St. Thomas' Church, Walton-on-the-Hill
St. Thomas' Church, Walton-on-the-Hill, near Stafford was built in 1853 to designs by Little Haywood architect, Charles Trubshaw. Two years after the church opened the spire was destroyed by lightning ...
St. Thomas' Church, Walton on the Hill
St. Thomas' Church, built in 1853 to designs by Little Haywood architect, Charles Trubshaw.
Two years after the church opened the spire was destroyed by lightning and was replaced by a wooden spire ...
Wisbar House, Checkley
Wisbar House on the corner of Church Lane and New Road in Checkley. At the time of the 1837 Rate Book this house was owned by Thomas Walters.
The house gained its current name after a retired sea captain, ...
Train picking up Mailbags at Full Speed
This postcard view shows the transfer of mailbags between a fast moving train and an unknown railway station. Please contact us if you recognise the precise location.
In the centre on the immediate ...
Oakmeadow Bridge, No. 48, Caldon Canal, near Consall
Oakmeadow Canal Bridge No. 48, pictured during maintenance and repair work in 2014. Here the canal meets with the River Churnet which can be seen on the right. Oakmeadow Ford lock is on the far side of ...
Longton Y.S.L., Swimming Baths, Longton
A group of children with adults, named in the photograph caption as ‘Longton Y.S.L.’ pictured outside the gates to the Corporation Yard at the rear of Longton Swimming Baths, which is the large building ...
Railway sidings, possibly Burton-upon-Trent area
This photograph is thought to have been taken in the Burton-upon-Trent area and could relate to the local Brewing Industry.
The picture shows several railway trucks near the end of the line buffers. ...
Advertising card E2164, W.H. Bagnall Ltd., Castle Engine Works, Stafford
The steam locomotive No. 28 pictured in this W.H. Bagnall's of Stafford publicity card is one of several narrow-gauge engines supplied to the Burma Mines Railway around 1922. It is a 2-6-2 narrow gauge ...
Advertising card E2381, W.H. Bagnall Ltd., Castle Engine Works, Stafford
Locomotive No. 6721 is featured on the front of this publicity card published by W. G. Bagnall Ltd., Castle Engine Works, Stafford.
At this time there was a government initiative which led to sub-contract ...
Birchendale, 3 St. John’s Square, Burslem
Birchendale's shop, an ornate three storey building, with a datestone of 1882.
Constructed in red facing flemish bond, with a pitched tiled roof, decorative ridge tiles and two red staged stacks. The ...
Ablemarle Almshouses, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Albermarle Almshouses which stood at the junction of Bridge Street and Lower Street.
In 1688, Christopher Monk, the 2nd Duke of Albermarle, bequeathed a total of almost £6,000 as a perpetual endowment ...
Oak, high-backed chair, Wightwick Manor, Wolverhampton
An early 20th century 'porters' wing-back chair dating from 1920-1929, photographed by Dr J.E.C. Peters in 1964, along with an 18th century longcase clock in the background in the Billiard Room at Wightwick ...
Bank Passage, Stafford
This view taken by Dr J.E.C. Peters in 1966 looks along Bank Passage towards Salter Street.
On the left a milk churn can be seen by the back door of the Popular Café which stood on the corner ...
Lotus netball team, Stone
Pictured on the sports fields at the Lotus Ltd shoe factory in Stone are the company netball team.
Back row (left to right): Margaret Bott, Pat Davies, Sheila Evans (née Watson), Margaret Hodson, ...
Fireplace, Wightwick Manor, Wolverhampton
The fireplace in the Billiard Room at Wightwick Manor.
A billiard room was often a feature of Victorian country houses. In the billiard room at Wightwick Manor there is a large ingle-nook fireplace ...
Fireplace, Wightwick Manor, Wolverhampton
The fireplace in the Dining Room at Wightwick Manor.
This plain stone fireplace has a ‘Tudor’arch containing a cast-iron fire-back, wrought iron basket and the side walls are inset with blue on white ...
Stone Lotus Football Team at Stafford Rangers F.C.
Stone Lotus football team at Marston Road, home of Stafford Rangers.
Back row (left to right): Andy Mayer, John Morris, Phil Hawley, Fred Heath, Keith Bridgwood, Paul Plimmer, Alf Morris.
Front ...
Dudley Wood Road, Dudley Wood, West Midlands
A view looking north east towards Dudley Wood Road, one of a series of photographs taken showing subsidence of buildings due to coal mining. Most of the buildings to the left of the photograph are suffering ...