Wood's wheelwrights yard, Wetley Rocks
Wheelwrights outside their workshop with wheels, timber and wheeled vehicles at Wood's Yard, Wetley Rocks.
Joseph Wood ran an extensive wheelwright’s and blacksmith’s business in Wetley Rocks from ...
Wetley Rocks Show
Crowds outside St. John's School and church lychgate, at Wetley Rocks Show in 1922.
Wetley Rocks Show
A group of officials and attendees at Wetley Rocks Show in 1921 with St. John's School and St. John's Church tower in background.
Wetley Rocks Show
Procession of a boys' band and girls wearing white dresses and sashes at Wetley Rocks Show, 1922
Photographer: A.N. Johnson, Rocester.
Group of children, Cheddleton School
Whole school photograph of pupils on the playground at Cheddleton School.
Locomotive, Lancashire
Albert Meakin of Rownall, near Wetley Rocks standing by a locomotive with plate 'Joseph Hardman Ltd'. Albert died, aged 35 in 1934. Joseph Hardman & Sons Ltd were silk spinners and doublers in Oldham, ...
Leek from Ladderedge
View of Leek from Ladderedge with the Roaches and Hen Cloudin the background.
Churnet Valley Railway, Cheddleton
Steam locomotive and visitors on the platform at Cheddleton Station on the Churnet Valley Railway.
Stone Carving from St Edward's Church, Cheddleton
Carved stone head on St. Edward's Church, Cheddleton.
Church door carving, Cheddleton
Detail from the porch door of St. Edward's Church, Cheddleton, showing a carving of St. Edward the Confessor.
Foodstore and newsagents, Cheadle Road, Cheddleton
C. & L. Foodstore and News, 163 Cheadle Road, Cheddleton with Alexander's Store. The shop later became Boparai News by 1989. It is currently (2024) One-Stop convenience store. The car is thought to be ...
Belle Vue Cottage, Leek
The cottage was sited in Belle View Road, Leek in a predominantly industrial area. It was the parental home of Miss Harriet Brooks or Brookes (1873-1916) who in 1894 married Ralph de Tunstall Sneyd. Ralph ...
Making food parcels, Florence Colliery, Longton
During the miners’ strike of 1984-1985 striking workers received no pay or benefits and many families fell on hard times. People donated food to local collection points like this one at Florence colliery ...
Colliery bus, Hem Heath Colliery, Stoke-on-Trent
The colliery buses contracted from PMT dropped working miners outside the picket lines during the 1984/1985 miner's strike as bus drivers refused to cross the picket lines.
This photograph is reproduced ...
Francis Herbert Cowern, Calf Heath, Cannock
This man, seated with shotgun and dogs is believed to be Francis Herbert Cowern (1834-1939) a farmer who ran a steam-operated mill at Calf Heath near Cannock.
Remembrance Sunday, Cheddleton
Choristers and lay-participants mingle near the lychgate on Hollow Lane, Cheddleton for the Remembrance Sunday Service. The tower of St. Edward's Church in background.
The car is a 1976-77 Renault ...
Santa Special Express, Churnet Valley Railway, Cheddleton
The Santa Special Express locomotive hauling its carriages towards the platform at Cheddleton Station on the Churnet Valley Railway.
Plate from Cheddleton National Schools
A ceramic plate bearing an emblem and the inscription 'Cheddleton National Schools'.