Remains of Bostock's Shoe Factory after Fire, Stafford

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Date:1901

Description:Edwin Bostock's shoe factory was originally in Foregate Street, Stafford, but was destroyed by fire in 1901. This resulted in a new factory being built on Sandon Road, which opened in 1903.

Bostock's became Lotus Ltd. in 1919. The Sandon Road factory was demolished in 1998.

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1900s

Bostock's Factory Fire, Stafford,

Edwin Bostock's shoe factory was originally in Foregate Street, Stafford, but was ...

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1930s

Spic and Span Shoe Polishes Ltd., Stafford,

Spic and Span Shoe Polishes Ltd. was established in Glover Street on 3 June 1932. ...

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1950s

Construction of extension to Westhorpe Home for the Elderly, Stafford

Westhorpe was built in 1897 on Rowley Park for W.H. Peach, a shoe manufacturer and ...

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Image courtesy of: William Salt Library

Donor ref:William Salt Library No., Stafford 1B, img: 942 (18/1419)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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