Borough Hall, Stafford
The Borough Hall was designed in 1876 by local architect Henry Ward who also designed Stafford Grammar School. We are unable to identify the publisher of this card which was printed in Germany. The design ...
Bus Station and Mining College, Cannock
The original Mining College was founded 1891. The 1920s building which replaced it was enlarged and opened in October 1929 by Viscount Chelmsford. It cost about £25,000 of which £18,000 was a grant from ...
Chapel, Hawkesyard Priory
Armitage Park, a mid-18th century house, was originally built by Nathaniel Lister. In 1839 it was bought by the widow of Josiah Spode III, who lived there with her son Josiah IV. The house was much improved ...
Elizabethan cottage, Horsefair, Rugeley
Rugeley would once have had many timber-framed cottages, most of which were lost in the extensive fires of 1646 and 1708. This thatched cottage stood in the site now occupied by James Furnishers. On ...
Horsefair and Upper Brook Street, Rugeley
A fine postcard view of Rugeley at the junction of Horsefair (right), Elmore Lane (left, in front of the Globe Hotel) and Upper Brook Street (ahead). The fine creeper clad building was Dilger's, House ...
Horsefair, Rugeley
Taken from the arched railway bridge looking down on Horsefair, Rugeley with Talbot Street on the right. The Station Hotel had previously been the Queen's Head and was in later years renamed The Tree ...
Lower Brook Street, Rugeley
A colour-tinted postcard view of Lower Brook Street in Rugeley. At the time of this photograph it was the main road through Rugeley until Western Springs Relief Road by-passed the town centre in 1956. ...
Market Place, Cannock
An early view of the Market Place, Cannock. The indoor market, built in 1869 is on the left, incorporating Sellman's Funeral Directors established in 1870 and still (in 2018) in existence. Next is the ...
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, ...
Market Street, Hednesford
A colour-tinted view looking north-west along Market Street, Hednesford.
Postcard Published by Evans, "Advertiser" Office, Hednesford
Market Street, Hednesford
Looking north-west along Market Street, Hednesford, the main shopping street of the town. Eskrett Street is on the left just after the step-ladder on the pavement. An ornate verandah over the pavement ...
New Penkridge Road, Cannock
In this postcard published by H.Lunt, Stationer, Mill Street, Cannock, a pedestrian saunters down the road at no risk. Note the street light on extreme edge of pavement with a man in flat cap nearby.
Old Penkridge Road, Cannock
The very smart gentleman in bowler hat, overcoat and with a cane posing for the photograph is possibly Harry Withington, proprietor of 'The Cannock Advertiser' newspaper. The card bears 'Withington Series, ...
Primitive Methodist Church, Heath Hayes
Replacing a smaller 1873 chapel, the Bourne Primitive Methodist Chapel was built in 1899-1900 by T. Mason of Hednesford on the corner of Hednesford Road and Chapel Street. It some seated 400 worshippers ...
R.A.M.C. Chasetown, Lichfield
A black and white postcard of the Chasetown Detachment of the Royal Army Medical Corps (R.A.M.C.) leaving for active service in 1914. They are pictured at the Goods platform at Lichfield station on the ...
Shutt Hill, Rugeley
Shutt Hill is the summit of Hagley Road in Rugeley, dropping down to the Chase Inn on the right. The wall on the left is now further back to provide a footpath but the right wall still remains at the ...
The 'New' Police Station, Anson Street, Rugeley
The Police Station is described as 'new' on this postcard. It was built on Anson Street in 1907 on the Mutton Green area. In front, protected by railings, is a young oak tree planted to commemorate the ...
The Shrewsbury Arms Hotel, Rugeley
The postcard view of the Shrewsbury Arms gives the name of the hotel's proprietor at the time and was presumably produced for advertising purposes. It was originally named the Crown. By the mid 19th ...