Cannon in Stubbs Walk, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Children are here seen playing on the historic Crimean War cannon which was presented to the Borough of Newcastle by Samuel Christy MP. The cannon was moved from its pictured location opposite the Orme ...
Thistleberry Castle, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Thistleberry Castle was a folly built in the garden of Thistleberry House, the home, at the time, of Samuel and Margaret Mayer. The house was on the junction of Keele Road and Thistleberry Avenue, however ...
Two boys skating next to Thistleberry Castle, Newcastle-under-Lyme
These boys are skating on the moat that surrounded Thistleberry Castle. It was a fake castle in the grounds of Thistleberry House, built by Samuel Mayer, a Burgess in Newcastle-under-Lyme since 1820 just ...