Boxing Day Party, Swan Hotel, Stafford,

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Date:26th of December 1948

Description:Boxing Day party in the Ballroom at the Swan Hotel on Greengate Street. This event was a regular charity fundraiser.

Situated in Greengate, the Swan Hotel was originally built as two private town houses in the seventeenth century, joined by a central archway. The buildings were converted into a coaching inn in 1752 and a Georgian front was later added.


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1900s
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1910s
John Townsend's Saddlers Shop, Stafford,
John Townsend's Saddlers Shop, Stafford,

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1940s
District Bank, Stafford,
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1960s
Milford Hall Cricket Club Annual Dinner, Swan Hotel, Stafford
Milford Hall Cricket Club Annual Dinner, Swan Hotel, Stafford

Menu card for Milford Hall Cricket Club's 39th Annual Dinner, held at the Swan Hotel, ...

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Image courtesy of: Peatfield, J. Mrs

Donor ref:J. Peatfield no., PT00625, img: 3441 (18/3744)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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