STAFFORDSHIRE POSTCARDS, Three Albums containing 761 early 2...

Hammer

£4,000

STAFFORDSHIRE POSTCARDS, Three Albums containing 761 early 20th century Postcards of cities, towns, villages, railway stations and coal mines in Staffordshire featuring, STAFFORD, including The Old Curiosity Shop, St. Joseph's Convent, The Workhouse, The Ancient High House, The Mill, The Picture House, Siemens' Works, Factories, The Prison, Gaol Square, The Library, Schools, Infirmaries, Municipal Buildings, Roads and Streets, River Sow and Baths, Bishton Hall and a souvenir of the Royal Visit 1907, LICHFIELD, including The Market Square, St. John's Hospital, The Friary, Recreation Grounds, Schools, Churches, The Cathedral, Members of the Clergy, The Sword and Mace Bearers, Streets, The Close, The Soldiers Home - Whittington Heath, Whittington Barracks, Locks and Canals and a rare photograph of Mr Claude Grahame-White solo pilot on the London to Manchester flight, April 23rd 1910, signing autographs in Lichfield, this card is signed but is probably a preprinted signature, RUGELEY, including Sheep Fair, Arbour Tree Cottages, built 1578, demolished 1897, The Post Office, Railway Line, The Albion Inn (Landlord and Customers standing outside), The Cenotaph and War Memorial, Streets and Roads, The Market Place, Shops (Manton's, Mercer's, Whitworth's, The Co-op) The Town Hall, Hotels, Churches, The Vicarage, Schools, Hawkeshead Priory and College, The Chase, Etching Hill, The Weir, Brereton Wall Memorial and Lodge and several of RUGELEY CAMP including a German POW hoisting the British flag on Armistice Day 11/11/1918 and Staff and Officers at the Camp, ARMITAGE, including Tunnel Hill, The Boat House, Cottage Homes, The Towers, Potteries, The Bridge, Streets, Cottages and Churches, HEDNESFORD, including The Electric Palace, The Accident Home, Lourdes Convent, Churches, Streets, Canals, a Sunday School Demonstration and the Proclamation of King George V 1910, CANNOCK, including The Bandstand, The Fire Station, Beaudesert Hall, Streets, Shops and Schools, The Courier Office and The Chase, CHASETOWN & CHASE TERRACE, including The Chasetown Churchyard Brigade Company 'Having Snap', The Vicarage, The Pool, The Cinema, Sankey's Corner and Streets, BURNTWOOD, The Asylum HAMMERWICH, Cottage Hospital, NORTON CANES, Pinfold Farm, The Infant School and Streets, CHESLYN HAY, Waterworks, Post Office, Isolation Hospital and Salem Church, STRETTON, The Garage Cafe and The Bluebell Hotel, THE MEYNELL HUNT outside Byrkley Lodge, Great Haywood & Little Haywood, including the famous Motor Car Accident of 1905 and The Square, Shugborough Lodge and The Flag Hotel, KINGS BROMLEY & ABBOTS BROMLEY, Village, Church, Market Place and Horn Dance, UTTOXETER, King George V visit, a Fire, The Memorial, The Market Place, Railway Crossings and Sidings, BURTON ON TRENT, Breweries, The Town Hall, The Market Place and Trent Bridge. There are several other small Villages in the collection but these only warrant single Postcards in most cases. Other significant places of interest include CAMPS at Penkridge Bank, Brockton Camp B and Milford, RAILWAY STATIONS at Stafford, Stone, Newcastle, Penkridge, Sandon, Uttoxeter, Colwich, Great Haywood, Barton, Walton, Burton on Trent, Tutbury, Sudbury, Milford and Rugeley and COAL MINES at Brereton, Hednesford Valley Pits, West Cannock, Brindley Heath and THE TAKEROO EXPRESS, most cards are in good condition (with exceptions), viewing recommended