Shop staff, Swettenham's grocers, Stone
John Morris aged 12 or 13, who was errand boy for Swettenham's grocers at 38 Radford Street, Stone (now, in 2012, the Dezign Room hairdressers). With him is Jean Stretch, a shop assistant.
Shop, Northwood, Stoke-on-Trent
Like many backstreet shops, this one was a converted nineteenth century dwelling house. The front room of the house would have served as the shop and the occupants would have lived in the backroom.
Shopping block development, Stafford
A new £30,000 three-storey block of shops and offices under construction on the corner of Stafford Street and Chapel Street, Stafford. It was built by F. Espley & Sons Ltd. and was completed in spring ...
Shops around Market Square, Hanley
A photograph of the north side of Market Square into Lamb Street, probably taken on a Sunday or Bank Holiday given the lack of traffic and parked cars. M Huntbach's store dominates one side of Lamb Street, ...
Shops around Market Square, Hanley
The view of Market Square from Lamb Street, with Town Road at the top. The Bass public house on Town Road is The Grapes which was next door to The Angel. Demolished in the 1970s it became a car accessory ...
Shops around Market Square, Hanley.
This was the view up Market Square towards the Angel public house on Town Road. In 1963 the square hadn't been pedestrianised and was a popular car parking area. On the right, where the Potteries Shopping ...
Shops on Rowley Street, Stafford,
Cotterell's sweet shop on Rowley Street, looking east towards Marston Road. Beyond can be seen the 'Ekco' signs outside Goodwin's electrical goods shop.
Shops on Stafford Street, Stafford
View looking west along Stafford Street showing shop premises occupied by the Community Council of Staffordshire. Nextdoor can be seen 'Oatcakes and Milkshakes' cafe, serving traditional North Staffordshire-style ...
Shops on Wolverhampton Road, Stafford,
These shops on Wolverhampton Road are almost unaltered today, although the building on the left was demolished in the 1970s when Queensway was built.
Shops, Gaolgate Street, Stafford,
The building on the far right was the former Empire Hotel.
Shufflebotham's Tinsmiths Shop, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Shufflebotham's shop stood on Penkhull Street, which was renamed High Street in the 1890s.
Shyler's Grocery Shop, Great Bridgeford,
Sidney Fountain and Gaolgate Street, Stafford,
View from Gaol Square, looking down Gaolgate Street to the Market Square.
The drinking fountain on the left was erected on Gaol Square in 1889 by the widow of Thomas Sidney, in memory of her husband. ...
Sidney Fountain, Stafford,
This drinking fountain was erected on Gaol Square in 1889 by the widow of Thomas Sidney, in memory of her husband.
Thomas Sidney was born in a house on Gaol Square (in 2004 occupied by Cafe Nero) in ...
Sillito and Sons, Market Street, Kidsgrove
A fully stocked Sillito and Sons shop front with shop assistants posing for their photograph outside. Sillito's was a grocery store and stood on this site for a number of years, at least from the 1870s ...
Silver Jubilee decorations, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A view of the town centre of Newcastle decorated for the Silver Jubilee of King George V. This gives a good view of what the area looked like before the construction of the Lancaster Buildings. The old ...
Skidmore, Silver Street, Tamworth
A.K. Skidmore clothier. The shop was owned by Miss Katherine Skidmore, and her brother Arthur.
Skinner & Co, Leek
Lamps, Tin Baths and Buckets.
In earlier times, shop fronts and windows were used to advertise wares much more prominently than today, as can be seen here by Skinner and Co., ironmongers of Derby Street, ...