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.
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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 ...