Martin Street, Stafford,

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Date:1889

Description:View looking towards Eastgate Street.

In the distance can be seen Eastgate House, formerly the office of the Chief Constable and, later, the Registry Office. On the right are the Old Blue Posts and the Fountain Inn.

On the left are the Old Blue Posts and the Fountain Inn.

The Old Blue Posts was close to the Lyceum Theatre, which it relied on for much of its trade. When the theatre began to decline, so did the inn and the landlord Will J Bird was forced to declare himself bankrupt in 1905. Eleys Stafford Brewery took over the inn later that year.

This view today would be taken up by the County Council offices on the right and the County buildings, erected in 1895, on the left.


Timeline

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1680s
Stafford Viewed from Coton Hill
Stafford Viewed from Coton Hill

View of Stafford from the east. The churches of St. Chad's (left) and St. Mary's ...

1850s
Martin Street, Stafford,
Martin Street, Stafford,

Watercolour painting by Great Haywood born sculptor and artist Samuel Peploe Wood ...

1880s
Martin Street, Stafford
Martin Street, Stafford

View looking towards Greengate Street. On the left are the Old Blue Posts and ...

1900s
Members of Stafford Corporation,
Members of Stafford Corporation,

This photograph of Members of the Corporation outside the Borough Hall on Eastgate ...

1930s
Martin Street, Stafford
Martin Street, Stafford

View looking towards Eastgate Street. 15 Martin Street, on the right, is now ...

1950s
Queen Elizabeth II's Visit to Stafford
Queen Elizabeth II's Visit to Stafford

Queen Elizabeth II ascending the staircase in County Buildings. With her is the ...

1980s
Weights and Measures at Work, Stafford
Weights and Measures at Work, Stafford

Some commodities such as petrol, coal, food and drink are sold by weight, measure ...

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Donor ref:P98.011.0055 (18/1924)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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