Date:1956 - 1960 (c.)
Description:Four of Motorcycle Mecca's shop assistants on Vespa scooters, current models in 1954/55. The shop, on Market Street, was formerly a tea merchants and Oriental plaster figures decorated the roof. The building was demolished 1963, and the figures were placed in the care of the County Museum at Shugborough. They are now part of the Staffordshire County Museum collection.
The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.
There has been a shire building in Stafford since the 1280s, used as a meeting place ...
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 Market Square decorated with flags. Victoria's Golden Jubilee was marked ...
The General Post Office moved from Eastgate Street to this building on Market Square ...
Pageant float 'The Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe' was entered by the Accounts Department ...
The Market Square was laid out with flower beds, trees and seating in 1953 to celebrate ...
Some commodities such as petrol, coal, food and drink are sold by weight, measure ...
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Donor ref:P97.004.0141 (18/1369)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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