Rough Close, Meir Heath,
The Swynnerton Arms is in the distance.
Row of shops, Bilbrook Lane, Bilbrook
Shops shown include a snack shop, 'The Old Orchard' and the Lane Green Post Office.
Bilbrook started life as a small village, but then grew in the 1930's, when Lane Green estate was built to accomodate ...
Rowley Park, Stafford,
The Rowley Hall estate was bought by the Stafford Land Building and Improvement Company in 1866.
The company built a model suburb, which was to have its own church and pleasure gardens. The scheme ...
Roxy Cinema, Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This oil painting signed and dated by Don Dawson is dated 1958 and depicts Nelson Place , Newcastle-under-Lyme with the Roxy Cinema and the corner of Brunswick Street. Two red lorries are parked in front ...
Royal Brine Baths, Bridge Street, Stafford
In the 1880s a thick bed of salt was discovered on Stafford Common, during the search for a water supply for the town. This led to the opening of the Brine Baths in Greengate Street in 1892, designed ...
Royal Oak Public House, Eccleshall
The Royal Oak Inn is one of Eccleshall's two coaching inns on the London to Chester road (the other is the King's Arms on Stafford Street). With the advent of the railway the landlord compensated for ...
Rugeley Court House and Fire Station
This aerial view shows Rugeley Magistrates Court House on the left and the Fire Station on the right, and was taken by Stafford photographer Tony Boydon. The Fire Station building was later demolished ...
Rugeley Fire Station
This view of Rugeley Fire Station was taken by Stafford photographer Tony Boydon. The building was later demolished and rebuilt as Rugeley Community Fire Station which cost £3 million pounds and opened ...
Rugeley Grammar School
A postcard scene of the entrance to Rugeley Grammar School. This view looks south along Station Road towards Rugeley town centre, with St. Augustine's churchyard on the left.
Rugeley town centre
View of Dewhurst's van outside Taylor's bakery shop, with a Foden cement tanker, (made in Wolverhampton), passing on the right. This area of the town is now completely pedestrianised.
Rushton station
A postcard showing Rushton station and level crossing in 1900.
Until quite recently, level crossings were constantly manned and operated by a conventional swing gate.
The railway no longer serves ...
Salem Church, Cheslyn Hay
A postcard view of Salem Church which was built in 1855 and still stands (April 2020) on the High Street, Cheslyn Hay.
This postcard was published by Henry Praill of the "Courier" Office, Cannock. ...
Salter Street, Stafford
This view looks north-west along Salter Street from the junction with Malt Mill Lane. All of the buildings remain (July 2022) although some have changed use on several occasions. On the left is the former ...
Salter Street, Stafford
This view looks along Salter Street towards the junction with Malt Mill Lane on the right.
At the time of this photograph the building on the extreme left was the Stafford and Stone Co-operative Society ...
Salter Street, Stafford
This view looks along Salter Street towards the junction with Gaolgate Street with the Co-operative department store ahead.
On the right is Thorne & Co., who were ironmongers and builders merchants. ...
Salvation Army Building, Bridge Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Oil painting by Doreen Fletcher showing the blue door to the former Salvation Army building on Bridge Street in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The door was reached by ascending seven stairs. Notice the yellow ...
Sandbach Road, Cobridge
This is a view southwards along Sandbach Road close to the North Road crossroads, with its traffic lights on amber. Beyond the junction on the right is the pottery of W. Moorcroft Ltd. with its bottle ...
Sandford Street, Lichfield
This postcard view looks north-east along Sandford Street in Lichfield. On the left is a part view of what is thought to be the Tankard Inn; the adjacent building has a sign of the Lichfield Brewery ...