Aerial photograph of housing scheme, Trent Vale
During the inter war years the City Council, along with many other councils in the country, embarked upon a massive house building programme. Not only was this to encourage people to move to the area ...
Stoke Train Station, Station Road, Stoke-on-Trent
This view from Glebe Street bridge towards the station in Station Road is relatively unchanged. The buildings on the right have been replaced with the railway car park. The office building on the left ...
The Hippodrome Variety Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
The Hippodrome was built in Kingsway, Stoke in 1919. It instantly became a popular venue and also served as the Gordon Theatre & Opera House. Upon its closure in January 1961 it was the Gaumont cinema. ...
Broom Street School, Hanley
A boys PE lesson at Broom Street School. Exercise and play areas were small, the girls and infants being given even less space than the boys.
Broadway cinema, Meir
The Broadway cinema was opened on the 14th of December 1936. Built in the Art Deco style, it had an angular design, rounded corners, a "grand staircase" entrance and seating for 1,000 people. It also ...
Stoke Wharf, Stoke-on-Trent
The old wharf buildings on the Trent and Mersey Canal await demolition in the mid 1960s. The land was earmarked for the A500 ‘D-road’ to cut a swathe through the centre of Stoke-on-Trent. Many buildings ...
Sunbeam S7 motorcycle, Pynest Street, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent
This is a photograph taken by Fred Woolley of a mechanic called Gordon Crichlow, he worked at J & N Bassetts, motorcycles 18 Howard Place Shelton. The photograph is taken at the side of the workshops ...
Misses Partrige's School, Alstonefield
The Misses Partrige (sic) ran a fee paying school at West View, The Raikes, Alstonefield in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Here, the children are seen playing at the rear of West View.
Misses Partrige's School, Alstonefield
The Misses Partrige (sic) ran a fee paying school at West View, The Raikes, Alstonefield in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a day or boarding school. Amongst this group of pupils pictured ...
Stone Senior School Sports Day
A group of boys from Stone Senior School (late the Secondary Modern, and now Christ Church Middle School on Old Road) pictured at the annual Sports Day held on Stone Cricket Club's Ground.
Back row ...
Bridge Street, Stafford
Photograph of Bridge Street taken from Grapes Corner by the junction of Lichfield Road, Bailey Street and Newport Road, looking north towards Greengate Street.
On the right, in the distance, can be ...
Bangley Park Farm, near Penkridge
The farmhouse at Bangley Park Farm, near Newtown, Penkridge.
The Adderley family had been tenants of Bagley Park Farm since at least 1911 when William George Adderley purchased the farm in 1947 for ...
International Tornado Transport Control Group Meeting at No 16 Maintenance Unit (RAF Stafford)
This group photo was taken during an international meeting of the Tornado Transport Control Group (TTCG), hosted by No. 16 Maintenance Unit at RAF Stafford. In addition to the station commander (third ...
Italian Attendees at the Unveiling of the Fauld Explosion Memorial
This group of military and civilian Italian visitors are pictured beside the newly installed memorial to the Fauld Explosion, which occurred on November 27, 1944. They have just attended the special remembrance ...
Forebridge Lock-up, Stafford
The lock-up on Lichfield Road dates from the early eighteenth century. It was built from stone taken from the medieval St. John's Hospital and Chapel which once stood on this site.
Lock-ups were used ...
Forebridge Lock-up, Stafford
The eighteenth century Forebridge Lock-up in Stafford was used to temporarily detain local drunks and vagrants. It was demolished and re-erected near to its original site in 1976, to make way for the ...
Crown Forge, Stretton, near Penkridge
Forge Cottage and Crown Forge on Watling Street (A5) at the junction with The Avenue at Stretton, near Penkridge. The single story building on the right was the smithy which was still in use in 1987 when ...
Forebridge Lock-up, Stafford
Forebridge Lock-up pictured during maintenance and repair work in August 2026.
The lock-up on Lichfield Road dates from the early eighteenth century. It was built from stone taken from the medieval ...