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Aerial view of Hilton Park motorway services

Hilton Park opened on the M6 in 1970 and was operated by Toprank, and it is now operated by Moto. In 1998 it was reported to be the busiest service station on the United Kingdom motorway network. Since ...

Aerial view of Lancashire Dynamo Electronic Products Ltd's factory site, Brereton

The L.D.E.P. factory was built in 1955 with several subsequent extensions. The two and three storey office block at the top of this image dates from 1961; its top storey housed a conference room and ...

Aerial view of Penkridge

In the centre of this aerial view postcard is Penkridge Market taken on a market day. The market was established in 1978 and is held on Wednesdays and Saturdays, it remains (November 2021) a feature of ...

Agricultural Event, Ingestre Hall,

Ingestre Hall was built by Sir Walter Chetwynd in 1613. By the eighteenth century it had been acquired by the Talbots, who remodelled parts of the hall in the early 1800s. The Talbots became the Earls ...

Albion Lorry, Uttoxeter Dairy

Albion milk lorry fitted with solid tyres. The driver's name is unknown. This photograph was taken at United Dairies' Uttoxeter Dairy. There has been a creamery on this site in Uttoxeter since 1897. ...

Albion Place and Bath Street, Stafford,

View of numbers 1 to 5 Albion Place and 1 Bath Street. These houses were demolished by 1965, and a police social club was erected on the site; this too was demolished by 1984. The corner of the old ...

Albion Street, Rugeley

This view of Albion Street was taken looking towards the Market Square in Rugeley. The woman on the left is Mrs Richardson and on the right is the Albion public house. Also in this scene the vehicles ...

Aldridge's delivery van, Tamworth

Mr. A. Aldridge's Fruit and Fish Merchant's Model T Ford. delivery van. The shop was at 123 Lichfield Street, Tamworth.

ALSTOM Power, Distribution Services

In the spring of 2001 ALSTOM Power Distribution Services had recently taken delivery of this new girder frame trailer, known as A500. The photograph shows the trailer, nearly 100 metres long, being moved ...

Alton Towers traffic on Ashbourne Road, Uttoxeter

A view of Ashbourne Road, Uttoxeter, looking towards the town centre, with a queue of cars heading for Alton Towers.

Ambulances, Heath House Auxiliary Hospital, Tean

Four ambulances with drivers and auxiliaries outside Heath House, near Tean, pictured during a voluntary blood donors day. With the support of the Phillips family, Heath House was used as a Red Cross ...

Anchor Works, Longton

The Anchor Works stood at the junction of Anchor Road, Sutherland Road and Market Street. The Anchor works mustn't be confused with the nearby "British Anchor Pottery" on Anchor Road. These works date ...

Ancient High House, Stafford

View of the Ancient High House on Greengate Street, built by Richard Dorrington in 1595. King Charles I stayed here in September 1642, whilst on a recruiting drive during the Civil War. His nephew, Prince ...

Approaching Dove Bridge from Uttoxeter

A new bridge was built to carry the A50 over the River Dove. The old bridge, which dates from the 14th century, no longer carries road traffic and is now a footpath. This view is looking towards Doveridge ...

Armoured Car in R.A.F. Parade, Stafford,

Armoured car in R.A.F. Stafford's 30th anniversary celebration of the No. 2 MT Squadron formed at Kings College Cambridge in 1940. The car, complete with gun turret and R.A.F. markings, is a Rolls ...

Arthur Naylor's Nurseries, Bolehall Manor, Tamworth

Arthur Naylor's greenhouses at the Amington Road nurseries. In the left foreground is the Reliant delivery van. Jack Naylor is standing in the background. Naylor's business started in the early 1900s. ...

Ash Bank Road, Werrington Stoke On Trent

The building at the top of the street opposite the van is now a fish and chip shop.

Ashwood Road, Fenton

Photograph shows the north side of the road. This area has now been developed into new housing.