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112 Lichfield Road, Stafford

This postcard view shows a house which is thought to be 112 Lichfield Road, Stafford. On the left of the picture there is a woman standing in the bay window looking towards the photographer. This is ...

3 Market Place, Cannock

A postcard showing the rear of 3 Market Place (Church Street), Cannock with a man and woman in doorway and Croquet hoops in the lawn. It is postmarked Cannock, 1909. This house was later Lloyds Bank ...

A Bit Thick for Father Christmas In the Potteries. Photographed by William Blake.

Industrial landscape with the caption "A Bit Thick for Father Christmas In the Potteries". Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Despite an obvious pride in many of the aspects of the pottery ...

A general view of Rugeley

A postcard view of Rugeley. The photograph was taken from the St. Augustine's church tower looking south towards Stile Cop on the horizon. At the right is Anson Street: the small timber-framed building ...

Aerial view of Coton Hill Asylum, Stafford

Coton Hill Asylum was built in the 1850s and opened in 1854. It was originally built as an extension to the County Asylum in order to house private patients. It was to be known as The institution for ...

Aerial View of Evode Chemical Works Ltd., Stafford

Aerial view of the Common Road site. Spic and Span Shoe Polishes Ltd. was established in Glover Street on 3 June 1932. The company was partly owned by Lotus Ltd., the shoe manufacturers. In 1938 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alexandra Hotel, Stafford,

The Alexandra Hotel was originally built in the late eighteenth century as a town house and business premises for Thomas Lovett, a wine merchant. It was situated on the corner of Greengate Street and ...

Allsopp & Sons Ltd. train with brewing machinery, Burton-upon-Trent

This photograph marks a very significant event in British brewing history: the main-stream introduction of lager beer brewing. Previously, supplies were imported from Germany or had been produced in smaller ...

Allsopp & Sons, Ltd., Burton-upon-Trent

A general view of Allsopp & Sons, Ltd. brewery from the railway. Allsopp’s brewery was founded in 1807 when Samuel Allsopp purchased Wilson’s brewery business. In 1859 a new brewery was built on ...

Alrewas House, Mayfield

A postcard view of Alrewas House, Mayfield. The picture was taken looking west with Alrewas Mills in the background and the Mill chimney stack on the left. Just out of view is the River Dove; in the far ...

Alrewas Mills, Mayfield

This landscape postcard view was taken at Mayfield, Staffordshire and looks north across the River Dove into Derbyshire. The River Dove marks the border between Staffordshire and Derbyshire. In the distance ...

Alrewas Mills, Mayfield

A postcard view of Alrewas Mills taken at Mayfield, Staffordshire, looking north-east across the River Dove into Derbyshire. The River Dove marks the border between Staffordshire and Derbyshire. In later ...

Amington School, Tamworth

View of Amington Church of England School taken from the main road. The school was built by the famous Victorian architect G. Street, who also built Amington Church. The architectural details of note ...

Anchor Pottery, Longton

Demolition of a bottle oven at Sampson Bridgwood's Anchor Pottery in Goddard Street in the East Vale area of Longton. These are hovel ovens where the oven stands in the centre of a separate circular ...

Anglesey Hotel, Hednesford

The Anglesey Hotel, Hednesford viewed from Market Street. It was built in 1831 by Edmund Peel of Tamworth, son of Sir Robert Peel of Drayton Manor and brother to Robert, sometime British Prime Minister. ...

AOC Parade at RAF Stafford

Pictured is the AOC's (Air Officer Commanding) Parade at RAF Stafford in 1951. The building on the right was known as the old fire picquet hut. In the background are prefabricated huts, houses on the ...