IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Hardy Road, STAFFORD, ST17 9TB

  This photograph was taken from Brooke Court, a very similar structure which at the time this photograph was taken was accommodation for students at the Image Milton Court has been significantly modified (for example, the balconies have been removed) and Brooke Court has been pulled down to be replaced by a small housing development. - - - Click here http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2243531 for a north-westerly view from the roof of Brooke Court. - - - Note: The Date Taken is the processing date printed on the slide and therefore the photograph could have been taken several weeks earlier.

  This is the view over fields from the roof of Brooke Court (which was adjacent to Image) as it existed in the autumn of 1969. The row of houses in the middle distance are on Castle Bank (A518) which, to the right, becomes Newport Road. A short distance to the left (south-west) the A518 passes under the M6 motorway. In the distance, on the hill, are the ruins of Stafford Castle. Since this photograph was taken all the fields in the foreground have been built over with housing and the farm house demolished. To see almost the same view, but early on a foggy morning, click here: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2244917 . See this photograph by Simon Huguet http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1136212 , which shows the view (2009) back toward the viewpoint of this photograph and in which can be seen the Milton Court. Milton Court and Brooke Court were on the same site, although Brooke Court has since been demolished. - - - Note: The Date Taken is the processing date printed on the slide and therefore the photograph could have been taken several weeks earlier.

Thorneyfields lane was once one long lane joining to Bigwood lane, but housing estate roads have cut it in half now.