Bandstand and Bowling Green, Cannock
A very early postcard where the message and picture is on the same side; the address only being on the reverse. This style of postcard became obsolete when divided back cards were introduced in Great ...
Corner of the Bowling Green, Cannock
A postcard picture of Cannock's bowling green with 'The Green' behind. This 18th century house was modernised in the mid-19th century by Bernard Gilpin, owner of the famous edge-tool manufactory.
To ...
The Green and Council House, Cannock
The house known as 'The Green' is thought to date from the 1730s. A ladies' boarding school in the early 1800s, it was purchased by Cannock Urban District Council in 1927 and was opened as The Council ...
Victoria Park, Stafford
By the bowling green in Victoria Park with Coronation Bridge beyond.
The land between Izaak Walton Walk and the railway station were marshy and liable to flooding. In 1903 the Corporation bought the ...