Date:1950 - 1959 (c.)
Description:A paper bag from Brookfields tailors shop, Greengate Street. 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 a shop on the corner of St. Mary's Passage.
The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.
This carte de visite studio portrait shows Philip Dale (1832-1917), brazier and ...
A cabinet card studio portrait of Philip Thomas Dale, who was born in Birmingham ...
Crowds of people watching a military march past outside Lipton's grocers on Greengate ...
The National Fire Brigades Association was formed in 1887 as the National Fire Brigades ...
A bill from Brookfields, Greengate St. and St. Mary's Gate, Stafford, Tailor, hosiers ...
Passengers are pictured boarding a Midland Red bus in Greengate Street, Stafford. ...
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Image courtesy of: Staffordshire Museum Service
Donor ref:88.101.0042 (37/17556)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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