Birchenwood Collieries Rescue Team
Birchenwood Collieries Rescue Team of seven feet Banbury District, West Winpenny Slant, after a fire which occurred on Monday 28th April 1924.
Photographed are:
(back row) W. Kirkham, J. Stone, T ...
Birchenwood Collieries Rescue Team, Kidsgrove
Birchenwood colliery opened in the 1890s, most of the coal being used for coke and other by-products. The colliery actually closed in 1932, but coke and other by-product production continued by using ...
Birchenwood, Kidsgrove
Demolition of Birchenwood coking-plant and tar distillery.
Bridge Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph of Bank House on Bridge Street in Newcastle-under-Lyme was taken in 1963 prior to the house being demolished to make way for the Crown Court that now stands on the site. Bank House is ...
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 ...
Holborn Paper Mill, Newcastle-Under-Lyme
Demolition of the old Holborn paper mill.
Merrial Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
View of Merrial Street prior to demolition.
Minnie Pit, Halmerend, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Minnie Pit after the explosion in 1912.
Municipal Hall foundation stone, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The foundation stone was laid under great ceremony in 1888 by the Mayor and civic dignitaries of the time. It contained a time capsule which is now held at the museum.
This is the stone being removed ...
Municipal Hall, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Photograph of the Municipal Hall Clock tower and part of frontage shortly before demolition.
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.