Army Recruits at Colwich Station,
Army recruits at Colwich Railway Station awaiting departure. They are accompanied by a local councillor and a police constable. The alternate image is a digitally colourised version of the image.
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 ...
County Road, Stafford
County Road looking toward the Gaol.The pub on the corner is the King's Head, built in 1810. When this picture was taken the licensee was John Wade who ran the pub from 1906 until 1937.
Dr William Palmer's House, Rugeley
William Palmer was hanged for the murder of John Parsons Cooke in 1856 and this was his home at the time. It was rented from the Earls of Lichfield. The murder took place in the Talbot Hotel, directly ...
Fire Station and Council Offices, Cannock
Looking down Church Street from the present Queen's Square traffic roundabout area, with St Luke's Church being out of shot on the left. The Old Fire station is the first building on the right with the ...
Gaol Road, Stafford
Looking north along Gaol Road from Gaol Square. The Gaol walls and gatehouse can be sen to the right. On the left is Boon's tobacconists
Postcard published by William Shaw of Burslem. Postmarked ...
Great Wyrley Outrage
This black and white postcard shows two horses killed in the nationally infamous Wyrley Outrages of 1903-15. The two mares belonging to Captain Harrison of Harrison's Colliery were attacked in August ...
High Street, Eccleshall
A colour-tinted postcard view of the High Street looking towards the Castle Street and Stafford Street crossroads. On the right with the turret is Eccleshall Fire Station. The large white building with ...
Market Square, Rugeley
A busy early postcard scene by Valentines of Market Square, Rugeley. Abraham Whitworth's grocery shop is on the left and Harris's ironmongers shop is to the right. The Town Hall's clock tower is prominent, ...
Stafford Gaol
A colour-tinted view of the Gate house toe] Stafford Gaol, looking north along Gaol Road. The gate-house stood on Gaol Road and contained the reception ward and a room for the warders. The roof of the ...
Tank, Anson Street, Rugeley
A World War 1 tank pictured outside the Police Station on Anson Street in Rugeley shortly after the end of the war. This tank was one of two which were sent to the Army Camps on Cannock Chase for training ...
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 Lock up, Gnosall
Gnosall village lock-up, Station Road, built in 1830. Lock-ups, often found in rural communities, were a convenient place to detain vagrants and local drunks. Only three lock-ups survive in the county, ...
The Lock up, Gnosall
Gnosall village lock-up, Station Road, built in 1830. Lock-ups, often found in rural communities, were a convenient place to detain vagrants and local drunks. Only three lock-ups survive in the county, ...
The Lock-up, Alton
The village lock-up in Alton was built in 1819 and renovated in 1977.
This postcard view was franked at 11.00 AM on 19 February, 1910 in Stafford and posted to an address in Birmingham.
The 'New' Police Station, Anson Street, Rugeley
The Police Station is described as 'new' on this postcard. It was built on Anson Street in 1907 on the Mutton Green area. In front, protected by railings, is a young oak tree planted to commemorate the ...
The Stocks, Penkridge
In the foreground can be seen the village stocks which stand in front of the Old Gaol. Built in the early 19th century, the Old Gaol was the village lock-up and stands on Bellbrook. The building was ...
The War Memorial, Anson Street, Rugeley
The 1921 War Memorial in its original Mutton Green location on Anson Street, Rugeley. The Police station (built 1907) is on the left and the Post Office (built in about 1910) is on the right. The memorial ...