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.
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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'.
Burley Pit, Apedale
Apedale colliery, the Burley pit (c. 1850-1926) in early 1900’s. This photograph shows the bridge carrying the tub-way from the Watermills colliery to the Burley screens. There is a tub (the local name ...
Berry Hill Colliery, Fenton
Berry Hill colliery, Fenton (1863-1960). This colliery occupied three sites in the same area. For many years Berry Hill was the headquarters of the former Staffordshire and Western Areas of the National ...
Market Street, Hednesford
A view looking down Market Street towards the junction with Rugeley Road and Uxbridge Street then on up Church Hill. On the left is the Co-operative Society store, then E. Webb's watchmaker shop and G. ...
The Woodlands, Cheddleton
The Woodlands, Felthouse Lane, Cheddleton. It is a Grade II listed early 19th century farmhouse with minor 20th century additions and white painted brickwork. The porch is a late 19th century addition.
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Huntington Pumping Station, Huntington
The station was built by the South Staffordshire Water Company between 1876 and 1880.
In front of the Main Building are the steam operated beam pumping engines, with the chimney to the left-hand side. ...
East View, Cheddleton
A multi-view black and white postcard of East View, 1 Hollow Lane, Cheddleton, with views of two dogs, the house and a greenhouse.
Nurses with bicycles, Cheddleton
Nurse Harkness and Nurse Martin, dressed for cycling, pose with their new bicycles. They were Maternity and District Nurses for Cheddleton and the surrounding area.
Grace Harkness was born in Ruthwell, ...
Locomotive on bridge, Derby Road, Burton-upon-Trent
Locomotive 42727 is pictured on a bridge over Derby Road, Burton-upon-Trent. On the right the large sign is advertising Esso petrol with the iconic 1960s slogan “Put a Tiger in Your Tank”. This photograph ...
Reconsecration of church bells, St. Edward's Church, Cheddleton
A group photograph taken on the occasion of the reconsecration of the church bells at St. Edward's Church, Cheddleton by the Bishop of Lichfield, Dr J.A. Kempthorne. Seated in the middle of this group ...
Master's House, Blythe Bridge
Rev. Whiteacres, the Master of the Free Grammar School in Dilhorne ran a private school for the sons of Gentlemen here at Blythe Bridge and employed an Usher to teach the local boys at Dilhorne.
The ...
Old Reptonians Cricket Team, Repton School, Derbyshire
Participants in the Repton School v. Old Reptonians cricket match played at Repton School, Derbyshire as part of the school's 350th anniversary celebrations. The names include the house in which they ...