Date:1911
Description:Exterior view of Brookfields men and boys clothiers and complete outfitters at 51 and 52 Greengate Street, Stafford. In 1743 George Boulton, a draper, opened a shop on Market Square. By the 1860s the shop was known as Brookfield and Windows. By the early 1900s Brookfield's had also opened a furniture and removal business in Gaolgate Street, a gentlemen's outfitters in Greengate Street, an ironmongery, cabinet-makers and funeral directors. Brookfield's closed in 1909 and a group of managers formed Brookfield (Successors) Ltd. They continued to trade from the shop pictured here, on the corner of St. Mary's Passage. In 1965 Bratt & Dyke bought Brookfields Greengate Street shop. The company built a new shop here before closing in 1973. This building was briefly Court’s furnishers is now a branch of MacDonald’s. Image from 'Staffordshire Past and Present: An Historical Pictorial & Descriptive Guide' published in 1911 and edited by J.W.Bradley
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Exterior view of Brookfields men and boys clothiers and complete outfitters at 51 and 52 Greengate Street, ...
Interior view of Brookfields men and boys clothiers and complete outfitters at 51 and 52 Greengate Street, ...
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