Loton's shop, Abbots Bromley

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Date:1890 - 1900 (c.)

Description:Thomas George Loton's grocers shop in Market Place, Abbots Bromley. Born in Cheadle in 1849, Thomas Loton inherited this grocer's shop from his father George Loton in the 1880s and ran it until his death in 1922. Pictured outside the front of the shop is Thomas's wife Mary Loton (nee Covill), born in Lincoln in 1844.

Thomas Taswell (1895-1989) set up a cycle shop here in the mid 1920s. Taswell's also sold groceries and petrol and remained in the family until the death of Clifford Taswell (born 1922) in 2007.


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1900s
Abbots Bromley Horn Dance
Abbots Bromley Horn Dance

The Abbots Bromley Horn Dancers standing by the Butter Cross. The horn dance ...

1920s
Women's shoes
Women's shoes

This 'Jenny Wren' box contains a pair of size 5 shoes. Produced in the 1920s, they ...

1950s
Abbots Bromley  Horn Dance
Abbots Bromley Horn Dance

Horn Dance outside Crofts in the Market Place Abbots Bromley. The Crofts at the ...

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Donor ref:P2007.006.0011 (37/47679)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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