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 looking north along Lower Brook Street, Rugeley. The Town Hall Market entrance and clock tower can be seen the distance.
Postcard published by Valentine & Sons Ltd., Dundee ...
Lower Brook Street, Rugeley
Lower Brook Street in Rugeley looking north towards the Town Hall. On the right is William Crompton's bootmaking and shoe shop. Next door is Hunter's Provisions and Tea Dealers' shop.
On the left ...
Market Place, Cannock
This postcard dates well before the installation of the clock and war memorial. Looking up to High Green from the Church Street junction, with the Crown Inn on the right. Note too the Monkey Puzzle tree ...
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
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 ...
Market Street, Hednesford
A colour-tinted postcard view looking north-west along Market Street, Hednesford. The barber's pole on the left edge of the card belonged to the premises of Mr J. Bird who was there for over 30 years. ...
Norton Pool, Norton Canes
Now known as Chasewater, Norton Pool was formed in 1797 by damming two streams: the Crane Brook which flowed into the Tame, and another stream flowing into the Penk, to provide a feeder to the extended ...
Office party, Great Haywood
An unidentified 'office party' group celebrating Mr M. Wilkes' majority at Great Haywood.
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, ...
Oldacre Lane, Brocton
Gamekeeper's Cottages and their inhabitants on Oldacre Lane, Brocton.
Passenger steam train, near Hednesford
A steam locomotive pulling carriages up the incline from Rugeley, past Moors Gorse towards Hednesford. Keeper's Cottage, the white building on the left, has since been demolished. The halt at Brindley ...
Pelsall Road, Brownhills
The last two buildings to the right of this delightful postcard still exist (2018). The one facing, far right, was built as the offices of Brownhills Board of Health in 1882 on Chester Road opposite the ...
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 ...
Rugeley Road, Hednesford
This colour-tinted postcard view was taken on the Rugeley to Hednesford road, probably approaching Keeper's Cottage from Hednesford. The male cyclist posing for the photograph has a bicycle with dropped ...
Sandy Lane, Rugeley
A view of Sandy Lane, also known as Hednesford Road, showing the old thatched cottages demolished in 1912. They were sited between the Globe Hotel (off the picture to the right) and Sandy Lane (left). ...
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 ...