Old Park Loading Point, Cannock Chase No.8 pit
View of coal trucks underground by a loading point.
These old shafts were re-opened whilst Cannock Wood Colliery was being sunk, to provide finance for the venture. They were producing coal before ...
Old Railway, Brook Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A very different view to how this area was in 2002. Looking towards Clayton Road, Brook Lane is the road which runs across this photograph, with the Lyme Brook going underneath the bridge that can be ...
Old Soles Wood, Leek & Manifold Light Railway
A view of a the Leek & Manifold Valley Light Railway pictured in the Hamps Valley, north of Waterhouses, with Old Soles Wood in the background (misspelt 'Souls' on this postcard view). The railway had ...
Old Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway Gate, Saltworks Lane, Weston
George Marston was aged 4 in 1939, when he moved with his parents and siblings to Saltworks Farmhouse, Weston on Trent, near Stafford.
He has kindly supplied the following information on the old railway ...
On the corner of Pinnox Street and Scotia Road, Tunstall
The camera is looking west along Pinnox Street from the junction with Scotia Road. The bridge (now demolished) in the foreground carried the Potteries Loop Line over Pinnox Street. The "half timbered" ...
Open day at Stoke railway station
When this open day took place at Stoke railway station, the public were invited to inspect these three veteran steam locomotives.
In the foreground, a child contemplates the gap between the staircase ...
Open Day at the GEC Castle Engineering Works
The GEC Castle Engineering Works in Stafford held an Open Day in 1977 to mark the occasion of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee. During the event there were various attractions for the visitors including examples ...
Open Day at the GEC Castle Engineering Works, Stafford
The GEC Castle Engineering Works in Stafford held an Open Day in 1977 to mark the occasion of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee. During the event there were various attractions for the visitors including examples ...
Open Day at the GEC Castle Engineering Works, Stafford
The GEC Castle Engineering Works in Stafford held an Open Day in 1977 to mark the occasion of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee. During the event there were various attractions for the visitors including examples ...
Open Day at the GEC Castle Engineering Works, Stafford
The GEC Castle Engineering Works in Stafford held an Open Day in 1977 to mark the occasion of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee. During the event there were various attractions for the visitors including examples ...
Opening of the Leek & Manifold Light Railway, Waterhouses
Crowds at the Opening Day of the Leek and Manilfold Light Railway which took place at Waterhouses. The banners read “Success To The Chairman Of The Light Railway Company” and "Welcome to Earl Dartmouth". ...
Outgoing Group Captain and Train, RAF Stafford
Pictured is the outgoing Station Commander, Group Captain P J Probyn ,departing by the RAF Stafford train on 8 March 1974.
In 1943 there were three Fowler Diesel engines carrying out shunting and transit ...
Overhead conveyor under construction, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
View from the Joiners' shop, showing the conveyor passing over a cut-out on the fire station roof. The engine shed is in the foreground, and one of Worthingtons' petrol locos is visible on the left.
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 ...