by Andrew Gill | Aug 13, 2021 | Gallery, Places, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus, Transport
Chasetown is an area of Burntwood in Staffordshire. Originally a coal mining village, the pits are long-gone. This photograph, taken in the early 1900s, is interesting as the bus is owned and operated by a railway company, the London and North Western Railway (LNWR).... 
by Andrew Gill | Aug 11, 2021 | Gallery, Places, Transport
Crewe in Cheshire has always been know as a railway town. It was built on a greenfield site in the 1840s specifically to serve the burgeoning railway industry. Located at a major junction, it developed a range of construction, maintenance and administrative services... 