Date:1889
Description:View looking towards Eastgate Street. In the distance can be seen Eastgate House, formerly the office of the Chief Constable and, later, the Registry Office. On the right are the Old Blue Posts and the Fountain Inn. On the left are the Old Blue Posts and the Fountain Inn. The Old Blue Posts was close to the Lyceum Theatre, which it relied on for much of its trade. When the theatre began to decline, so did the inn and the landlord Will J Bird was forced to declare himself bankrupt in 1905. Eleys Stafford Brewery took over the inn later that year. This view today would be taken up by the County Council offices on the right and the County buildings, erected in 1895, on the left.
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View of Stafford from the east. The churches of St. Chad's (left) and St. Mary's ...
Watercolour painting by Great Haywood born sculptor and artist Samuel Peploe Wood ...
View looking towards Greengate Street. On the left are the Old Blue Posts and ...
The Playhouse Theatre in Martin Street was formerly known as The Lyceum Theatre. ...
Christmas concert performed at the Borough Hall, Eastgate Street. Corporation ...
View over Greengate Street and down Martin Street. On the right can be seen the ...
Stafford Borough and British Legion Band standing outside the Borough Hall in Eastgate ...
Some commodities such as petrol, coal, food and drink are sold by weight, measure ...
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Donor ref:P98.011.0055 (18/1924)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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