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Balk Passage, Broad Street, Stafford

This view looks along Balk Passage towards Broad Street, Stafford. On the left at the time of the photograph is the Catholic Club. In the centre at No. 1 Broad Street is Arthur Seaborne's Bakery. He ...

Ball Green County Secondary Modern School, Stoke-on-Trent

Ball Green Secondary Modern School on Bemersley Road, Ball Green, Stoke-on-Trent. The camera is looking north, with Bemersley Road off to the right hand side. Although the school buildings have been demolished, ...

Ball Green Primary School, Stoke-on-Trent

The photograph shows the final stages in the building of Ball Green Primary School, taken in May 1964 just four months before the school opened. Just off Whitfield Road, the school is next to Fir Tree ...

Ball Green War Memorial, Stoke-on-Trent

Alsio known as the Whitfield memorial, Ball Green War memorial stood at the junction of Wilding Road (right) and Whitfield Road in Ball Green. It was moved to a new site in Ball Green in 1964, just after ...

Ball Haye Green War Memorial, Leek

As well as the twenty-six men who died serving their country during the First World War, Ball Haye Green's War Memorial also lists those who served and returned.

Ball Haye Hall

The original Ball Haye Hall was a large stone mansion which belonged to Sir Ralph Bagnall. He later sold the property and lands to Henry Davenport by a royal indenture of Queen Elizabeth I. The later ...

Ball Haye Hall, Leek

The original Ball Haye Hall was a large stone mansion which belonged to Sir Ralph Bagnall. He later sold the property and lands to Henry Davenport by a royal indenture of Queen Elizabeth I. The later ...

Ball Lane, Norton Green

Looking west along Ball Lane from the junction with Selworthy Road. At the end of Ball Lane is Trent Terrace with the railings marking the course of the River Trent in front of the houses. Off to the ...

Ballington House, Southbank Street, Leek

The house was designed by Messrs. Sugden for Mr B. Nixon in 1878. Mr Nixon was one of the partners involved in a mill management team from 1869-1891 which comprised himself, Mr Joshua Brough, his son ...

Ballinson Road, Blurton

Looking west along Ballinson road from the end of Elm Place in Blurton. This estate was laid out in the 1930s. The view is much the same today, although fewer trees and front gardens changed to off road ...

Ballroom, Swinfen Hall, Lichfield

The Ballroom is part of the south wing that was built in Edwardian times by Colonel Swinfen Broun. It is believed to have been built for his only daughter's 21st birthday.

Ball's Yard, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Located off Hassell Street, this photograph shows the small terraced housing of Ball's Yard that was typical in Newcastle. These houses and many like them were eventually cleared and residents moved into ...

Balmoral Works, Longton

Photograph taken from near the new railway bridge. The Balmoral Works were occupied by porcelain manufacturers Redfern & Drakeford between about 1902 and 1933.

Bambers, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Bambers ladies wear boutique. It was opened either late 1974 or the start of 1975. Later on the store moved ito another building on High Street, but had closed down by 1984. Today (2024) this is a branch ...

Bamford Street, Glascote, Tamworth

Bamfords and JCB machinery, Oldfields Secondary Modern School, Uttoxeter

Bamfords and JCB machinery pictured outside the new school block, built in 1959, at Oldfields Scondary Modern School, Uttoxeter. On the right is a JCB Excavator 4, with a Bamford-Claeys M103 combine ...

Bamfords decorated for a Royal visit, Lichfield

Bamfords occupied this site in Market Street from at least 1896 to around 1912. The building is here seen decorated, possibly to celebrate the coronation of Edward VII.

Bamfords lorry, Pinfold Street, Uttoxeter

Bamfords lorry (Commer), on weightbridge next to the office in the factory warehouse. Bamfords was founded in 1871 by Henry Bamford and made water pumps, taps and agricultural machinery. Joseph Cyril ...