Brindley Heath Hospital, Cannock Chase
The caption For this photograph was "Farewell to Matron" and she is beaming as she is waved off by staff and patients along the main driveway in front of the wards. Above the windscreen can be seen one ...
Little Haywood views
Colour-tinted postcard with five views of Little Haywood and Colwich: Essex Bridge and the River Trent; the Main Road, Little Haywood; St. Mary's Abbey, Colwich; the Lock House, Colwich; Colwich Abbey.
Postcard ...
Cannock Chase views
A composite postcard with five views of places around Cannock Chase: Shugborough Hall; Ingestre Hall; Essex Bridge; the Bottle Lodge, Tixall; Main Road, Great Haywood.
Postcard published by W.H. Smith ...
Rose Garden, Sandon Hall
The Orangery was built by 1854 and stands in front ofnthe Rose Garden designed by W.A. Nesfield.
The present Sandon Hall was built in about 1850 after the earlier building had burnt down. It was designed ...
The Rose Garden, Sandon Hall
The Rose Garden was laid out by 1854 to designs by W.A. Nesfield.
The present Sandon Hall was built in about 1850 after the earlier building had burnt down. It was designed in the Jacobean style by ...
The Terraces, Sandon Hall
The Terraces were laid out along the south front of the house to designs by W.A. Nesfield in 1852.
The present Sandon Hall was built in about 1850 after the earlier building had burnt down. It was ...
The Amphitheatre, Sandon Hall
The Amphitheatre Garden was designed by W.A. Nesfieldmin 1852
The present Sandon Hall was built in about 1850 after the earlier building had burnt down. It was designed in the Jacobean style by William ...
The Amphitheatre, Sandon Hall
The Amphitheatre Garden was designed by W.A. Nesfield in 1852.
The present Sandon Hall was built in about 1850 after the earlier building had burnt down. It was designed in the Jacobean style by William ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
Scattered in front of these huts are loads of building materials so it must be in the early part of the construction of the Camp. The military railway runs from left to right down Brindley Valley from ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
The soldiers pushing their bikes are just passing the Post Office on their left. It took a while for it to be set up and until then they would have had to join the long queue in Milford Post Office to ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
These young recruits have occupied Hut 27 on Battalion Line "L" which may have been occupied previously by some of the veterans of the Battle of the Somme or have named it in their honour. They were not ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
"N" and "O" Lines on the eastern slope of Old Acre Valley. The long roof line in the centre of the image at the back is the Ordnance Store. The layout of Brocton's main stores and ancillary buildings ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
These are the Officers' huts in front of "P" Lines with the large Guard Hut and Commanding Officer's Office to the right. The beginning of "Q" Lines are on the far right hand side of the postcard. The ...
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 ...
NZRB in the snow, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
It must have been a long hard winter as another postcard shows the New Zealanders playing in the snow in late 1917, but it obviously has not dampened their spirits.
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 ...
YMCA Hut, Brocton Camp
There were a number of large huts sponsored by local religious organisations or sole benefactors to look after the well-being of the troops whilst in the Camp. This did not stop them venturing into local ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
These are "O" Battalion Lines with the 30,000 gallon Water Tower behind, the Officers' lighter coloured huts to the front, and the open-sided long hut on the right was built as a horse shelter but may ...