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Adams Butter's First Show Trailer, Ball Haye Hall

Fred Adams Snr. bought a small diary farm on Buxton Road in 1870, and his son Fred began making butter there in 1922. The business was ground-breaking, being the first in the country to produce pre-packed ...

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 ...

Beverley Drive, Willfield, Bentilee

This photograph shows part of Beverley Drive under construction. When built in the 1950s Bentilee was the largest post-war housing estate in Europe. It was a self-contained township in its own right ...

Broad Sreet, Hanley

Photograph taken looking down Broad Street. The ABC cinema is on the right, showing Tobe Hooper's 1982 film "Poltergeist". The Mitchell Memorial Hall is just down the road from the cinema. On the left ...

Brocton Gravel Pit, Cannock Chase

Brocton Gravel Pit was worked by Brocton Gravel Company between 1930 and 1960. Pictured are Harold Foster with his workmates. The company was set up by Fred Riley.

Butcher's van, Wetwood

Delivery van belonging to F.W. Shelley's Butcher of Wetwood Farm pictured in Stafford. In the background is Stafford Gaol.

Butter Room Workers posing on a Fork-lift Truck at the Unigate Dairy, Uttoxeter

A group of female employees pose on a fork-lift truck alongside the driver. Unfortunately, we do not have their names. Photo courtesy of Mrs Margaret Hudson, who worked at the Unigate Dairy.

Construction of Riverside Shopping Centre and Cinema, Stafford

This picture taken on the Green Bridge over the River Sow in Stafford, shows foundations and groundwork created to take steel framework to be used in the construction of a new Cinema. The Odeon Luxe Cinema ...

Construction of the Riverside Shopping Centre, Stafford

This photograph taken by South Walls, Stafford, shows groundwork and foundations being prepared for steel framework that would later be used in the construction of retail units forming part of a major ...

Construction Site for Stafford Borough Council Offices, Riverside, Stafford

This view of the site of the former Royal Brine Baths shows the ground is being prepared for the construction of the new Stafford Borough Council Offices. Just below the building site the road is South ...

Delivery of a fermentation tank to Bass, Borough Road, Burton-on-Trent

This fermentation tank is being delivered to Bass Production Ltd., Burton-on-Trent. The tank is on the back of an Allwood lorry and has stickers referring to Bass Production Ltd., and to the makers, Robert ...

Demolition of a Pot Bank, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.

Industrial landscape showing the demolition of a pot bank. Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

Demolition of copper works, Whiston

The demolition, in progress, of the Old Copper works, on Black Lane, Whiston. The site fronts onto the Whiston Hall Golf Course. The site of the Old Copper Works has recently (2018) been developed for ...

Demolition of Railway Bridge, Hopton Lane, Hopton

Pictured is the demolition of the Stafford-Uttoxeter line railway bridge which stood at the junction of Hopton Lane and Sandon Road (B5066), near Hopton, Stafford. The Stafford-Uttoxeter line opened ...

Demolition of Rugeley Town Hall and Market Hall

This photograph captures the demolition of Rugeley Town Hall and the Market Hall which were built on the site of the Shoulder of Mutton Inn. The Public Buildings also housed meeting rooms and, until ...

Demolition of St Leonards Works, Stafford

A view of St Leonard’s Works, Stafford during demolition. St Leonard’s Works in Stafford was originally built in the 1960s during English Electric’s ownership. The site became part of GEC (The General ...

Electricity sub-station at Wilnecote, Tamworth

Tamworth 132kV Electricity Sub-Station under construction at Wilnecote. A Charles Creighton crane is lifting pipework . The signs on the transformer read: 'Yorkshire Electric Transformer Co. Ltd. Dewsbury.' ...