Swan Hotel and Ancient High House, Stafford
Greengate Street looking towards the Market Square. The timber framed building on the right is the Ancient High House, built by Richard Dorrington in 1595. In 1826 the building was bought by John Marson, ...
The Hednesford Murder
A postcard with four views of places associated with the murder of Mrs Gaskin in Hednesford in 1919. The murder of Mrs Gaskin is not Hednesford's only murder but it is still probably the most infamous.
Henry ...
The Square, Great Haywood
View of the south side of The Square. Note the signpost to Lichfield on the side of the Clifford Arms, and the two trees planted to celebrate Queen Victoria's Jubilee at the entrance to Trent Lane..
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The Square, Great Haywood
This view is looking west to The Square, Great Haywood. On the right is the Clifford Arms Hotel. The original building was demolished in the 1930s and this new hotel was built on the site.
The tree ...
The Square, Norton Canes
This postcard view can still be identified today especially as the corner shop on the right is still standing. Note the gas lamp in road. In the photograph are shoppers and children, and people passing ...
The Village, Great Haywood
View of the north side of The Square. On the left is the Clifford Arms Hotel showing the new building built in the early 1930s. opposite can be seen the butcher's shop advertising 'Cold Storage' and ...
The White Hart, Penkridge
The White Hart Inn stands on the east side of High Street and is a three-storied timber-framed building dating from about 1600. There was originally a carriage way in the middle bay, but this has been ...
Top of Market Street, Hednesford
Save for the style of lighting and the road markings, this postcard view was little changed from that of fifty years earlier. Eskrett Street is midway on the left with the Progressive Working Men's Club ...
Upper Brook Street, Rugeley
A postcard view of Upper Brook Street looking from Brook Square. The shop on the left corner is Pascoe's newsagents and stationers business. They are advertising photographic materials in the window, ...