The Royal Iris, open-topped holiday bus, Uttoxeter
The bus is advertising holidays and cruises in New Brighton and is pictured at the corner of Bradley Street and High Street. Second from lefty is Mr. Sherratt, who had a shop nearby in Bradley Street....
The Royal Party at Rangemore Hall
Group includes the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador, Lady Alice Stanley, Hon. Colonel Legge, Marquis of Soveral, Duchess of Devonshire, Mr Bass, Lord Elcho, Miss J. Thornewill, HM The Queen, Lord Burton, Lady ...
The School House, Hoar Cross
The School House stood on Abbots Bromley Road, Hoar Cross, next door to the village school. It is now known as the Old School House and the school building as the Old School, both converted into dwellings ...
The School, Hixon
St. Peter's School and the Headmaster's house beyond on Church Lane, close to the church. The school opened in 1856 and was replaced with a new school on an adjacent site in 1974 and is now a private ...
The Schools, Caverswall
A postcard view taken on School Lane of Caverswall Village School. The buildings remain (June 2020) and are part of St Peter’s Primary School, Caverswall.
This postcard was published by William Shaw, ...
The Shire Horse Parade, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
A group of children from Christchurch C of E School in Stone, Staffordshire standing with shire horses and dray in front of the joiners' shop to celebrate a centenary at the parade.
The Square, Great Haywood
The west side of The Square.
On the left is the Clifford Arms Hotel. The building was demolished in the 1930s and a new hotel was built on the site.
The Square, Norton Canes
This postcard view can still be identified today especially as the corner shop on the right is still standing. Note the gas lamp in road. In the photograph are shoppers and children, and people passing ...
The Terrace, Cheadle
The houses on the left are numbers 6 and 2, The Terrace, Cheadle with the front railings of number 4 visible in between. This view is largely unchanged today (2023).
Postcard was published by William ...
The Traveller's Rest, Cheadle. Photographed by William Blake.
The Traveller's Rest public house on Ashbourne Road, Cheadle. The long low building behind the pub was a rope walk.
The Village Band, Madeley
A postcard view of Madeley Village Band which was taken looking north towards Poolside on the A525, close to the junction with The Holborn in Madeley.
This postcard was photographed and published by ...
The Waiting List, Longton Park and Paddling Pool. Photographed by William Blake.
Informal group photograph of dozens of children and some adults during the holiday period. Taken at Longton Park, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The park is very busy. Judging by Blake’s title for ...
The Wedding of Hilda Wiles and Ernest Richards, Rugeley
This postcard view was taken on the Wedding Day of Hilda Wiles and Ernest Richards, 19 December 1931.
The photograph was taken at 16 Hill Street, Rugeley by T W Heatherley of Rugeley.
Back row (left ...
The wheelwright's shop, Cotes Heath
Tom Giles' wheelwright's shop which was across the road from the Cotes Heath Farm, on land which eventually became part of Nelson Hall playing fields. Tom Giles, farmer and blacksmith, was born in Farndon, ...
The Zoo, Drayton Manor Park, near Tamworth
This postcard view shows one of the animal enclosures at Drayton Manor Park and Zoo.
In later years the site became known as Drayton Manor Resort, one of the largest amusement parks in the UK with ...
Thomas Alleynes Grammar School
Pupils of Thomas Alleynes Grammar School.
Thomas Alleynes School Choir
Thomas Moore's Cottage, Mayfield
Thomas Moore (1779-1852) was an Irish born poet, singer and songwriter famous for his songs 'The Minstrel Boy' and the 'Last Rose of Summer'. Born in Dublin in 1779, he lived in this house on Slack Lane ...