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Clayton Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Clayton Road pictured before most of the gardens of the houses on the right hand side were taken over by the road widening.

Grosvenor roundabout, London Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This photograph was taken at the time of the construction of the By-pass around Newcastle. Behind the sign the Grosvenor, sunken, roundabout was being constructed. The Magnet café can be seen on ...

Grosvenor roundabout, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Magnet café, Grosvenor roundabout, which was Pinocchio's Italian restaurant in 2002. it is now Pizza de Piazza.

High street looking north west, Newcastle-under-Lyme

A view of the High Street in the 1970s. Traffic is still going through the town centre at this stage and so the High Street is quite a busy road. The building on the far right hand side is the Guildhall. ...

High Street, Knutton

The High Street at Knutton, looking from Nash Street. At the time of this photograph the main employment in Knutton was mining or working at the Forge.

High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This very busy scene is looking south down the High Street. The ring road was built in the 1960s and this removed the congestion from the town.

High street, Porthill, Newcastle-under-Lyme

High Street, Silverdale

Silverdale owes its existance to the many coal mines that were once in the area, and the clay found in the area, that was used for tiles and brickmaking. Today the mines have all closed and Silverdale ...

Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This view was probably taken from the Municipal Hall. The white frontage of the Plaza Cinema can be seen on the edge of Nelson Place, with the spire of the Congregational Church in Kings Street visible ...

Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The name of Ironmarket no doubt came from the fact that Newcastle was a centre of ironmaking in the 14th century. The corner of the Lancaster Buildings can just be made out on the right hand side of the ...

Junction of High Street, Penkhull Street, and London Road south, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This scene is very different now with the Grosvenor roundabout in the centre of the road. The area on the right hand side has been completely demolished with the arrival of the ring road. Notice the poster ...

King Edward VII Memorial Baths, Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This photograph shows a view of the Memorial Baths. The swimming baths were built in 1906 to commemorate the coronation of King Edward VII and have been improved on a number of occasions. In 2002 the ...

Liverpool Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Liverpool Road looking north, with Broad Street on the right. Tram lines run down the centre of the road, probably up to Chesterton and down to the centre of Newcastle. H. Bell and Sons, Plumbers and ...

London Road, Chesterton

This watercolour of London Road in Chesterton was painted by Alf Fallows, a local artist. The scene depicts London Road in 1910, when the trams still ran through Chesterton

London Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme

A view of a quite London road in the 1930s. The terrace houses on the left hand side of this photograph still remain.

M6 Motorway, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Photograph taken looking up the M6 incline towards Keele Services, this view may be from the A53 over bridge. The road passing under the motorway is Lymes Road, which frequently floods under the motorway....

Market street, Kidsgrove

This photograph shows the various shops on Market Street at the time, with all the wares displayed outside. Note the unusual top hat shop sign on the left hand side of the street.

Milehouse Inn, Liverpool Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The Milehouse Inn stood on the corner of Liverpool Road and Milehouse Lane. The Inn was built in 1813 and was demolished in 1932. In its time it was a popular stopping place for people travelling along ...

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