Eastgate Street, Stafford

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Date:1960 - 1961 (c.)

Description:On the left is Eastgate House, which at the time of this photograph was the Chief Constable's Office. A policeman and police car stand outside. Eastgate House was built in 1683 for General John Dolphin. The house was refronted in the early 19th century and a rear wing was added in the late 19th century. It was later the Chief Constable's Office and then the Registrar's Officer's office.

The motorcycle parked behind the Rover saloon car is a Royal Enfield, fitted with an optional “Airflow” touring fairing and matching front mudguard both moulded in glass-fibre, and available from late 1958, on various machines from the Redditch, Worcestershire, factory. Similar such fairings, offering the everyday rider excellent weather protection, were e very popular in the late1950s and early 1960s.


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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 ...

1870s
Eastgate Street, Stafford,
Eastgate Street, Stafford,

The building under construction is the Borough Hall, completed in 1877. Here work ...

1890s
Martin Street, Stafford,
Martin Street, Stafford,

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

1910s
Group of Volunteer Nurses, Stafford,
Group of Volunteer Nurses, Stafford,

Group photograph of First World War volunteer nurses. They are pictured on the ...

1940s
Dancing School, Borough Hall, Stafford,
Dancing School, Borough Hall, Stafford,

Members of Miss Stitchling's Dancing School in the Borough Hall on Eastgate Street. The ...

1960s
Stafford Borough and British Legion Brass Band
Stafford Borough and British Legion Brass Band

Stafford Borough and British Legion Brass Band inside Stafford Borough Hall with ...

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Image courtesy of: Tavernor, Ian

Donor ref:ITavernor PT00088 (18/2479)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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