Date:1911
Description:S.J. Gilbert & Co.'s general and fancy drapers shop at 35 and 37 High Street, Stone. The business opened around 1900 as Hart, Gilbert and Robertson. Gilbert's also acted as milliners, tailors, mantle makers, house furnishers and undertakers. They had a second shop at 57 High Street. These buildings at 35 and 37 High Street were demolished around 1980 and rebuilt and are now (2020) occupied by Francesco's hairdressers and the Salvation Army and British Heart Foundation charity shops. Image from 'Staffordshire Past and Present: An Historical Pictorial & Descriptive Guide' published in 1911 and edited by J.W. Bradley.
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Medallion commemorating the establishment of Stone Female Friendly Society. Obverse: ...
One and a half pence copper token issued by the Stone Rifle Volunteer Club. The ...
A.W. Tilley's photography studio, newsagents and stationers at 7, Radford Street, ...
Stone Ex-Matelots with Captain Griffin (seated first from left) in the Jervis room, ...
A view of the High Street taken from the Market Square, looking north. In th left ...
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Donor ref:LH2133_Gilbert#1 (37/41172)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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