Date:1897
Description:The Diamond Jubilee celebrations lasted three days. Jubilee Day was a public holiday and two oxen, donated by the Meakins of Creswell Hall, were roasted on Market Square. Children sang the National Anthem and gave three cheers for the Queen. Later tea was served on Stafford Common followed by entertainment, including fireworks. Photograph donated by Stafford Historical and Civic Society, who retain copyright ownership.
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Design for a new Shire Hall on Market Square. In 1790 a decision was made to ...
Stafford possessed a market as early as 1206, when Edward the Elder passed a law ...
The Elizabethan House was built on Gaolgate Street in the late Tudor period. The ...
Stafford had held a weekly market since the Middle Ages. In 1853 a covered market ...
Stan Holt dressed as a jester. The annual procession through Stafford ended with ...
Photograph donated by Stafford Historical and Civic Society, who retain copyright ...
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Image courtesy of: Staffordshire County Records Office
Donor ref:County Record Office No., D4080/16/32, img: 588 (18/1117)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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