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Meir Heath. Photographed by William Blake.

Street scene with a view of the windmill and Windmill Pub at Meir Heath, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

Meir, Broadway. Photographed by William Blake.

Street scene taken at Broadway, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. This is one of many street scenes in the Blake Collection. Most of them were taken in the Normacot and Dresden areas near to where ...

Mercer's Saddlers Shop, Stafford,

Mercer's shop on the corner of Bridge Street and Mill Bank, established in 1910. In 1928 the council purchased Mercer's, along with various other buildings between the shop and the Coach and Horses ...

Mercer's Saddlers Shop, Stafford,

Harry Mercer's saddler's shop at the junction of Greengate Street and Mill Bank. On the left is The Baths Hotel and to the right, on Mill Bank, is the Telephone Exchange. In 1928 the council purchased ...

Mersey Weaver Wharf, Longport

Two working narrowboats moored abreast at the Mersey Weaver Wharf at Longport. Two men are on the boat in front named 'Ribble', a woman is at the rear of the boat behind. The wharf was used for transporting ...

Messrs Ind Coope & Co's Brewery, Burton-on-Trent

View from Bass Middle Brewery showing Ind Coope's Brewery (1859), and its water tower (listed Grade II), in the centre of picture, across the foreground, (part of Allsopp & Co.'s premises). The gable ...

Meynell Hunt Meet, Stowe-by-Chartley

Midland Red Bus in Stafford

A Midland Red Bus destined for Parkside is pictured with passengers boarding in Gaolgate Street, Stafford. On the left just above the bus is a glimpse of the Hepworth’s menswear shop sign and above are ...

Midland Red Bus in Stafford

A Midland Red Bus destined for Beaconside is pictured with passengers boarding in Gaolgate Street, Stafford. On the left is Hepworth’s menswear shop and adjacent is Marks and Spencer store (this relocated ...

Midland Red Bus in Stafford

Passengers are pictured boarding a Midland Red bus in Gaolgate Street, Stafford. Looking through the driver’s side window there is a glimpse of the former Goldee fashion shop. Over the years many shops ...

Midland Red Bus in Stafford

Passengers are pictured boarding a Midland Red bus in Gaolgate Street, Stafford destined for Rickerscote. On the left is Woolworth’s store which closed during January 2009, on the extreme right is John ...

Midland Red Bus in Stafford

A passenger is pictured paying the fare to the bus driver on a Midland Red bus in Gaolgate Street, Stafford. On the left is the Marks and Spencer store (this relocated in 2016 to a new retail site at ...

Midland Red Bus in Stafford

A Midland Red Bus destined for Walton on the Hill via Baswich is pictured with passengers boarding in Gaolgate Street, Stafford. On the left is Woolworth’s store which closed during January 2009, on ...

Midland Red Bus in Stafford

This view of a Midland Red double-decker bus and a single decker bus was taken as they travelled along Gaolgate Street, Stafford. At the time this photograph was taken many of the Midland Red buses operating ...

Midland Red Bus in Stafford

A Midland Red Bus destined for Cannock is pictured in Gaolgate Street, Stafford. On the right is Halfords shop which at a later date relocated to a larger site on Foregate Street. Above the bus is a ...

Midland Red Bus in Stafford

Passengers are pictured boarding a Midland Red bus in Gaolgate Street, Stafford. On the left is a glimpse of the Marks and Spencer store (this relocated in 2016 to a new retail site at Riverside in Stafford). ...

Midland Red Bus in Stafford

A Midland Red Bus destined for Rickerscote is pictured outside the Marks and Spencer store in Gaolgate Street, Stafford. During 2016 the Marks and Spencer store relocated to a new retail site at Riverside ...

Midland Red Bus in Stafford

This Midland Red Bus is pictured travelling south along Bridge Street, Stafford. On the left of the bus there is a shop called Gingham which has changed ownership many times over the years. On the right ...