Description:Lotus Ltd. Football team with a trophy, pictured outside the bowls clubhouse on Oulton Road, Stone.
Back row (left to right): C. Crofts, A. Plimmer, R.Preston, G. Preston, D. Leese, B.Swift, Stan Holland
Front Row: W. Warrilow, N.Butler, R. Warrilow, G. Alexandra, A.Bond, G.Hughes.
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded in the eighteenth century by Thomas Bostock, a cobbler. His three sons started their own factories in Stafford, Stone and Northampton.
The original Stone factory can still be seen behind Granville Terrace. In 1919 the three factories amalgamated to become Lotus. Lotus remained in Stone until the 1970s. The building was purchased by G.E.C. Meters in 1978 and during 1996 it became the home of ABB Meters. The old factory buildings on Cross Street and Oulton Road were demolished in 1999 and new housing built.