Soldiers on Cannock Chase
Three soldiers on the northern side of Cannock Chase during the First World war. This location is probably one of the main tracks leading down to the Sherbrook Valley. The soldiers would have been stationed ...
Pye Green, Hednesford
Colour-tinted postcard view of a path through deciduous trees into a fenced grassed area.
The Green and Council House, Cannock
The house known as 'The Green' is thought to date from the 1730s. A ladies' boarding school in the early 1800s, it was purchased by Cannock Urban District Council in 1927 and was opened as The Council ...
Views of Cannock Chase
A composite postcard picture with five vews of Cannock Chase: Cross Ways, Pottle Pool; Dutton Mills falls (Dutton's Pool at Slitting Mill is now more commonly known as Horns Pool. The water fall below ...
The Drill Hall, Shelton
Photograph of the Drill Hall on Collage Road Shelton. The inscription reads: "1837 The Head Quarters of the Hanley Companies 1st Vol Bat Ns Reg 1897".
The building was designed as the headquarters ...
Cannock Chase views
A colour postcard with three views of Cannock Chase.
Postcard published by A.W.Bourne, 32 Babingley Drive, Leicester.
Cannock Chase, near Milford
This postcard is titled 'The Chase, Hednesford' but it is in fact on the other side of Cannock Chase showing the A513 approaching Milford theough the Satnall Hills. The track to the Punch Bowl is on the ...
CLX Plaque unveiling, Alton Towers
From left to right: Capt. Philip Whitehouse, Patrick Lichfield, Jake Whitehouse, unknown.
CLX Plaque unveiling, Alton Towers
From left to right: Capt. Philip Whitehouse, Patrick Lichfield and Jake Whitehouse.
West Midlands Military Historical Society Exhibition, Stafford
Jake Whitehouse holding a collection of military cap badges at an exhibition organised by West Midlands Military Historical Society, held at Riverside Receation Centre.
West Midlands Military Historical Society Exhibition, Stafford
A group pictured at an exhibition organised by West Midlands Military Historical Society, held at Riverside Receeation Centre, Stafford.
Left to right: unknown, Jim Farndell, unknown, Jake Whitehouse....
West Midlands Military Historical Society Exhibition, Stafford
Jim Farndell (left) and Jake Whitehouse at an exhibition organised by West Midlands Military Historical Society, held at Riverside Receeation Centre.
Hednesford views
An unusually decorative postcard with two unrelated views of Hednesford and area: Stafford Lane, Hednesford and Moors Gorse Waterworks pumping station.
Brindley Village, Cannock Chase
The Ministry of Pensions Hospital at Brindley Heath on Cannock Chase. The Military Hospital was built in 1916 to serve both Brocton and Rugeley army training camps. The hospital had twelve wards with ...
Souvenir postcard, Cheslyn Hay
A souvenir postcard with a floral design incorporating a street scene which includes a church framed by an upturned horse-shoe, captioned 'With Loving Wishes from Cheslyn Hay' and a verse below. The generic ...
Shoal Hill, Cannock
Shoal Hill was a popular place for Cannock inhabitants to play, promenade and socialise. The roadside barriers, where the road surface was higher than the adjacent verges, were locally known as the ...
Hatherton Park
Hatherton Hall is a Grade 2 listed building built in 1817 in the Tudor Gothic style for Moreton Wallhouse Esq. It replaced a previous mediaeval manor house.
This postcard by F. Frith & Son of Reigate ...
Market Street, Hednesford
A busy scene on Market Street, Hednesford. The building with the diamond-shaped windows on the left hand edge is the Electric Palace. Built as a roller-skating rink in 1910, its maple wood floor was ...