Stafford Electricity Showroom,

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Date:1909 - 1911 (c.)

Description:View of the front of the new electricity showroom and offices on Foregate Street. Electric lamps and fires are on display in the window and the lettering on the left reads 'The Key to Comfort'.

The electricity works opened on Bull Hill in 1895, supplying 36 shops and houses.

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Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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