Ministry of Pensions Hospital, Brindley Heath, Cannock Chase
The Ministry of Pensions was concerned specifically with the accommodation of military pensioners of the two World Wars and from pre-1914 conflicts in hospitals and other institutions in the United Kingdom ...
Moors Gorse Pumping Station, near Hednesford
In this colour-tinted postcard view the main road appears to be un-metalled. The workers' cottages can be seen behind the Pumping Station.
Postcard published by J. Bird, Hednesford.
Moors Gorse Pumping Station, near Hednesford
Moors Gorse Waterworks are mid-way between Hednesford (to the right) and Rugeley. The track crossing the road is Marquis Drives heading towards Wandon. This view was taken from what would later be known ...
Musketry Squad, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
Lance Corporal Oakland looks proud standing next to the young soldiers he has instructed in the art of musketry. The majority of his students look too young for the front-line and will not be able to ...
National Schools, Penkridge
The National School on Market Square (also known as School Square). Built in 1818 by Joseph potter and paid for by Lord Hatherton, it was enlarged in 1889 in memory of Edward Richard Littleton, 2nd Baron ...
Near Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
This view may show the path leading to the Sherbrook Stepping Stones from the Punch Bowl at the northern edge of Cannock Chase. At the top of the hill there are clumps of Scots pines that were planted ...
Near the Brick Bridge, Stafford
This young man appears in several photographs from a group dated 1913 to 1915. Brick Bridge spanned the River Sow.
This image is likely to have been taken about 18 to 20 metres east by south of the ...
New Extension, Stafford General Infirmary
The new extension included a new children's ward, a surgical ward and Radiology and Physiotherapy departments and was opened on 7th May 1938 by Lord Horder, Physician to the King.
The foundations ...
New Free Library, Stafford
The former Borough library of Stafford, originally known as the ‘New Free Library’, was designed by the Liverpool architects Briggs, Wolstenholme and Thornely in 1912 and extended in 1962 by the Borough ...
New Penkridge Road, Cannock
In this postcard published by H.Lunt, Stationer, Mill Street, Cannock, a pedestrian saunters down the road at no risk. Note the street light on extreme edge of pavement with a man in flat cap nearby.
New Penkridge Road, Cannock
The building on the left of this post card view is Walhouse School. Adjoining it is the teacher's house, built in 1828 by Mrs. Walhouse of Hatherton Hall, in New Penkridge Road, Cannock. Here she educated ...
New Road, Penkridge
Looking north east along New Road, Penkridge with the timber-framed cottages of Bowcroft to the right, dating from the 16th or 17th centuries.
A colour-tinted postcard published by A.W. Bourne, 32 ...
New Road, Penkridge
Looking east along New Road, Penkridge. The gable end on the left hand side belongs to the Almshouses, built in 1866 for retired labourers from the Teddesley estate. On the right can be seen the timber-framed ...
Newport Road and Castle Church, Stafford
Castle Church is dedicated to St. Mary and dates from the Norman period; it was connected to the Collegiate Church of St. Mary until 1547. The tower was rebuilt in the fifteenth century; to celebrate ...
Newport Road and Castle, Stafford
On the right can be seen Stafford Castle, built in the early nineteenth century on the site of a medieval castle by the Jerningham family. The construction work was poor and part of the north tower fell ...
Newport Road, Eccleshall
The thatched cottage on the right burnt down in about 1930. It stood on Newport Road, close to the entrance to Johnson Hall. The woman standing by the gate, Mrs Roper, was living here at the time this ...
Newport Road, Eccleshall
The thatched cottage on the right burnt down in about 1930. It stood on Newport Road, close to the entrance to Johnson Hall. The woman standing by the gate, Mrs Roper, was living here at the time this ...
Newport Road, Gnosall
A general view of the village looking north along Newport Road from the Railway Station. The tower of St. Lawrence's church is in the distance.
Postcard published by F. Frith & Co. Ltd., Reigate.