Borough Police Force, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Borough Police Force are here seen pictured with the Mayor of Newcastle, William Mellard. They are outside Mellard's home, The Beeches, which stood on Liverpool Road (now the site of a bus depot). ...
Cenotaph and Anson Street, Rugeley
This postcard view was published by Wood's Series, Rugeley.
On the left is the Police Station and on the right is the Post Office. Note the London & North Western Railway's delivery dray from the Trent ...
Civic Parade, Market Square, Stafford
Crowds and civic dignitaries in the Market Square, Stafford, with the Shire Hall behind.
Great Wyrley Outrage
This black and white postcard shows two horses killed in the nationally infamous Wyrley Outrages of 1903-15. The two mares belonging to Captain Harrison of Harrison's Colliery were attacked in August ...
Horse walker at Police Headquarters, Baswich, Stafford
A newspaper report of the time explains:
"The County Police Force has taken delivery of a time-saving £4,500 'horse walker' which is used to exercise animals. The equipment has been installed at the ...
Longton Fire Brigade.
Group photograph of Longton Fire Brigade. Taken in Union Square, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.
This photograph is part of the collections ...
Market Square, Rugeley
A busy early postcard scene by Valentines of Market Square, Rugeley. Abraham Whitworth's grocery shop is on the left and Harris's ironmongers shop is to the right. The Town Hall's clock tower is prominent, ...