Old Leek Town Hall and Lock Up, Market Place, Leek
View of the Old Town Hall, which was built in 1806. It was bought by a Mr Flower in 1872, who used some of the masonry on his home, Portland House in Rosebank Street. The stone pillars were placed on ...
Opening up the fashion floor, Bratt & Dyke Department Store, Hanley
Builders working to add the third floor to Bratt and Dyke's Hanley Department Store.
Draper Oliver Dyke opened a shop in Hanley in 1890 with the financial support of Northwich draper and entrepreneur ...
Oriental Figures and Motor Cycle Mecca, Stafford,
These oriental figures date from the eighteenth century and topped the front a tea warehouse in Market Street.
Made from a hard plaster known as Roman Cement, the figures were a form of advertisement ...
Oriental figures, Market Street, Stafford
Late 18th Century ornamental figures of Chinese tea-tasters. Made from brick and tile rubble, cemented together and covered in plaster. Detail modelled in plaster on a brickwork base. Formerly on the ...
Oriental Figures, Stafford,
These oriental figures date from the eighteenth century and topped the front a tea warehouse in Market Street.
Made from a hard plaster known as Roman Cement, the figures were a form of advertisement ...
Orme and Sons Drapers, Uttoxeter
George Orme and Sons general drapers and ladies outfitters shop on High Street, Uttoxeter, decorated for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
Photographer: Gerald McCann of Uttoxeter.
Oulton Road, Stone
A postcard view taken from the junction of Oulton Road with Longton Road, with Old Road leading off on the left hand side of Frederick Jacks' Pharmacy (now, in 2012, a 'Premier' shop). On the right hand ...
Outing to Alton Towers, High Street, Uttoxeter
Seven motor coaches passing along High Street, Uttoxeter on their way from Dudley to Alton Towers. A policeman on the right is controlling the traffic which includes a pony and trap on the left. Elkes' ...
Owen's, Boots, Shoes and Clog Makers, Forsbrook
The Owen family are pictured standing outside their shop. The shops remains, it later became a butchers and is now a dog parlour.
Photograph donated by the Blythe Bridge and Forsbrook Local Historical ...
Oxen's Chemist, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Oxen's had two chemists shops in Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1905 onwards. The original shop was in Bridge Street, however the shop in this photograph was the second shop that opened in 1905 on the High ...
Oxens Ltd. chemists, Bridge Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Oxens Ltd.'s wholesale and retail cash chemists shop at 4, Bridge Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Founded in 1889, they had a second shop at 40, High Street.
Image from 'Staffordshire Past and Present: ...
P.C. Edward Cornes, Staffordshire County Police, Stone Division
Pictured trying the handle of a shop door in the High Street, Stone, is just one of the routine jobs of Police Constable Ted Cornes.
Much of the policeman’s lot is, of course, purely routine work, ...
Packman's decorators shop, Newport Road, Stafford
W. Packman, plumber, decorator and glazier, 42 Newport Road, Stafford. In the window are examples of wallpaper. William Packman was born in 1856 and at the time of this photograph with his family at ...
Paddy's Superstore Exterior, Rugeley
Located in Brewery Street, Rugeley, Paddy's was a low-cost grocery store that pioneered selling items straight from the delivery cartons which were placed directly on the shelving with the package front ...
Paddy's Superstore, Rugeley
A wine display showing the stores low-cost philosophy of not using specialised racking, and merely cutting the tops from cartons. This approach is also shown with the adjacent stacked cans on wooden pallet ...
Paddy's Superstore, Rugeley
A display of Elkes' biscuits in Paddy's Superstore, Brewery Street, Rugeley, typical their basic approach to product display.
Photographer: Peter Rogers of Mill Street, Stafford.
Pageant Parade, Eccleshall,
Parade seen on High Street, possibly celebrating George V's Silver Jubilee in 1937.
The sign reads 'Never Get There Fire Brigade'.
Pakeman's grocer's shop, Market Place, Uttoxeter
A shop assistant serving a customer at the bacon counter in Pakeman & Co.'s grocers and provisions shop, Market Place, Uttoxeter. The advertisement for the upstairs restaurant can be seen in the window ...