Clock and Market Place, Willenhall
A busy market day in Willenhall. This area is now pedestrianised but the buildings are still identifiable.
With the number of working men visible at and around the stalls, it was probably a Saturday ...
Clock Tower, Longton Park. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the Clock Tower, Longton Park, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The park's official name is Queen's Park and it was officially opened on July 25th 1888 by George Granville William Sutherland ...
Cocknage Road, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Cocknage Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This is one of many street scenes in the Blake Collection. Most of them were taken in the Normacot and Dresden areas near ...
Congregational Church, Martin Street, Stafford
The entrance to the Congregational Church also known as Zion Chapel on Martin Street.
This building's origins are thought to date from 1811 according to a 1964 local-newspaper article. It stated that ...
Co-operative Building, Gaol Road, Stafford
View of the former Stafford and Stone Co-operative Society Ltd. building on the corner of Gaol Road (left) and Browning Street (right).
This Co-op store has the date of 1907 on its stonework, also ...
Corner of Greengate Street and Mill Street, Stafford
On the left is a part view of Chetwynd House, Greengate Street, on the corner of Mill Street.
Chetwynd House was built around 1712-1715 by William Chetwynd, 3rd Viscount Chetwynd (1683?-1770), Member ...
Corporation Street, Stafford
Featured in this postcard view is Corporation Street with housing built in the mid 1890s.
Corporation Street was said to be the longest street in Stafford. The railings on the front garden walls have ...
Corporation Street, Stafford
Featured in this postcard view is Corporation Street looking north from the junction with Cambridge Street.
Corporation Street was said to be the longest street in Stafford. The houses were built in ...
Corporation Street, Stafford,
Corporation Street was built in the 1890s.
It was said to be the longest street in Stafford.
Cottage, Wetley Rocks
A postcard view of two women outside an unidentified house, believed to be in Wetley Rocks. Please contact us if you recognise anyone in the picture or the precise location.
County War Memorial, Stafford,
The County War Memorial was unveiled in 1923.
It stands on Victoria Road, by the entrance to Victoria Park.
Cromartie Street, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Cromartie Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This is one of many street scenes in the Blake Collection. Most of them were taken in the Normacot and Dresden areas ...
Crossley Stone and Bow Street, Rugeley
Crossley Stone runs off Elmore Lane near the park in Rugeley. The three-storey house on the right is number 20 Crossley Stone, a late 18th century Grade II listed house, and it is a side return of the ...
Dilhorne Methodist Church
Situated in the Godleybrook area of Dilhorne, the Methodist Church was built from private and charitable donations in 1816.
Donkeys, Blackpool. Photographed by William Blake.
Group portrait of holiday makers taking a donkey ride on Blackpool Beach, Lancashire.
The base of Blackpool Tower can be seen in the background.
Dove Street, Rocester
A postcard view of a quiet scene in Dove Street, later known as Dove Lane in Rocester. Most of the buildings in the picture remain (April 2020). The large building on the right is Chalice House which ...
Dr Samuel Johnson’s Statue, Lichfield
A postcard view of the Statue of Dr Samuel Johnson in the Market Place, Lichfield. It is by R.C. Lucas and was erected in 1838.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), lexicographer, critic and poet, was born ...
Dr William Palmer's House, Rugeley
William Palmer was hanged for the murder of John Parsons Cooke in 1856 and this was his home at the time. It was rented from the Earls of Lichfield. The murder took place in the Talbot Hotel, directly ...