Burton Menswear, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Burton Menswear was founded in 1903, and continued until 2021 when Boohoo.com acquired the brand. The site on Ironmarket closed in the 2010s, and became Cafe Nero.
Monkswood, Cheddleton
View of trees on a hill at Monkswood, Cheddleton. This is an ancient woodland site at one time held by the monks of Dieulacres Abbey.
Basford Bridge Lane, Cheddleton
Onlookers survey flood damage on Basford Bridge Lane, Cheddleton.
Cartwright's jewellers, George Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Sidney George Cartwright standing in the doorway of the family jewellers shop at 31 George Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Born in 1897 he followed in his father John's footsteps as a watchmaker and jeweller. ...
Livestock Market, Uttoxeter
Farmers, auctioneers and sheep at Uttoxeter livestock market. Second from left is Eddie Backhouse, farmer from Leigh. Next to him wearing a trilby is believed to be Edward 'Fat Meat' Tebbett, a butcher ...
Implement sale, Uttoxeter
Crowds at an agricultural implement sale held at W.S. Bagshaw & Sons auctioneers, Uttoxeter. Potential buyers study a hay tedder for sale. Greg Gagie (in the dark suit, nearest the camera) selling and ...
Ernest Hector Haywood and 'Old Don' , Stafford Fire Brigade
Fire fighter Ernest Hector Haywood, son of the Stafford Chief Fire Officer Alfred Ernest Haywood, is pictured driving the Brigade's fire engine at the Fire Station on South Walls, next to the Royal Brine ...
Telephone Exchange, Rugeley
The telephone exchange stood behind the Library on Anson Street. From left to right: Henry (Harry) Heathcote, unknown, Gwen Howe (nee Burrage), unknown, unknown, Mary Taylor.
Excavation at Willow Cottage, Cheddleton
Excavations at Willow Cottage, Cheddleton. From around 1955 to 1978 the cottage was a centre for camping and canoeing for members of Staffordshire Youth and Community Service. The cottage is adjacent ...
Castro’s Restaurant, Cheddleton
Castro’s Mexican Restaurant, Cheadle Road, Cheddleton. It stood adjacent to the Caldon Canal on what was the canal wharf servicing the flint mill. It was closed by owner Jamie Bateman in 2020 after almost ...
St. Margaret's Church, Wolstanton
St. Margaret's Church is depicted here in shortly after the new chancel by Anthony Salvin was built, but before the nave was rebuilt by Henry Ward and Son of Hanley, and the chancel by Anthony Salvin. ...
St. Margaret's Church, Wolstanton
St. Margaret's Church is depicted here in its pre 1858 state. Between 1858 and 1860 the church was rebuilt: the nave was designed by Henry Ward and Son of Hanley, and the chancel by Anthony Salvin. The ...
St. Margaret's Church, Wolstanton
St. Margaret's church has a 14th century tower and the rest was rebuilt in 1859-60. The nave was designed by Henry Ward and Son of Hanley, and the chancel by Anthony Salvin.
This is one of a series ...
Pageant of Transport exhibition, Stafford
Visitors in a Russian Sleigh lent by the Earl of Shrewsbury as part of the 'Pageant of Transport' exhibition held at the Borough Hall, Stafford in May and June 1938. The exhibition was organised by Stafford ...
Russian Sleigh for Pair, Ingestre
This late 19th century Russian Sleigh was used with two horses and belonged to the 20th Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot of Ingestre. In snowy weather horses would be especially shod for the icy roads. Snow ...
ARP at the Vicarage, Cheddleton
Air Raid Precaution personnel outside the Old Vicarage, Cheddleton. The wearing of battledress and berets date this photograph from 1941 onwards.
Seated in the middle row, to the left of the lady, ...
Berresfords Motors Ltd. Coach Garage, Cheadle Road, Cheddleton
Berresfords coach garage and workshop at Bones Lane on Cheadle Road, Cheddleton in a derelict condition.
James Alfred Berresford's initial bus route was between Leek and Hanley in 1923. He died 1987.
Their ...
The Village, Wetley Rocks
A copy of a postcard view of Main Road, Wetley Rocks, looking south. The junction with Mill Lane is in the bottom right corner of the photograph. The metal railings, the platforms over the drain and ...