Chatterley Whitfield Colliery spoil tip, Stoke-on-Trent
A view of the Chatterley Whitfield spoil tip from the Biddulph Valley branch line to Congleton. The photograph is looking north from close to Chell Heath Road. The railway line is now a walkway into Whitfield ...
Chatterley Whitfield Colliery, Stoke-on-Trent
Lantern slide containing a view of Chatterley Whitfield Colliery, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled ...
Chatterley Whitfield Colliery, Stoke-on-Trent
The photograph, looking north east, shows the mineral railway line serving Chatterley Whitfield Colliery. The bridge in the centre carries the line over Chell Heath Road and the houses on the extreme ...
Chatterley Whitfield spoil tip, Stoke-on-Trent
This is a view of Chatterley Whitfield Colliery waste tip from the Biddulph Valley branch line. The camera is looking north, with the houses on Catharine Road to the left of the photograph. This section ...
Cheadle Road, Forsbrook. Photographed by William Blake.
Village scene taken at Cheadle Road, Forsbrook, Staffordshire.
The Butchers Arms public house can be seen in the distance.
Cheadle Station, Engine No. 12. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Cheadle Station including a steam engine marked No. 12 and passengers waiting on the platform.
Cheadle Station was the terminus of the Cheadle Railway, which was worked by the North Staffordshire ...
Cheddleton Asylum Christmas party
Cheddleton Asylum Christmas party.
A Merry Christmas to All!
The asylum was built circa 1895 and was in use up until the 1990s.
This image is included by kind permission of the Churnet Valley ...
Cheddleton Asylum foundation stone
Dignitaries lay the foundation stone at Cheddleton asylum in Staffordshire.
The Victorians had a genuine awareness of mental illness, and Cheddleton asylum had an excellent record of patient care.
This ...
Cheddleton railway station
This image shows Cheddleton railway station, around the year 1960.
This Victorian station was built in 1849. It is one of only three original stations still surviving on the Churnet Valley line.
During ...
Cheddleton, Staffordshire. Photographed by William Blake.
Village view taken at Cheddleton, Staffordshire.
Including the Leek Road bridge and Caldon Canal.
Cheddleton. Photographed by William Blake.
Canal view including Cheddleton Wharf, Staffordshire.
This view includes a lock, overhead warehouse and bridge situated on the Caldon Canal at Leek Road.
Chell from Fir Tree Farm, Ball Green, Stoke-on-Trent
This is a view east from Fir Tree Farm over the Ford Green Brook valley towards Chell Heath. Fir Tree Farm is just off Whitfield Road in Ball Green. Running towards the top of the photograph is Cornhill ...
Children's day out, Kidsgrove.
During the 1984 - 1985 miner's strike there were ten womens action groups in north Staffordshire who supported the striking miners. They ran food centres, organised collections, manned picket lines and ...
Church Lane, Hanford
The view east along Church Lane from the bend just before St Matthias' Church (on the left). Behind the bushes on the left is the churchyard. The cluster of houses on the right remain much the same. Standing ...
City Road, Stoke upon Trent
A view from the corner of Oldmill Street east towards the railway bridge over City Road. The corner shop was an off licence and tobacconist. When City Road was widened, all the shops and terraced houses ...
Coach service at Alton Towers
The 20th Earl of Shrewsbury in the driving seat of his 'Greyhound' coach, in front of Alton Towers, one of his family homes.
During 1892 and 1893 the Earl ran a daily coach service between Alton Towers ...
Coach Trip, Stoke-on-Trent
Coach trips were popular during the 1950's, and much quicker and more comfortable than the early charabancs.
Here is a company's staff outing, probably from Royal Doulton, about to depart for Blackpool ...
Coal train at Cobridge station
A coal train passes through Cobridge station during 1932.
The bottle ovens in the background now belong to Moorcroft Pottery, but are no longer used for firing.
Cobridge was connected to the railway ...