Glendale Training Centre, Newcastle-under Lyme
This was the Glendale Regional Training Centre. The company provided in skills such as forklift and lifting training. It was demolished along with the rest of the gasholder and Smithfield Market site ...
Former Midlands Electricity Board power station, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is the former power station that served the Midlands Electricity Board (MEB), the electricity board that provided for the midlands area. The MEB functioned from 1947 to 1990 when it was sold to ...
Former Midlands Electricity Board power station, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is the former power station that served the Midlands Electricity Board (MEB), the electricity board that provided for the midlands area. The MEB functioned from 1947 to 1990 when it was sold to ...
Brook Lane and Goose Street area, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A view of the gasometer or gas holder. In 1819 Newcastle-under-Lyme started its own gas light company. The gasworks were built on Goose Street. Coal was heated to release gas which was then stored in ...
St. Bernard's Convent of Mercy, Stubbs Gate, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A view of the rear of St. Bernard's Convent of Mercy, Stubbs Gate, Newcastle-under-Lyme. This view includes the former Comet building.
The Sisters of Mercy began their ministry in Newcastle-under-Lyme ...
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. ...
Victoria Place, Miles Green, Audley
This view of Victoria Place at Miles Green shows the general goods shop with the sign 'Sterling' below the window. These buildings were demolished under the terms of the Housing Act 1930.
At the far ...
Victoria Place, Miles Green Audley
The television aerials and the maintained appearance of these houses suggest that people still lived here at the time the photograph was taken. It appears that the building on the right may not have always ...
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....
Plan of Slum Clearance Area 36 - Victoria Place, Miles Green, Audley
Over 30 buildings were demolished in this slum clearance area in the early 1960s. The rural location of these houses suggest that they were once inhabited by miners who worked nearby.
In 1914 a report ...
Rear view of Rye Bank, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph shows some back yards of houses on Rye Bank. Like many other houses identified for demolition at the time they appear very cramped with poor conditions for living. If you look at the ...
Rye Bank, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph shows a front view of Rye Bank, Newcastle-under-Lyme. The shops include a newsagents and J. Chadwick, antique dealer. These shops and dwellings were the subject of demolition following ...
Plan of Slum Clearance Area 60 - Rye Bank, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is a slum clearance plan of Rye Bank, Newcastle-under-Lyme. These houses were a subject of demolition following the Housing Act 1930, due to them being dangerous to live in. It is close to two other ...
Plan of Slum Clearance Area 60 - Bristol Street, Wolstanton
This is a plan of the houses on Bristol Street, Wolstanton. They were demolished following the Housing Act 1930.
Plan of Slum Clearance Area 59 - Station Road, Longport
This is a plan of slum clearance area showing Station Road, Longport. These houses were demolished following the Housing Act 1930, because they were unfit for human inhabitation.
Loomer Bridge, Chesterton
These houses on Loomer Bridge were demolished under the Housing Act 1930. They were described as being ‘unfit for human habitation', due to their 'bad arrangement' and a 'bad arrangement of the street'....
Plan of Slum Clearance Area 84 - Loomer Bridge, Chesterton
This is a slum clearance plan of Loomer Bridge, Chesterton. These five houses were demolished under the Housing Act 1930. The street was probably named after a bridge which formerly crossed over the ...
Market Cross Renovation, Newcastle-under-Lyme
In 2006 column was cleaned and the steps replaced. The Market Cross marks the spot in the High Street where a variety of weekly markets take place.
The Market Cross originally stood in the centre of ...