The Palace Picture House, Tunstall
The art deco Palace Picture House (or Palace CInema) was on The Boulevard opposite the Memorial Gardens. Opened in 1909 on what was then known as Station Road, the Palace Picture House was the first purpose ...
The Pavement, Brewood
This row of cottages was known as the Pavement, but they were demolished in the 1960s to make way for modern housing.
The Pavement, Brewood
This row of cottages was known as the Pavement and dated from the early 16th century. They were demolished in the 1960s to make way for modern housing.
The Picture House, Willenhall
The view is taken from Wolverhampton street.
The banner on the front of the Picture House advertises 'Patria'. This was a fifteen-part serial film released in 1917, funded by William Randolph Hearst ...
The Plaza Cinema, Horse Fair, Rugeley
A postcard view created in 1984 to celebrate 50 years of the Plaza Cinema on Horse Fair, Rugeley.
The Plaza opened as The Picture House on 12 November 1934 at 7.00pm. The first films to be shown ...
The Post Office, Hilderstone. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the village Post Office, Hilderstone, Staffordshire.
The Queen Anne Bedroom at Beaudesert Hall
Pictured is the Queen Anne Bedroom, previously known as the Blue Bedroom. The room’s principal piece of furniture was the bed which was made in 1710 for the Queen’s visit to a house in Somerset; the ...
The rear of houses on Picton Street, Hanley
This photograph was taken from the corner of Botteslow Street and Commercial Road in Hanley. Commercial Road runs across the bottom of the photograph and becomes Nelson Road. Picton Street was one of ...
The Roebuck Hotel, Derby Street, Leek
View of the timber framed building during a rainstorm.
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, Hoar Cross
Situated in Abbots Bromley Road, Hoar Cross, this postcard photograph shows the school within its school yard in front, with the adjacent school house beyond.
By 1851 there was a school at Hoar Cross ...
The Sentinel offices, Trinity Street, Hanley
These offices on the corner of Foundry Street and Trinity Street were occupied from 1874. At that time, the newspaper was expanding producing daily and weekly Sentinels, with three editions of the daily ...
The Shops, Wharf Road, Gnosall
This row of shops is situated at the west end of Wharf Lane near the Boat Inn and is still in use (2023) but now with a full-length off the road pull in at the front.
A postcard published by Francis ...
The Shrewsbury Arms Hotel, Rugeley
The postcard view of the Shrewsbury Arms gives the name of the hotel's proprietor at the time and was presumably produced for advertising purposes. It was originally named the Crown. By the mid 19th ...
The Square, Caverswall
A view of the Square, caverswall. A photograph taken by William Blake of Longton.
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 Star Inn, Cop Mere End, Eccleshall,
The Star Inn was once known as The Rising Sun.
The State Bed at Beaudesert Hall
This view of the State Bed in the State Bedroom at Beaudesert Hall is from a glass negative believed to have been taken prior to the fire in 1909 which was in an adjacent part of the building. The State ...