Confectioners, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A Confectioners on the High Street displaying a wide variety of sweets and chocolates in its window. The lady standing outside the shop is presumably the owner.
Copelands Luggage & Bags, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Copelands opened around the early 1970s, and was usually referred to as Copelands Leather Goods. The shop had become vacant by 1985. In its place now (2024) is P. T. Miles Jewellers.
Coronation celebration in Market street, Kidsgrove
J. Dean The Clogger is here decorated to celebrate the coronation of George VI.
Corporation Cottages, Castle Hill Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Corporation Cottages date from 1915 and were the first council houses in Newcastle. They were built as a result of a campaign led by John Mayer, the first Labour representitive on the Borough Council.
Corporation Cottages, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Rear view of Newcastle's first Council houses, built in 1915 Castle Hill Road.
Covent Garden grocers, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
As you can see from the window display Covent Garden was a fruit and vegetable shop, owned by H.M. Scrawn. The shop was on Ironmarket from the early 1970s to 1996. At the time of writing (December 2024) ...
Cows with the Wedgwood Monument visible in the background, Chesterton
The Wedgwood Monument was erected in 1850 and was a memorial to John Wedgwood (1760-1839) who had been a local colliery owner. The monument was damaged in a gale on 2nd January 1976 and now stands a quarter ...
Crackley Bank, Chesterton
A row of houses on Crackley Bank, they were later demolished.
Cripples Guild Carnival float, Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A float from the 'Cripples Guild' decorated for a carnival, pictured in Nelson Place.
The Potteries Cripples' Guild was started in 1900, and in 1907 became the Duchess of Sutherlands Cripples' Guild.
Metalwork ...
Cross Heath Cotton Mill, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph shows the cotton mill in Cross Heath in 1960. The mill was built by Richard Thompson in 1797 and continued to manufacture textiles until the late 1960s. Thompson was a conscientious employer ...
Cross May Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
General view of Cross May Street, Higherland.
Croydon's, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph taken in 1905 from the Ironmarket in Newcastle-under-Lyme shows the exterior of a shop called Croydons on the corner of Lad Lane and the Ironmarket. The picture captures Croydon's closing ...
Decor Supermarket, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is the Decor supermarket, a decorating business that lasted about a decade before becoming King Decor Supermarket. In 1991, it became Big Deal Paints and Wallpapers then Lizzie Home Decor in 1995. ...
Deeko Paper Mill, Lower Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A paper mill has been located on this site since the early nineteenth century. In 1851 the factory was called Holborn Mill. It would have drawn water from the Lyme brook for the papermaking processes. ...
Demolition of the Municipal Hall, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Hall was demolished in 1967 and the present Newcastle Library now occupies the site.
The Dance Hall is pictured here during the demolition.
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 ...
Derelict house on Victoria Place, Miles Green, Audley
A photograph which illustrates the poor state of some of the houses in the area at the time. The door is broken, a window has no glass and there are holes in the wall from an extension already demolished....
Development of Newcastle-under-Lyme Map
This map shows the planned extension of Newcastle-Under-Lyme Borough with the agreed modifications to roads and land use.
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