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 ...
Telephone Exchange, Rugeley
The telephone exchange stood behind the Library on Anson Street. From left to right: Henry (Harry) Heathcote, unknown, Gwen Howe (nee Burrage), unknown, unknown, Mary Taylor.
Telephone Exchange, Victoria Road, Tamworth
This photograph shows operators at the Post Office telephone exchange on Victoria Road, Tamworth.
Test room at Castlegate Telephone Exchange, Stafford,
Engineers in the test room at Castlegate Telephone Exchange, Eastgate Street.
From left to right: Reg Woolley, Roy Daniels and Ron Davies.
Their job was to test telephone customers' lines and ...
The Cliffs, Shugborough
This postcard view is of an area known as the Cliffs and the Trent and Mersey Canal.
Nearby is Shugborough Hall, which is the ancestral home of the Anson family, who were later created the Earls of ...
The Fleur de Lis, Norton Canes
This sepia bordered postcard pictures The Fleur de Lis (or Lys ) public house at Norton Canes , called "The Luce" by locals. It was said to be a 16th Century drovers' stopping place on the London - Chester ...
The Kings Arms, Stafford Street, Eccleshall
A postcard view of the King's Arms which was originally named The Unicorn. Its neo-Elizabethan timber framed facade covers the original Elizabethan structure. On the extreme right is Perry’s butchers ...
The Roebuck Inn, Wolseley Bridge
The Roebuck Inn is on the right of this view at the junction of the A51 and A513. Over the years this quiet road scene has changed and (in April 2018) there is a busy junction with road traffic islands. ...