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Demolition of Wolstanton Colliery, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Wolstanton Colliery was sunk in 1916. By the 1960s it was considered a super-mine, with the deepest mineshafts in Britain, producing over 1 million tons of coal and was one of the biggest employers of ...

Plan of Slum Clearance Area 27 - Bath Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This plan shows the Bath Street Clearance Area, Newcastle-under-Lyme, which was later a subject of demolition under Housing Order 1935. The houses would have been in a bad state of repair. The Borough ...

Plan of Paradise Street Housing Order 1933, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This plan shows the houses that were later demolished as part of the slum clearances following the Housing Act of 1930.

The Placemate, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The Placemate was a local nightspot. It opened in 1969 and later became known as Maxim's. There has been a public house on the site since the 19th century, when it was called The Pomona Inn. Several ...

The Salvation Army Citadel, Newcastle-under-Lyme

A view of the Salvation Army Citadel on Bridge Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme. The building was demolished in the late 1970s or early 1980s, not long after this photograph was taken. The new Salvation ...

Rear view High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This is the rear view a part of the High Street. At the time the building housed Abbey National Building Society and Boots chemists. The Abbey National Building Society was absorbed into the Spanish ...

Frederick H. Burgess Agricultural Company, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This is the now defunct Frederick H. Burgess Agricultural Company store on Friar Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme. They were a major ironmonger and agricultural supply chain founded in 1900 in Eccleshall. ...

Northern Stores Clothing Company, Newcastle-under-Lyme

A view of the Northern Stores Clothing Company shop located on the junction between Bridge Street and the High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme. It was a men's clothing company and the proprietor was a ...

Queen Victoria's Statue being lowered into Queen's Gardens, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This statue of Queen Victoria was presented to the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1903 by Sir Alfred Haslam, and was unveiled by the Grand Duke Michael of the Russian Imperial family to celebrate the ...

Queen Victoria's Statue before restoration, Queen's Gardens, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This statue of Queen Victoria was originally unveiled by Sir Alfred Haslam in September 1903. It moved from Nelson Place to Station Walks in 1963, and moved again in 2001 to its current location in Queen's ...

Unveiling Queen Victoria's Statue, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This statue of Queen Victoria was presented to the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1903 by Sir Alfred Haslam, and was unveiled on 5th November 1903 by the Grand Duke Michael of the Russian Imperial family ...

Queen Victoria's Statue, Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This statue of Queen Victoria was presented to the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1903 by Sir Alfred Haslam, and was unveiled by the Grand Duke Michael of the Russian Imperial family to celebrate the ...

Queen Victoria's Statue, Station Walks, Newcastle-under Lyme

This statue of Queen Victoria was presented to the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1903 by Sir Alfred Haslam, and was unveiled by the Grand Duke Michael of the Russian Imperial family to celebrate the ...

Queen Victoria's Statue, Station Walks, Newcastle-under Lyme

This statue of Queen Victoria was presented to the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1903 by Sir Alfred Haslam, and was unveiled by the Grand Duke Michael of the Russian Imperial family to celebrate the ...

Queen Victoria's Statue, Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This statue of Queen Victoria was presented to the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1903 by Sir Alfred Haslam, and was unveiled by the Grand Duke Michael of the Russian Imperial family to celebrate the ...

Queen Victoria's Statue, Queen's Gardens, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This statue of Queen Victoria was presented to the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1903 by Sir Alfred Haslam, and was unveiled by the Grand Duke Michael of the Russian Imperial family to celebrate the ...

Alsagers Bank Royal Observatory Corps Nuclear Bunker, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The Royal Observatory Corps (ROC) were a group of volunteers intended to provide the Home Office with information during a nuclear attack; such as position and magnitude of any nuclear bombs dropped on ...

Rist's factory, Newcastle-under-Lyme

A view of Rist's Wires and Cables Ltd. factory off Lower Milehouse Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Originally built for the Birmingham Small Arms Company Ltd in 1940 it was later leased from B.S.A. by Rolls ...