The Lancer at speed, Whitmore
'Royal Scot' 4-6-0 locomotive number 6155, named The Lancer, pictured at speed on a summer's day in 1947.
The locomotive is passing Whitmore water troughs, at the summit of a gradient between Stafford ...
The main railway line near Harecastle
Looking north along the track of the old LMS line as it passes through Chatterley, taken from the Ravensdale Lane road bridge. The higher ground of Harecastle is straight ahead. This photograph was taken ...
The Potteries Loop Line between Hanley and Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph was taken looking west from the Josiah Wedgwood Street railway bridge along the Loop Line between Hanley and Etruria. This section of the Loop Line was opened in the early 1860s. The road ...
The route of the Deep Pit mineral railway, Cobridge
The photograph shows the line of the mineral railway through Cobridge just after it had crossed Waterloo Road. It ran between rows of houses. Those on the left faced onto Portland Street and on the right ...
The site of Trentham Park railway station
Trentham Park railway station was at the end on the short (1 1/2 mile) branch line which ran from Trentham Station on the main line. Opened in 1910 the station had regular trains until the 1930s but was ...
The southern entrances to Harecastle Canal Tunnels, Tunstall
The Trent & Mersey Canal passes through the higher ground between Tunstall and Kidsgrove using the Harecastle Tunnel. The photograph shows the two tunnels bored to take the canal. On then left is the ...
The station and gasworks, Longton
Photograph taken looking east, St. James's church can be seen in the distance. The entrance to the yard was by Murdoch St.
This is the now site of the Tesco super store and car park.
The Strand, Longton
The view along the Strand towards the railway bridge and Times Square, with the Crown Hotel building behind, taken from close to the corner of Heathcote Road. On the left hand edge is the entrance to ...
The Strand, Longton.
An electric tramcar of the Potteries Electric Traction Company heads down the Strand towards the railway bridge and station. The chapel on the left was demolished shortly after this photograph was taken. ...
The Traveller's Rest, Cheadle. Photographed by William Blake.
The Traveller's Rest public house on Ashbourne Road, Cheadle. The long low building behind the pub was a rope walk.
The Viaduct, Monsal Dale. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape including a steam train crossing the Monsal Dale Viaduct, Nr. Bakewell, Derbyshire.
The viaduct, spanning the River Wye, was built in the 1860s and carried passengers on the Midland Railway ...
The western end of Werrington Road, Bucknall
looking along Werrington Road from close, to the junction with Bucknall Road. Ruxley Road, as was, is the road off to the right, but it changes in road layout means it no longer joins Werrington Road. ...
Toll Gate House, Trentham Road, Blurton
The old tollgate house stood at the corner of Barlaston Road and Trentham Road. Demolished with widening of the junction and Trentham Road in the mid 1960s, the name lives on in the Toll Gate hotel opposite, ...
Torquay Town, Devonshire. Photographed by William Blake.
Townscape taken at Torquay, Devonshire.
Town Hall and Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent
This view along Glebe Street shows the buildings on the north side. On the right edge is the Glebe Hotel, still standing today as the Glebe public house ( a grade II listed building). Beyond Aqueduct ...
Trent & Mersey Canal at City Road, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking north along the Trent & Mersey Canal at the City Road bridge. The wharf buildings (sometime the North Staffs Railway & Canal Company) on the left date from the 18th century. The photograph was ...
Trent & Mersey Canal dock, Sideway, Stoke-on-Trent
A view of the Stafford Coal & Iron Company dock on the Trent & Mersey Canal at Sideway. Some of the colliery winding gear is in the background and the main railway line runs from left to right across ...
Trent & Mersey Summit Lock, Etruria.
The summit lock (lock 40) and toll charge office on the Trent & Mersey Canal at Etruria. The lock is at the junction of the Caldon and Trent & Mersey Canals, just over 400 feet above sea level. Here the ...