Date:1950 - 1959 (c.)
Description:A paper bag from Brookfields tailors shop, Greengate Street. In 1743 George Boulton, a draper, opened a shop on Market Square. By the 1860s the shop was known as Brookfield and Windows. By the early 1900s Brookfield's had also opened a furniture and removal business in Gaolgate Street, a gentlemen's outfitters in Greengate Street, an ironmongery, cabinet-makers and funeral directors. Brookfield's closed in 1909 and a group of managers formed Brookfield (Successors) Ltd.; they continued to trade from a shop on the corner of St. Mary's Passage.
The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.
This carte de visite studio portrait shows Philip Dale (1832-1917), brazier and ...
A lantern slide view of St. Chad's Church, Stafford. the entrance to Peach's milliners ...
Agnes Galloway opened the Zetland Café on the first floor of 54a Greengate ...
Stafford Fire Brigade with their Leyland fire engine. The engine is being driven ...
This building at 11 Greengate Street was a typical Tudor house built around 1500, ...
A natural coloured straw hat with brim turned up at the front, fastened with black ...
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Image courtesy of: Staffordshire Museum Service
Donor ref:88.101.0042 (37/17556)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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