Royal Mail Delivery Office, Leek Road, Stoke-on-Trent
Coding desks at the Royal Mail Delivery and Sorting Office on Leek Road, Stoke-on-Trent.
Sergeant Peter Bartlam, Staffordshire Police
In 1974, Sergeant 330 Peter Bartlam, based with the Southern Traffic Group in Lichfield, was responsible for introducing the use of a speed recording device, VASCAR (Visual Average Speed Computer and ...
Shropshire Union Canal, near Woodseaves
A postcard view of a narrow boat passing under the 'High Bridge', Woodseaves, in the springtime.
The road bridge (no. 39) over the canal is Grade II Listed and dates from 1822-1823. A strainer arch ...
Staff at British Telecom Training Centre, Cold Meece
The British Telecom Training Centre site at Cold Meece looked after fleet management. During the Second World War the site had been used to load munitions onto trains. B.T.'s Cold Meece site was closed ...
Stafford Road, Milford
Looking west along Main Road, Milford. The first house on the right, 'Brookside', at the junction with Lazar Lane, still stands (2026). At about the date of this colour-tinted postcard photograph it was ...
Stafford Road, Milford
Looking west on Main Road, Milford. The housing on the left still stands (2026) now with a shop unit attached to the left side. On the right is the entrance to Milford Hall Cricket Club.
In this scene ...
Stafford Street, Eccleshall
A postcard view looking north along Stafford Street (A519), Eccleshall. Centre right is the King's Arms which was originally named The Unicorn. Its neo-Elizabethan timber framed facade covers the original ...
Stafford Telephone Exchange
Switchboard operators.
The Telephone Exchange was located on Mill Bank, behind the Head Post Office, where the Job Centre is today.
The exchange moved to Eastgate Street in the 1950s.
Stafford Telephone Exchange, Mill Bank
Two workmen in overalls standing outside the Telephone Exchange.
The Telephone Exchange was located on Mill Bank, behind the Head Post Office, it later became the Job Centre after the exchange moved ...
Station Bridge, Audley, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The bridge pictured carried the Audley Branch line from Alsager to Leycett and Keele. Audley station was off to the right, with the building on the extreme left being the old Post Office and Telegraph ...
Stone Telephone Exchange
The GPO (General Post office) telephone exchange in Stone. Seated at the front is Mrs Joan Ravenscroft. Joan was a telephonist from 1957 to 1967. The telephone exchange was over the Post Office in Granville ...
Student Bar at Post Office Telephones Central Training School, Yarnfield
The Student Bar at Howard Hall was closed in 1984 and Howard Hall was demolished two years later.
Duncan Hall, Beatty Hall and Howard Hall (all named after Royal Navy Admirals) were built in 1938 for ...
Student Canteen at Post Office Telephones Central Training School, Yarnfield
Lunchtime at the Students' Canteen at Howard Hall.
Duncan Hall, Beatty Hall and Howard Hall (all named after Royal Navy Admirals) were built in 1938 for munitions workers relocated from Woolwich Arsenal ...
Student Canteen at Post Office Telephones Central Training School, Yarnfield
A view of the Students' Canteen at Howard Hall.
Duncan Hall, Beatty Hall and Howard Hall (all named after Royal Navy Admirals) were built in 1938 for munitions workers relocated from Woolwich Arsenal ...
Telegram Delivery Woman, Stafford
First World War GPO telegram delivery woman in working uniform with her bicycle.
During the war many women took over the jobs vacated by men who had gone to fight in France.
Telephone box removal, Checkley
The old red British Telecom telephone box, originally G.P.O, being removed from the pavement outside Checkley Post Office in Church Lane. A new all glass and perspex telephone box was placed outside ...
Telephone Exchange extension, Stafford
Telephonists are pictured operating switchboards in a section of the extension to Stafford Telephone Exchange, which was part of a £100,000 development scheme at the Post Office, inaugurated by the Mayor, ...
Telephone Exchange, Hanley
The old telephone exchange building stands on the corner of Trinity Street and Marsh Street North in Hanley. The four storey brick building was opened in 1900 but has been replaced by the large telecommuncations ...