featured by kind permission of the Churnet Valley Railway.
Penkridge Church and Railway Line: steel engraving (vignetted)
'Penkridge,' showing the church on the right (only the top of the tower and the clerestory are visible above the trees), and the railway line on the left, with an old-fashioned steam engine. Anonymous....
Penkridge Railway Station
This postcard view shows Penkridge Station which was built by the Grand Junction Railway and opened on 4 July 1837. In later years the line became known as the Birmingham branch of the West Coast Main ...
Penkridge Railway Station
Penkridge Station stands on the Grand Junction Railway which opened on 4 July 1837.
Percy Buckley at Stafford Common Signal Box
Percy Buckley is pictured by Stafford Common Signal Box wearing his uniform on the day he retired from British Railways after 51 years’ service. His final job with BR was as Yard Foreman at Stafford ...
Phoenix Works, Longton
Pottery factory exterior including chimney and bottle kilns. Taken at the Phoenix pottery works, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Longton railway station can be seen in the foreground.
Taken from the Gladstone ...
Picknall's waterfall, Uttoxeter
A frosty winter's day at Picknal Brook (also known as The Picknalls) and weirs near Hockley Road, Uttoxeter. On the left is a glimpse of the Crewe to Derby railway line, often known as the North Staffordshire ...
Pinfold Signal Box, Uttoxeter
A view showing Pinfold Crossing signal box in Uttoxeter, built by the North Staffordshire Railway on the Stoke-on-Trent to Uttoxeter line. It has since been demolished and replaced with the new signal ...
Pinnox junction, Tunstall
A North Stafford Railway locomotive is shown here, about to leave Pinnox Junction with coal from Whitfield Colliery around the turn of the 20th century. To the right, the Tunstall Lower Branch railway ...
Pinnox sidings, Tunstall
The view south from the Greenbank Road railway bridge towards Pinnox Sidings and Scotia Road. The tower of St Paul's Church, Burslem is just to the left of the centre chimney.
Pinnox sidings served ...
Pittshill Station, Tunstall
The photograph was taken at Pittshill Station The station was just north of Furlong Road on the Potteries Loop Line. Opened in 1874 and closed in 1964 the area of the station has been much altered by ...