Gaol Square, Stafford
A view of Gaol Square, Stafford published by Valentine's of Dundee and London in 1934. The Card was not posted until 14th July 1942.
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 ...
Edwin Bostock & Co. Ltd, Lotus Shoe Factory, Stafford
The Lotus Shoe Factory on the Sandon Road. Postcard published by William Shaw of Burslem
Edwin Bostock & Co. Ltd, Lotus Shoe Factory, Stafford
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded in the eighteenth century by Thomas Bostock, a cobbler. His three sons started their own factories in Stafford, Stone and Northampton. Edwin Bostock's ...
County Buildings, Stafford
The buildings were designed by an emerging young architect, Henry Hare and opened in October 1895. Henry won £150 in a competition in 1892 to design the new council hall in which County Councillors could ...
Corporation Street Council Schools, Stafford
Built in 1895. The first headmaster was John Wheeldon, who first came to Stafford in 1880 as Headmaster of the British School in Earl Street. In 1895 he became the first Headmaster of Corporation Street ...
Brookfield's, Stafford
Brookfields shop was on the corner of Market Square and Greengate Street. It was run by brothers Arthur and Stuart Brookfield. In 1909 Stuart died when he fell from his horse at the top of Baswich Lane. ...
Brookfield's, Stafford
Brookfield's shop was on the corner of Market Square and Greengate Street. One of a series of cards used for advertising, this one depicts the furniture department. The shop was owned by brothers Arthur ...
Bridge Street, Stafford
Bridge Street, showing the Picture House cinema which opened in 1914, and on the right the tower of the Royal Brine Baths.
This card was first published by Valentine in 1934 but the message on the ...
Bridge Street, Stafford
Bridge Street, showing the Picture House cinema which opened on 23rd February, 1914.
Postcard published by William Shaw of Burslem
Victoria Square, Stafford
Victoria Square before the erection of the War Memorial. St. Mary's Church on the left. On the right is the Bird in Hand public house.
Postcard published by William Shaw of Burslem
Victoria Square, Stafford
A view of Victoria Square with the Technical School on the left and the Stafford War Memorial in the centre. The memorial made by Joseph Whitehead and sons was dedicated on 28 October, 1922. St. Mary's ...
Victoria Square, Stafford
Victoria Square with the Technical School on the left and St Mary's Church centre left.
Postcard published by Stewart & Woolf of London.
Vine Hotel, Stafford
The Vine in Salter Street was listed as the Saracen's Head in 1606, although it could well be dated back to before that as Le Saracin Head in 1468, either on the site or in that area. It was renamed as ...
Vine Hotel, Stafford
The Vine in Salter Street was listed as The Saracen's Head in 1606, although it could well be dated back to before that as Le Saracin Head in 1468, either on the site or in that area. It was renamed as ...
Wolverhampton Road, Stafford
Wolverhampton Road looking towards Stafford town centre. The large building in the centre is Camden Place built for Richard Ford in the early nineteenth century and designed by George Gilbert Scott. ...
Wolverhampton Road, Stafford
Looking towards Stafford from the railway bridge on Wolverhampton Road. Shrewsbury Road is on the right and the Telegraph Inn on the left.
Postcard published by Robert William Dawson, Stationer & ...
Shugborough Hall
Shugborough Hall, the home of the Earl of Lichfield until it was handed over to the National Trust as payment for death duties.
Published by W.H. Smith & Sons