Roebuck Coaching Inn, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Photograph of the Old Roebuck coaching Inn shortly before it was demolished to make way for the Lancaster Buildings.
Roebuck, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The 'Roebuck' prior to its demolition in 1936.
The Roebuck was originally one of the oldest coaching inns in Newcastle, but was later converted into shops.
In its heyday, around 1818, about 40 coaches ...
Rose & Co Wallpaper and Paints, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is the Rose and Co Decorating Company, on the Ironmarket.
At the time of writing (February 2025) the site forms part of 'Yates' Bar.
Royal Visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Birchenwood Colliery, Kidsgrove
King George V and Queen Mary visited Birchenwood Colliery on the second day of their tour of north Staffordshire. They had stayed overnight at Crewe Hall.
Birchenwood colliery opened in the 1890s, ...
Royal visit to Birchenwood Colliery, Kidsgrove
Royal visit to Birchenwood Colliery, Kidsgrove
Children from Dove Bank School, Kidsgrove are pictured here lining the route awaiting the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Birchenwood Colliery.
S. Grocott, Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme
S. Grocott, a grocers, located at number 6 Red Lion Square. The edge of the building pictured on the right is Hind's Vaults.
Sentinel Newspaper Office, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is the Sentinel Newspaper Office on Ironmarket. The broadsheet newspaper the Sentinel produced ceased production in 2007, and the paper was bought by Local World.
Sevres Blue and Gold Vase, presented to Holditch Colliery Rescue Brigade, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The vase was presented to Holditch Colliery Rescue Brigade following the Holditch pit fire and explosion which killed 30 miners including an entire rescue team in July 1937. The vase is one of two made; ...
Shelton Bar Steelworks, Stoke-on-Trent
The furnaces of the steelworks could never be fully put out during the blackouts of World War Two, making them a target for German bombers. It is possible that H.G. Wells took inspiration from the red ...
Shelton Bar Steelworks, Stoke-on-Trent
Shelton Bar, or Shelton Iron, Steel and Coal Company, was begun in the 1830s by the 4th Earl of Granville and William Roden MP.
It was a roughly 400 acre site that, at its peak, employed 10,000 people, ...
Sillito and Sons, Market Street, Kidsgrove
A fully stocked Sillito and Sons shop front with shop assistants posing for their photograph outside. Sillito's was a grocery store and stood on this site for a number of years, at least from the 1870s ...
Silver Jubilee decorations, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A view of the town centre of Newcastle decorated for the Silver Jubilee of King George V. This gives a good view of what the area looked like before the construction of the Lancaster Buildings. The old ...
Silverdale Co-operative Building, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Co-operative Group has a long history. It began in 1844 with the Rochdale Pioneers in Lancashire. A co-operative society is owned and run by its members, who share the profits, and aimed to provide ...
Silverdale No 2 Mines Rescue Brigade, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The North Staffs Colliery Owners Association set up their first mines rescue station, in a converted house at Stoke in 1911.
This was not long after the Coal Mines Act was passed; meaning that it was ...
Silverdale No 3 Rescue Brigade, Silverdale, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Miners Rescue Team are pictured here in all of their equipment. The National Miners' Rescue Service was formed in the early part of the twentieth century. Training in the area took place either at ...
Silverdale Vase
This vase was presented to Mr Francis Tyndall by Francis Stanier Broade, Silverdale 31st Jan 1859.
The crest pictures a boar with an arrow through its eye, a bird with long ears and a flag with the ...
Site of Newcastle Railway Station, King Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The site of Newcastle railway station after demolition, looking towards the Borough Arms Hotel. The road that can be see going in front of the hotel and over the bridge is King Street. The railway line, ...