Park House Colliery, Chesterton
Watercolour sketch by W. Richardson for his final painting of Park House Colliery, the large pit head wheels, tall chimney and outbuildings in this picture all appear in the final painting. Park House ...
Park House Colliery, Chesterton
This watercolour by W. Richardson depicts Park House Colliery in Chesterton. One large pit head wheel can be seen in the foreground with another to the right in the middle distance. A tall chimney to ...
Patten's, High Street, Wolstanton
Patten's is a family-run furniture business established in 1981. In the background is the former B.S. Marson's garage, later replaced with retirement flats. The former Co-op Travel building is next ...
Pavilion Cinema, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Alderman Robert Beresford is pictured here during his Mayoral year, standing outside his cinema. He is possibly inspecting the tram lines. Beresford owned two cinemas, opening the Pavilion Cinema in 1922 ...
Penkhull Street, heading towards its junction with Stubbs' Gate, Newcastle-under-Lyme
An almost unrecognisable scene compared to today's landscape.
At the top-left of the image, you can just about make out the roof of the Holy Trinity Catholic Church on the adjoining London Road.
The ...
Penkhull Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
At the time of this photograph these buildings were located on what was then known as Penkhull Street, before the whole street became known as the High Street in 1954. The tall building on the left is ...
Penkhull Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph of Penkhull Street in Newcastle was taken in 1927 and shows canopied shop fronts down the right hand side. In the foreground of the picture, also to the right, a small boy crouches down ...
Plan for Slum Clearance Area 104 - Rye Bank, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A 1957 plan for the clearance of 10 properties.
The houses had problems with damp, ventilation, lack of light and worm eaten floor boards.
Plan of Chapel Chorlton Estate
"Plan of an Estate Chapel Chorlton in the Parish of Eccleshall the property of Mssrs Joseph and Hugh Brittain, made in the year 1819 by Charles Heaton"
The fields are numbered and a key at the bottom ...
Plan of Clearance Area 114 - The Liverpool Road, Chesterton
A compulsory purchase order for six properties to be demolished in Chesterton.
Plan of Clearance Area 115 - Meadow Street, Chesterton
Plan for Clearance Area 115 which includes the demolition of two houses.
Plan of Clearance Area 116 - The London Road, Chesterton
Plan for Clearance Area 116 which includes seventy-five houses on London Road, Broad Street, Barker Street and Meadow Street and Holly Place.
The houses were replaced with commercial buildings.
Plan of Clearance Area 118 - The Johnson Street, Silverdale
A slum clearance plan for 2 houses on Johnson Street.
Plan of Clearance Area 120 - The Church Street, Silverdale
A compulsory purchase order for twenty properties on Church Street.
Problems with these houses included damp, dark rooms, steep stairs and the toilet being outside and up to thirty six feet away from ...
Plan of Clearance Area 121 - Red Lion Square, Chesterton
A compulsory purchase order for 11 properties on Red Lion Square.
Plan of Clearance Area 123 - Crackley Bank, Chesterton
A compulsory purchase order for 4 houses on Crackley Bank.
Plan of Clearance Area 125 - Brook Street, Silverdale
A compulsory purchase order for thirty-one properties on Brook Street.
Plan of Clearance Area 126 - The Charles Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A compulsory purchase order for houses on Charles Street, Upper Marsh, High Street and Rathbone Avenue.