Cannock War Memorial
Positioned in front of Cannock's town centre 1902 bandstand, the war memorial was dedicated on May 22nd 1923 and formally handed over the the Town Council the following June. It was originally intended ...
Carpenters and Sherwood Foresters at Brocton Military Camp
The soldiers being trained at the two military camps on Cannock Chase lived in prefabricated huts. These huts were under construction from late 1914 and were largely built by civilian workmen who were ...
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 ...
Church Hill, Hednesford
The postcard view looks down Hednesford's Church Hill to its junction with Uxbridge Street and Rugeley Road, and across into Market Street. The coal miners' houses on the right have been demolished but ...
Concert party, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
Soldiers pictured with a visiting concert party at Rugeley Camp on Cannock Chase during World War 1.
Convent of the Holy Rosary, Cannock
Opened in 1898 by the Sisters of the Christian Retreat, the Convent later became Lyncroft School in the 1970s and then Chase Academy in 1998, since renamed Chase Grammar School.. The Convent building ...
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 ...
Drama Performed by German prisoners of War at Brocton Camp
German Prisoners of War taking part in a theatrical production at Brocton Camp. The play, by a Norwegian author, deals with the impact of the collapse of a business empire in a small town on the Norwegian ...
Edward Buckley with carved wooden chain, Heath Hayes
'Teddy' Buckley worked on the underground pumps at the 'Fair Lady' Colliery at Heath Hayes; so named unofficially by the miners of the Coppice Colliery in tribute to the owner's wife Mrs Bowring Hamilton ...
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 ...
Factory workers, Rugeley
This photograph shows a workforce of an unidentified Rugeley factory during World War I.
Postcard photographed by Bates, South Staffordshire Water works, Moors Gorse, Rugeley. Alfred Bates was a well ...
Great Wyrley Outrage
This black and white postcard shows two horses killed in the nationally infamous Wyrley Outrages of 1903-15. The two mares belonging to Captain Harrison of Harrison's Colliery were attacked in August ...
Hagley Hall, Rugeley
A group of boys, girls and women in the grounds of Hagley Hall, Rugeley, possibly showing a school or Sunday school outing.
The first Hagley Hall was burnt down prior to 1388. The hall was rebuilt ...
Hall Lane, Norton Canes
A framed postcard view of Hall, Lane Norton Canes showing ladies in a pony and trap talking to man. Steep bank on right, pailings on left. This is believed to show the Old Hall Lane leading to Leacroft ...
High Green, Cannock
Taken in the High Green area of Cannock. Behind the boys can be seen Linford's store, now (2018) a Wetherspoon's public house, 'The Linford Arms'. On its right is 'New Hall' built in 1891 primarily ...
Hill Street, Hednesford
This area, old 'Hedgford' or 'Hedgeford', near the Cross Keys Inn is the original 'centre' of Hednesford, prior to its mid-Victorian expansion due to coal mining which led to Market Street becoming the ...
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 ...