Smithy Corner, Madeley
A postcard view of Smithy Corner in Madeley. On the left with a petrol pump is Catell's Motor & Cycle Depot. Beyond is the is Smithy Cottage. The tower of All Saints' Church can be glimpsed above the ...
Smithy Corner, Madeley
A postcard view of Smithy Corner in Madeley. On the left is the Empire Cycle shop and beyond is Smithy Cottage. The tower of All Saints' Church can be glimpsed above the trees to the left.
Smithy Garage, Church Street, Codsall
The building pictured on the left of the photograph was the site had of the original blacksmiths, before the garage was built.
After Smithy Motors owned the site it became Sabin's Pine and Antiques ...
Staff at National Benzole Depot, Chatterley, Tunstall
Sitting third from the left, front row, is Howard Percy Foxon (1907-1977), who was in charge of the Chatterley Depot for ten years. He worked at the site between 1924 and 1941. Between 1939 and 1941, ...
Staff at the National Benzole Depot, Chatterley, Tunstall
Sitting third from the left, front row, is Howard Percy Foxon (1907-1977), who was in charge of the Chatterley Depot for ten years. He worked at the site between 1924 and 1941. Between 1939 and 1941, ...
Stafford Waste Paper lorry,
Stafford Waste paper collection Ford Lorry, supplied by Lloyds Garage Ltd at Stone Road, Stafford.
Staffordshire Police Garage and Workshop, Friars Terrace, Stafford
Looking north east from Telegraph Street, Stafford into Friars Terrace (left) and Austin Friars (right). This building was for many years the Head Quarters for the M6 Motorway Patrol vehicles and the ...
Stockton Brook from Baddeley Green Lane, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking north along Baddeley Green Lane to the junction with Leek New Road (A53). In the distance is the higher ground of Stockton Brook (right) and Ball Edge (left). There are still garages each side ...
Stone Cross, Penkridge
This postcard view looks north from Stone Cross in Penkridge towards Bull Bridge and the Main Road, (A449) to Stafford.
On the left there is a Shell petrol station, by the road-side there is a Midland ...
Stretton Garage and Cafe
Stretton Garage and Café on Watling Street (the A5), near Brewood. The garage was run by Joseph Gamson from 1915 until his death in 1951.
A postcard produced for advertising purposes.
Stretton Garage and Cafe
Stretton Garage and Café on Watling Street (the A5), near Brewood. The garage was run by Joseph Gamson from 1915 until his death in 1951. Beyond can be seen the Bell Inn with its sign for Ansell's ...
Swynnerton Village
On the right is George Bennett's wheelrights workshop. A wagon can be seen, but the age of the motor car has clearly arrived. On the left in the trees is the Old Post Office.
A postcard view published ...
Taswell's shop, Abbots Bromley
Taswell's shop on market Place, Abbots Bromley with Esso petrol pumps outside on the pavement. Thomas Taswell (1895-1989) set up a cycle shop here in the mid 1920s. Taswell's also sold groceries and ...
The Coach House, Ivetsey Bank, near Lapley
Situated on the A5 road, the Bradford Arms Garage service station sold National Benzene fuel. It no longer exists being replaced by a modern building slightly lower down the hill.
The car is a Ford ...
The Darlaston Café, Meaford, near Stone
A postcard view of the Darlaston Café which stood on the eastern side of the A34 Stoke-on-Trent to Stone Road, close to the Darlaston Inn. It was one of a number of road-side cafés and petrol ...
The Dugout Garage, Tamworth
The Dugout Garage was built by Charles Smith Senior in the 1920's. It was named the Dugout as a reminder of the trenches in the first world war. Early petrol pumps can be seen in the photograph and a ...
The Flood after the thaw, Dove Bank, Uttoxeter
The flood outside Fryers Garage in Dove Bank 1946.
The Talbot, Biddulph
The Talbot has been an inn since before 1770. It was re-built in the 1880s and extended in the 1990s to incorporate the barn on the right. The early 'petrol station' was removed many years ago (a more ...