Rolls Royce, Swythamley Hall
Sir Philip Brocklehurst's Rolls Royce, registration R535, outside Swythamley Hall. The chauffeur is either George Sydney Jessop or Harry Wright.
Roman Catholic Church, Lower Foundry Street, Hanley
The building on the left was originally the church of St Mary and St Patrick, opened in 1860. the present church of the Sacred Heart on Jasper Street was consecrated in 1911. The church in Lower Foundry ...
Rosebank House in transit, Leek
Rosebank House being moved to make way for the new Co-op superstore on Buxton Road. It is pictured being slowly moved on rails along Rosebank Street towards Rosebank Terrace. The house is Grade II listed, ...
Rosebank House, Leek
In its original location, before it was moved to make way for the Co-op superstore on Buxton Road in the late 1990s.
Rover Eight car, Calwich Bank, near Ellastone
Uttoxeter photographer Gerald McCann's Rover Eight, with Gerald McCann, Daisy and Edith seated inside, pictured at Calwich Bank, near Ellastone on the road between Uttoxeter and Ashbourne.
Rover Eight Car, near Milford
Parked Rover Eight belonging to Uttoxeter photographer Gerald McCann parked in the Satnall Hills on the road between Stafford and Rugeley, near Milford Common. Daisy and Edith are seated inside.
Photographer: ...
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 Street, Stafford
Rowley Street, looking west. The Methodist Chapel can be seen on the right hand side of the street.
Royal Brine Baths, 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 Mail Regal Supervan, Reliant Works, Tamworth
In 1970, the Royal Mail purchased 50 Regal Supervan III vans on a trial basis to potentially replace the Morris Minor van. However, after trials no further Reliants were purchased.
The Reliant Motor ...
Royal Visit to Doulton Factory, Burslem
This is a typical newsreel of a royal visit. This visit is in 1913. A very important visit of King George the Fifth and Queen Mary. It was only two years after the King’s coronation. At this time the ...
Royal visits to the Reliant factory
Mountbatton is pictured here on the right viewing a Reliant Rebel, with Tom Scott, the Managing Director of Reliant, next to him. The lady pictured is Mountbatton's niece.
Rudyard Lake Garage
Rudyard Lake Garage was built by Tom Brookes in 1929. It still stands and is a sales and maintenance gragae for four-wheel-drive vehicles.
Rudyard Lake Golf Club
A golfer drives off from the 1st tee at Rudyard Lake Golf Course with his car and driver alongside. Rudyard Lake Golf Club was formed in 1906 and was the first of its kind in north Staffordshire. The ...
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 ...
Rushton Marsh, Rushton Spencer
Russell Street, Dresden. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Russell Street, Dresden, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The street was named after John Russell(1792-1878), who became British Prime Minister twice in the mid-1800s.
This ...
Ryknield Engine Co. Ltd., Burton-upon-Trent
The Ryknield Engine Company Ltd., factory and offices were based on Shobnall Road, Burton-upon-Trent. In this view there is a date-stone of 1902 on the building just below the flagpole.
This short-lived ...