Floods, Lichfield Road, Stafford
On the left is the old library building which occupied this site until 1999, when it moved to part of the Shire Hall on Market Square. The building is now used as an arts centre.
A long period of ...
Floods, Newport Road, Stafford,
A long period of rainy weather resulted in the River Sow rising to its highest level ever recorded, flooding the railway station and stopping all traffic.
At the junction of Newport Road and Bridge ...
Floods, The Green, Stafford
A long period of rainy weather resulted in the River Sow rising to its highest level ever recorded, flooding the railway station and stopping all traffic.
At the junction of Newport Road and Bridge ...
Friars Road, Stafford,
The shop on the left was Hardwicks' unisex hairdressers.
Behind Hardwicks' is the Odeon Cinema, which was opened by the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury in 1936. The opening gala was concluded with ...
George VI's Coronation Decorations, Bridge Street, Stafford,
George VI's Coronation Decorations, Brine Baths, Stafford,
View taken from Green Bridge.
The Brine Baths opened in 1892 on Greengate Street, after a thick bed of salt was discovered on Stafford Common during the search for a water supply for the town. Its ...
Golf House, Milford
Golfers outside the Golf House near Milford and Brocton. Cannock Chase Golf Club was formed in 1894. The Club rented land on the Chase from the Earl of Lichfield for one shilling per year. The Club house ...
Grand Cinema, George Street, Tamworth
The Grand Cinema with boy commissioner, Gordon Truman, standing outside. The Grand Cinema was built in 1914-15 by Charles H. Dent. The facade was decorated with Gibbs and Canning terracotta and crowned ...
Great Wyrley Library
Great Wyrley Library stands on Wardles Lane and was built in 1962 at a cost of £9,000 and an initial stock of over 10,000 books. It was opened by Alderman F.A. Dale, Chairman of Staffordshire County ...
Green Bridge, Stafford
Watercolour on paper, pencil and wash. View of Green Bridge, Stafford, looking downstream along the River Sow with the Royal Brine Baths beyond the bridge to the left. Signed bottom right on pencil 'Ruby ...
Greengate Street, Stafford
This view shows a busy scene with shoppers in Greengate Street, Stafford. Later In 1992, a large part of the town centre was pedestrianised and the A34 was re-routed around the town. All of the buildings ...
Group pictured outside the Kinema Theatre, High Street, Kinver
Sid Hillman, the proprietor of the cinema, can be seen here making a presentation to the lady in the centre of the photograph. The man standing directly behind him is Harold Boneer. The group were possibly ...
Gymnasium, Cotton College, Cotton
Five boys in the new gymnasium at Cotton College, near Alton.
Cotton Hall was built in the 18th century by the Gilbert family. In 1844 it was sold to the Earl of Shrewsbury and it was converted into ...
Hanford Cricket Club Pavilion, Stoke on Trent
Hanford Cricket Club were formed in 1892 and moved to their current ground on Church Lane, close to the Hanford Roundabout, in the 1930s. The Club joined the North Staffordshire & South Cheshire League ...
Hanley Greyhound Stadium entrance, Hanley
The entrance to Hanley Greyhound Stadium at the bottom of Robson Street. To the right is the Robson Street Ropery, operated by A T Robson and making cord, twine, ropes and varieties of packaging. In ...
Hanley Greyhound Stadium entrance, Hanley
Hanley Greyhound Stadium dates from 1928, one of the earliest oval greyhound racing tracks in the United Kingdom, built on the site of an abandoned marl pit. There was another entrance on Sun Street (indeed ...
Hanley Museum and Art Gallery, Pall Mall, Hanley.
Hartshill Institute, Hartshill Road, Stoke
This plan is of the Hartshill Institute.
An article in The Staffordshire Sentinel and Midlands Counties Advertiser of Saturday, January 15, 1859 reports on the official opening of the building.
Its ...