High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
An unusual photograph of an aircraft fuselage on a low-loader moving through traffic much to the amusement of shoppers on the High Street.
Woolworth's can be seen in the background.
View of the market on High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
View of High Street looking south.
Lower Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
View of Lower Street looking towards St. Giles Church.
Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
View of Ironmarket from outside the Queen's Gardens.
View of Pooldam, Newcastle-Under-Lyme
View of Pooldam and the end of Church Street taken from St. Giles' Tower.
Taken before the road alterations and installation of a roundabout.
The Orme School can be seen in the distance.
King George V and Queen Mary visit Newcastle-under-Lyme
King George V and Queen Mary are pictured here with the Mayor of Newcastle, William Mellard, on the dais in Nelson Place, enjoying a civic welcome to the town.
The King and Queen visited North Staffordshire ...
Church Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
View of Church Street looking towards Pooldam. Orme Boys School can be seen in the distance.
Note all the large advertising posters typical of their day. .
Advertising Cart on Liverpool Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Cattle pulling 'Atora' beef-suet cart as an advertising gimmick.
Old Vine Inn, Bridge Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
View of the Old Vine Inn with possibly George Rowe, landlord, in foreground.
Mayor Choosing Ceremony for Sidney Myott, Market Cross, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Mayor Choosing Ceremony of 1908 saw Sidney Myott elected as Mayor Newcastle-under-Lyme for the first time.
This traditional ceremony takes place every year, although today there is no photograph ...
Penkhull Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This view is almost unrecognisable today.
Penkhull Street in now part of the High Street and this is a rear view of Ashley's Square, which is now part of the Grosvenor roundabout.
Hanging Gate Pub, Liverpool Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme
View of Liverpool Road and the former 'Hanging Gate,' which was demolished in 1930-31.
Church parade down the High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Photograph of the Church Parade involving Mayor J. Kelly, Captain Moore of the Royal Navy and Colonel Stack US Army during World War 2.
Mayor Choosing Ceremony, Market Cross, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Mayor Choosing Ceremony believed to have been taken before 1880.
This traditional ceremony takes place every year, although today there is no photograph by the market cross.
Unfortunately ...
Clayton Hall, Newcastle-under-Lyme
View of World War II Fleet Air Arm barrack blocks.
During World War II Clayton Hall became HMS Daedalus, a land based Royal Naval Artificer Training Establishment. Many buildings were built within ...
Stoke War Hospital, London Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme
View of Stoke War Hospital which has now become part of the City General.
Colonel Ralph Sneyd, Keele Hall, Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Colonel Ralph Sneyd inherited Keele Hall from his father Walter. Although he spent very little time there, especially in his later life when he went to live in the south of England.
He served as a ...
Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme
View of Red Lion Square with a convey of trucks travelling towards the centre of town. On the right is the Rex and Rio Cinema on the right.