Erecting power lines, Ladderedge, near Leek
Electricity power line erecting team at work at Ladderedge, near Leek. The men pictured worked for Callender's Cable & Construction Company Limited and were based in Stoke on Trent. The truck belonged ...
Everards steam lorry at Burton Bridge Brewery, Burton upon Trent
In 1924, Everards completed its move away from rail transport to steam powered drays. These continued in use until they were replaced by petrol lorries in 1946. This steam lorry is believed to be an ...
Exeter Street, Stafford,
View from just above Sydney Avenue, looking towards the top of Exeter Street.
These buildings were pre-fabricated and erected as part of the post-war housing scheme. They have now been replaced by ...
F. Kenning & Sons, Derby Turn, Burton-upon-Trent
This view shows F. Kenning & Sons garage and showroom at Derby Turn, Burton-upon-Trent.
This family business began with Frank Kenning who in 1878 had started a door-to-door hardware retail business. ...
F. W. Woolworth & Co. Ltd. Market Square store, Stafford
A view of Woolworth's Stafford store which was at 18, Market Square from 1928 to 1962 when it then transferred to larger premises in Gaolgate Street.
Originating in the U.S.A. in 1878 as 'Woolworth's ...
Fancy Dress, Stafford Common,
Fire Engine, Brittain's Paper Mill, Cheddleton
Fire engine used by Cheddleton Paper Mills’ volunteer firemen. This Guy J-type John Morris & Sons Ltd. fire engine was built in 1924 and is in the livery of Cheddleton Paper Mills, Volunteer Fire Brigade. ...
Fire on Cannock Chase,
Crowds gathering to watch a fire on Cannock Chase.
Float promoting the Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Lorry float decorated to promote films of the week showing at the Odeon Cinema in Stafford. The man standing on the back of the float is Dennis Holland, a member of the Odeon Cinema staff, went out into ...
Floods in Penkridge
Floods on New Road. A Butler's brewery lorry struggles through the water. The Railway Inn can be seen in the background of the photograph.
Floods on Sandon Road, Stafford,
Floods on Sandon Road, at the junction with Corporation Street.
Florists' Reliant Van, Bolehall, Tamworth
A Reliant three-wheeler van, belonging to A. Naylor & Sons, Nurserymen and Florists, Bolehall, Tamworth.
Arthur Naylor's business at the Amington Road nurseries started in the early 1900s. The site ...
Foden lorry at Thorpe, near Ilam
The lorry was owned by Sellers and Kent, Haulage Contractors of Ilam, and powered by a Foden two-stroke diesel engine.
Ford Lorry, Bramshall
A Ford D-Series model DT 1700.The "T" means it has tandem axles on the rear. The 1700 represents the gross vehicle weight, which is the total weight of the vehicle and load. It was delivered to J.C. ...
Fordson tractors, A.J. Fryer, Uttoxeter
Ten Fordson tractors in field with a lorry belonging to A.J. Fryer at the rear loaded with another tractor. The lorry has headlamp dimmers for blackout requirements. This photograph taken as advertisement ...
Foregate Street, Stafford
Bedford ‘S’ type lorries are pictured transporting Hawker Sea Fury aircraft along Foregate Street, Stafford.
The lorries came from H.M.S. Sanderling, Abottsinch which had acted as a Royal Naval aircraft ...
Gaol Square, Stafford
Wintery scene of Gaol Square with Christ Church in the background. Christ Church was built on Foregate Street in 1839. It closed in 1976 and in 1983 it was demolished; sheltered housing for the elderly ...
Gaol Square, Stafford,
The four-dial clock was presented by George Bruckshaw in 1916, to celebrate his fifty years residence in Stafford. It replaced the third lamp which crowned the Sidney Fountain (erected in 1889 by the ...