Date:1940 - 1949 (c.)
Description:The four-dial clock was presented by George Bruckshaw in 1916, to celebrate his fifty years residence in Stafford. It replaced the third lamp which crowned the Sidney Fountain (erected in 1889 by the widow of Thomas Sidney, a Stafford man who became Lord Mayor of London, 1853 - 1854). The drinking fountain was destroyed in 1928 when a motor van ran into it; the clock was later restored and mounted on a new post near to its original site (seen here). The Singer Sewing Centre later became Birches' Radio and Vision Service and the premises occupied by The Jap Co. became F.T. Parkes, house furnishers. The small shop in-between was a sweet shop, the Mecca.
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View of Gaol Square. In the distance can be seen Foregate Street, on the left, ...
The parade of decorated floats seen in Gaol Road during the annual Trades and Friendly ...
View looking down Gaolgate Street, towards Market Square. Behind the clock is ...
View of Gaolgate Street from Gaol Square, with Woolworths and the entrance to the ...
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Donor ref:P98.003.0037 (18/1386)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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