CLX Plaque unveiling, Alton Towers
From left to right: Capt. Philip Whitehouse, Patrick Lichfield, Jake Whitehouse, unknown.
Coach Service at Alton Towers
The 20th Earl of Shrewsbury in the driving seat of his 'Greyhound' coach, in front of Alton Towers, one of his family homes.
During 1892 and 1893 the Earl ran a daily coach service between Alton Towers ...
Corporation Street Council Schools, Stafford
Built in 1895. The first headmaster was John Wheeldon, who first came to Stafford in 1880 as Headmaster of the British School in Earl Street. In 1895 he became the first Headmaster of Corporation Street ...
Drawbridge, Entrance, Alton Towers
A postcard view of the Drawbridge or East Entrance to Alton Towers.
Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. It was built between about 1810 and 1852.
The 15th Earl ...
Edwin Bostock & Co. Ltd, Lotus Shoe Factory, Stafford
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded in the eighteenth century by Thomas Bostock, a cobbler. His three sons started their own factories in Stafford, Stone and Northampton. Edwin Bostock's ...
Entrance Hall to Brocton Hall Golf Club
Brocton Hall was bought from Mrs Mary Chetwynd to develop an 18 hole golf course in the grounds. The original golf course was on Cannock Chase at MIlford. The original club house built in 1898 was ...
Forehead, Foregate Street, Stafford
Looking down Greyfriars towards Foregate Street from an area called "The Forehead". The Waggon & Horses Public house is on the right. In 1915, when the photograph was taken, Thomas Puzey was landlord. ...
Gamekeeper's Cottage, Brocton
The Gamekeeper's Cottage, half-way along Old Acre Lane. In 1911 Tom Lockett was gamekeeper living with his wife Annie (nee Fleet) and Annie's daughter. In the adjoining cottage lived widow Mary Nunn ...
George Taylor, Foreman on the Military Railway, Cannock Chse
George Taylor was foreman of the gang who laid the military railway track from Hednesford to Rugeley Camp. He was apparently a tough character and was in charge of the Irish workers who had to complete ...
Golf House, Milford
Reverse has message from their Aunt to Betty and Jack Hand, children of Richard Hand, local solicitor of Hand Morgan (now Hand, Morgan & Owen). The Club house was completed in August 1898 at a cost of ...
Hospital Pageant, Stafford
A Pageant to raise funds for the Hospital was held on 4th July 1908 with floats entered by schools and businesses throughout the town. One of the most humorous was the appearance of the bogus "Littleworth ...
M and N line huts along Old Acre Valley, Brocton Military Camp
This view of Brocton camp shows two types of accommodation hut, those for officers and those for enlisted men. The officers each had their own stove and the photograph shows the hut in the foreground ...
Main Road, Great Haywood
Looking along the Main Road, from close to the Square, away from the centre of the village towards Tolldish.
Postcard published by R.W. Dawson, Bridge Street, Stafford. postmarked 7 December 1911.
Main Road, Milford
The cottage on the right was the home of Eliza Jane (Jinney) Alderson during World War 1. Her parents had moved into the cottage in1866 and Jinney lived there for the rest of her life. She died in 1960. ...
Milford
The view from from Broc Hill. In the centre background is the roof of the Golf House, the cottage in the foreground is on a track leading to the former rock houses. Polly Evans lived in one of the rock ...
Milford Chase
Youngsters near Milford Common and Spring Hill on Cannock Chase. All very smart, is this a Sunday School outing?
Postcard published by William Shaw,mBurslem. Postmarked 22nd July 1906.
Milford Chase
The Green, Milford with Milford Common in the background. Message on the reverse to "Friends" re travelling over 97 miles. Perhaps a cycling group?
Milford Common
Large group of children and some adults on Milford Common, looking towards Cannock Chase, perhaps a Sunday School outing. The Shugborough estate wall is just visible on extreme left
Copy photograph ...