Baddeley Green Motor Co, Stoke-on-Trent
Baddeley Green Motor Co, an art deco building at the junction of Baddeley Green Lane and Leek New Road. This building has since been replaced by a large modern filling station. This photograph is taken ...
Bray's, George street, Tamworth
Charles Bray's shop, a fruiterer and confectioner, with its 1930's style frontage. The archway and roadway led to Hamel's George Street Mill.
Broadway cinema, Meir. Photographed by William Blake
The Broadway cinema was opened on the 14th of December 1936. Built in the Art Deco style, it had an angular design, rounded corners, a "grand staircase" entrance and seating for 1,000 people. It also ...
Broadway Cinema, Meir. Photographed by William Blake
View of the Broadway Cinema, just off the Broadway roundabout at Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The policeman on the bicycle is travelling in the direction of Uttoxeter Road (A50) towards Normacott.
The ...
Co-op, Colehill, Tamworth
Tamworth Co-op seen here elaborately decorated for the Jubilee of George Vth and Queen Mary, which took place on the 7th May 1935.
Notice the Art Deco style of the front of this Co-op. Art Deco was ...
Electricity showrooms, Church Street, Tamworth
The angular design of this building indicates that it was built in the Art Deco style, a very popular style in the 1920s-1930s. The building was built as an Electricity showrooms and was known as TADESCO ...
Essoldo Cinema, Burslem
The art deco Essoldo Cinema was on the corner of Bournes Bank and Cleveland Street in Burslem. Originally opened in 1911 as the Burslem Picture Palace it was rebuilt in 1936 after the roof collapsed. ...
Fountain Square and Stafford Street, Hanley
Looking across the old Fountain Square roundabout towards Stafford Street. Piccadilly goes off to the left, with Batchelors (coats and costumes) shop on the corner. Next door is Stead & Simpson's shoe ...
Lewis's Arcade, Stafford Street, Hanley
This is the entrance to Lewis's Arcade on Stafford Street. The Art Deco style arcade was on "an island" bounded by Stafford Street, Fountain Square, Market Square and Lamb Street. Dating from 1934/5 the ...
Odeon Cinema, Trinity Street, Hanley
This photograph was taken from the entrance to Piccadilly Arcade looking west along Trinity Street. The Art Deco style Odeon Cinema stood on the corner of Lower Foundry Street. Opened in 1938, this was ...
Offices, Universal Wheel Grinding Co., Stafford,
The Universal Grinding Wheel Co. was established on Doxey Road in 1913. The offices opened on 21st January 1938. The Accounts Department is to the top right of the office building.
By the 1970s the ...
Pool House, Trentham
This Art Deco House sat high on a hill above the open-air swimming baths at Trentham. It was built in 1935 at the same time as the Swimming Pool which opened on the 9th July 1935. Pool House was the ...
Stafford Street and Lewis's Arcade, Hanley
Lewis's Arcade and 1935 store on Stafford Street. This was the view south along Stafford Street from the corner of New Hall Street. On the left hand edge is the "new" Lewis's store under construction. ...
Stafford Street, Hanley
This was the view northwards along Stafford Street from Miles Bank at the bottom of Fountain Square, in the early 1960s. Trinity Street is off the photograph to the left. On the right is the "island ...
The English Electric Company and the LMS 10000
The LMS (London, Midland and Scottish Railway) Diesel Electric Locomotive No 10000.
The locomotive was designed by the LMS Chief Mechanical Engineer, H G Ivatt. The English Electric Company was ...
The English Electric Company and the LMS 10000
The LMS (London, Midland and Scottish Railway) Diesel Electric Locomotive No 10000 under construction at Derby Railway Works.
The locomotive was designed by the LMS Chief Mechanical Engineer, H G ...
The English Electric Company and the LMS 10000
The LMS (London, Midland and Scottish Railway) Diesel Electric Locomotive No 10000.
The locomotive was designed by the LMS Chief Mechanical Engineer, H G Ivatt. The English Electric Company was ...
The Palace Picture House, Tunstall
The art deco Palace Picture House (or Palace CInema) was on The Boulevard opposite the Memorial Gardens. Opened in 1909 on what was then known as Station Road, the Palace Picture House was the first purpose ...