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 ...
Borough Police Force, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Borough Police Force are here seen pictured with the Mayor of Newcastle, William Mellard. They are outside Mellard's home, The Beeches, which stood on Liverpool Road (now the site of a bus depot). ...
Clayton Police Station, Newcastle-under-Lyme
We know that a police officer was stationed here as there is a 'police' sign above the front door.
Not far from this house is a path that runs through Clayton Woods known as 'Bobby's lane' (a bobby being ...
High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is a very interesting view of the High Street as it is much changed today. The Police station is the white building to the right of the Guildhall. This station opened in 1834, for Newcastle's first ...
Line of track and old canal, Water Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph shows the line of the old railway and canal, with the buildings of the railway goods yard on the left. The road on the right hand side is Water Street and the tall building is the Police ...
Police station, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Police station opened in 1834, for Newcastle's first police constable, and was demolished in 1936. The Lancaster buildings now occupy this site. Here the Police station can be seen boarded up awaiting ...
Police Station, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Police station opened in 1834, for Newcastle's first police constable, and was demolished in 1936. The Lancaster buildings now occupy this site. A sign for Carryer's, a house furnishers, can be seen ...
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 ...