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Canal Bridge, Great Haywood

Postcard view of the towpath alongside the Trent and Mersey Canal at Great Haywood, looking south. The iron bridge seen in the picture carried the drive from Shugborough Hall to Little Haywood over the ...

Cannock Chase

A car parked at side of road through a Forestry Commission conifer plantation on Cannock Chase. This is possibly Birches Valley at Marquis Drive, looking towards towards Rugeley. Postcard published ...

Cannock Chase views

A compilation of five views: Milford and Brocton Station; the Golf House, Milford; the Barley Mow, Milford; the Green, Milford; and a view of the Chase near Milford Common. Message on reverse dated ...

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 ...

Cannock Chase, nr Rugeley

This postcard view of a track through forestry on Cannock Chase possibly shows the beginning of Birches Valley Road leading from Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley towards Pye Green. Note the metal fencing ...

Cannock Chase, Rugeley

An unidentified location on Cannock Chase, near Rugeley. The lane is bounded by metal fencing.

Cannock views

This composite Cannock postcard picture has views of: Shoal Hill; Mansty Toll House; two views of Market Place in the town centre; St Luke's Church. Postcard published by the 'Advertiser' Office, Cannock....

Carriage in Heron Street, Rugeley

An ornately framed postcard photo of a Landau carriage drawn by a single horse passing in front of 51, Heron Street, Rugeley. The event and the identity of the passengers is unknown.

Chaseley Road and Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley

A view clearly recognisable today: Chaseley Road on the left joins Penkridge Bank Road, looking towards Rugeley. The current Chase Inn can be seen amongst the trees on the left. It had previously been ...

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 ...

Colton Bridge

A colour-tinted postcard view of the bridge over the Moreton Brook, Bellamour Way in Colton. Postcard published by Pascoe and Son, Rugeley and postmarked 5 July 1914.

Construction workers, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase

The workers came from far and wide to build the Camps and some were later conscripted and trained there when the volunteer numbers started to dry up in 1916. The military railway was now being used to ...

Construction workers, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase

Local railway stock from West Cannock Colliery was requisitioned to haul the raw materials to build the Camps. This image shows London and North Western Railway rolling stock and may well be in the very ...

Courtship, Milford, Brocton Camp

The postcard infers that the troops are fraternizing with the locals or maybe their loved ones came to visit and stay in rooms close to the Camp. It is known that many people let rooms out to visiting ...

Cross Keys, Penkridge

The Cross Keys public house, Filance Lane, Penkridge stands next to Filance Bridge and the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal. Postcard published by District View Publishing Co., 117 Loughborough ...

Crossley Stone and Bow Street, Rugeley

Crossley Stone runs off Elmore Lane near the park in Rugeley. The three-storey house on the right is number 20 Crossley Stone, a late 18th century Grade II listed house, and it is a side return of the ...

District Hospital, Rugeley

The Rugeley District 'Cottage' Hospital and Provident Dispensary was built by public subscription in 1871 after the designs of W. A. Bonney C.E. and stood on Brereton Road on land donated by the Earl ...