Bill Perry, boxer, Eccleshall

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Date:1930 - 1940 (c.)

Description:William Albert 'Bill' Perry was a master butcher and a leading amateur boxer in the area. His father, James Perry, was a butcher at 47 New Street, Stafford when Bill was born on 7 January 1908. In 1927, he and his elder brother, James Henry Perry, opened a butcher's shop on Stafford Street, Eccleshall and it remains in business to this day (2018). Bill Perry died in 1998.


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1900s
F.H. Burgess, agricultural engineers, Eccleshall
F.H. Burgess, agricultural engineers, Eccleshall

A name plate from an agricultural implement made or supplied by Frederick H. Burgess, ...

1930s
Burgess' ironmonger's shop, Stafford Street, Eccleshall
Burgess' ironmonger's shop, Stafford Street, Eccleshall

F.H. Burgess's first shop in Eccleshall, which opened in 1900 on Stafford Street. ...

1950s
Goods label, Frederick H. Burgess Ltd., Eccleshall
Goods label, Frederick H. Burgess Ltd., Eccleshall

Frederick H. Burgess founded his ironmongers and agricultural implement business ...

1980s
Stafford Street, Eccleshall
Stafford Street, Eccleshall

On the left is the King's Arms which was originally named The Unicorn. Its neo-Elizabethan ...

2000s
Burgess, agricultural engineers, Eccleshall
Burgess, agricultural engineers, Eccleshall

Burgess's Eccleshall branch, built 1968-1969, Stafford Street. It was demolished ...

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Source: Mr Pat Trevor

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