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 ...
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 ...
G. W. Wellings funeral directors, Derby Street, Burton-upon-Trent
On the extreme left of this scene are the premises of G.W. Wellings, Funeral Directors, who also ran motor tours and excursions.
The large sign above the first charabanc, which hangs over an alley-way ...
Gaol Square, Stafford
Looking towards Chell Road, with the then newly built Sheridan centre to the left and Charles Clark's garage on the right. The row of shops includes: Fair Wear Shoe Repairs, Bowen's Jen Shoe Shop and ...
Gaol Square, Stafford
This view taken on Gaol Square shows Gaolgate Street on the left and Mount Street in the centre which is unrecognisable today (2026).
Henry Porter's menswear shop is on the left and a gents hairdressers ...
Gaol Square, Stafford,
The Union Jack boot and Shoe shop - 'the working man's friend' - had closed at the time of this photograph. In the 1930s the building would be replaced by the Gaol Square Garage.
Note the cast-iron ...
Gaolgate Street, Stafford
Two-way traffic on Gaolgate Street and Gaol Square. Charles Clark's garage and Christ Church can be seen in the background, with Stafford Gaol in the distance. The shops on the right hand side include ...
Gaolgate Street, Stafford
On the extreme left on the corner of Crabbery Street and Gaolgate Street, is J Hepworth & Son, gentlemen's outfitters who moved into these premises in 1911. The company moved out in 1970 and later it ...
Gaolgate Street, Stafford
This view was taken on Gaolgate Street in January 1966 looking south from nearby Gaol Square. On the right at roof level a ‘Snowflake’ and a string of lights can be seen which formed part of the Christmas ...
General Store, Christopher Terrace, Stafford
May Clayton and her brother Henry White outside their general stores at 16, Christopher Terrace, Stafford, on the corner with St. Leonard’s Road. Henry had been invalided out of the Army and together ...
General stores and off licence, Mill Street, Cannock
Two women and a baby outside Elizabeth Lloyd's off licence and general stores on Mill Street, Cannock. The shop window advertises beer from Butler's brewery, Wolverhampton. The building is next to a ...
General Stores, Water Street, Stafford
This view of the General Stores on the corner of Water Street was taken from by Tenterbanks and Mill Bank.
Note the advertisements on the shop for Woodbines cigarettes with a dispensing machine below ...
George Horne & Son, Auctioneers, Stafford,
George Horne Auctioneers at 16 Salter Street. George is pictured with his brother Sidney, a well known local historian.
Giusso Bros ice cream advertisement, Stafford
An advertisement or testimonial for Giusso's ice cream, 32 Mill Street, Stafford. Black print on white paper, the inscription reads: '32 Mill Street, Stafford. Walsall, March 13th, 1903. Report on ...
Green Bridge, Bridge Street, Stafford
Pictured is the Green Bridge which spans the River Sow, on Bridge Street, Stafford.
On the extreme left there are the two roof gables of the Coach and Horses public house on Mill Bank, the next lower ...
Greengate Street and South Walls corner, Stafford
This view looks north along Greengate Street from the Bridge Street junction with Mill Bank on the left and South Walls corner on the right.
The corner shop on the right is No. 25 Greengate Street ...
Greengate Street, Stafford
View of Greengate looking towards the Market Square with the sign for Mill Street on the left. A sign on the left advertises H. Howard's opticians.
Greengate Street, Stafford
On the left on the corner with Mill Street is No. 37 Greengate Street, Dobson's tobacconist’s shop, which was founded by Arthur Dobson there around 1903.
More recently, until 2025, the shop was occupied ...