The Recreation Grounds, Stapenhill, Burton-upon-Trent
A quiet scene with a man sitting in the grass by a footpath, and through the trees above the urn there is a glimpse of Burton-upon-Trent’s Trent Bridge. This view was taken from Stapenhill Woodland Walk ...
The River Churnet at Alton
The Rocks, Biddulph
The stones are one of the most southerly outcrops of the Pennine Chain. The edge of the stones is the boundary between the parishes of Biddulph and Congleton, and the counties of Staffordshire and Cheshire....
The Roebuck, Wolseley Bridge
The Roebuck is seen here standing at the junction of the A51 and A513. On the right is Wolseley Bridge spanning the River Trent.
In later years The Roebuck became known as The Wolseley Arms, however, ...
The Roebuck, Wolseley Bridge
This view was taken by Wolseley Bridge looking southwards across the River Trent to The Roebuck, later known as the Wolseley Arms.
A note about this early postcard: due to the Postal Regulations at ...
The Rose and Crown, Biddulph Moor
View of the junction of Woodhouse Lane, Hot Lane, Wraggs Lane and New Street. The old gentleman is Bill Finney, who lived nearby and spoke the moorland dialect, which was as good as a foreign language ...
The Round House, Alton
This solidly built structure with stone walls, roof and cupola dates from c1815. It was erected as the village's lock-up, with the purpose of housing felons. Clearly it would have been virtually impossible ...
The route of the Deep Pit mineral railway, Cobridge
The photograph shows the line of the mineral railway through Cobridge just after it had crossed Waterloo Road. It ran between rows of houses. Those on the left faced onto Portland Street and on the right ...
The site of Trentham Park railway station
Trentham Park railway station was at the end on the short (1 1/2 mile) branch line which ran from Trentham Station on the main line. Opened in 1910 the station had regular trains until the 1930s but was ...
The southern entrances to Harecastle Canal Tunnels, Tunstall
The Trent & Mersey Canal passes through the higher ground between Tunstall and Kidsgrove using the Harecastle Tunnel. The photograph shows the two tunnels bored to take the canal. On then left is the ...
The Square, Great Haywood
View of the north side of The Square.
On the left is the Clifford Arms Hotel. The building was demolished in the 1930s and a new hotel was built on the site.
The Square, Great Haywood
View of The Square from Trent lane.
The two trees were planted to celebrate Queen Victoria's Jubilee; a lorry drove into one in the 1920s, the other died a few years later.
The Star Inn, Cop Mere End, Eccleshall,
The Star Inn was once known as The Rising Sun.
The station and gasworks, Longton
Photograph taken looking east, St. James's church can be seen in the distance. The entrance to the yard was by Murdoch St.
This is the now site of the Tesco super store and car park.
The Station Hotel, Stafford
Watercolour, pen, and ink painting by P. Carlton. The Station Hotel, originally built as the North Western on Victoria Road in 1866 (opposite the station) to provide accommodation for rail travellers. ...
The Station House and the Dairy, Weston
For many years there were two Stations in the village of Weston. On the left in this postcard view is the Station House for Ingestre and Weston Station and on the right is the Dairy. In-between these ...
The Strand, Longton
The view along the Strand towards the railway bridge and Times Square, with the Crown Hotel building behind, taken from close to the corner of Heathcote Road. On the left hand edge is the entrance to ...
The Strand, Longton.
An electric tramcar of the Potteries Electric Traction Company heads down the Strand towards the railway bridge and station. The chapel on the left was demolished shortly after this photograph was taken. ...