Dale's Shop, Stafford

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Date:1950 - 1960 (c.)

Description:This building at 11 Greengate Street was a typical Tudor house built around 1500, although the building would have originally been thatched and the shop front was added in 1826. The building was first used as a shop in 1811 when Bartlem Tomlinson started his ironmonger's business there. Philip Dale was one of his apprentices. In 1826 Dale set up his own business, acquiring Tomlinson's old premises in 1835. The shop was noted by Charles Dickens from the window of the Swan Hotel during his brief stay in Stafford in the mid-1800s. It was demolished in the 1960s and replaced by modern shops.

Note the shop sign, a large copper kettle, hanging from one of the gables. On the left is Phyllis Bentley's shop. On the right is 'The Paragon', a confectioner's and tobacconist's shop. The proprietor was E. Fieldhouse. To the right can be glimpsed St. Chad's Church.


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1870s
Philip Dale and son, Stafford
Philip Dale and son, Stafford

This carte de visite studio portrait shows Philip Dale (1832-1917), brazier and ...

1890s
Philip T. Dale, Stafford
Philip T. Dale, Stafford

A cabinet card studio portrait of Philip Thomas Dale, who was born in Birmingham ...

1910s
Peace Day, Greengate Street, Stafford
Peace Day, Greengate Street, Stafford

Crowds of people watching a military march past outside Lipton's grocers on Greengate ...

1940s
Fire Service buttonhole badge
Fire Service buttonhole badge

The National Fire Brigades Association was formed in 1887 as the National Fire Brigades ...

1960s
Brookfields goods recipt, Stafford
Brookfields goods recipt, Stafford

A bill from Brookfields, Greengate St. and St. Mary's Gate, Stafford, Tailor, hosiers ...

1980s
Greengate Street, Stafford
Greengate Street, Stafford

This view shows a busy scene with shoppers in Greengate Street, Stafford. Later ...

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Donor ref:P2021.019.0047 (37/46885)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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