Date:1880 - 1889 (c.)
Description:A scene of crowds gathered to see a display of a new Merryweather and Shand Mason fire appliance taken in the High street. Firemen can be seen amongst the crowd in their uniforms. The Castle Hotel can be seen behind the ladders of the fire appliance. The Hotel was opened in around 1820 and was a popular coaching stop for traffic to and from Liverpool and Manchester, before the arrival of the railways. The building still existed in 2002 having been, amongst other things, Tescos and a shoe shop. John Addison Whittingham ran the Castle Hotel from 1868 to 1889 and his name can be seen above the passageway.
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Newcastle was granted a ‘Gild Merchant Charter’ by King Henry III in 1235. A charter ...
During the Medieval and Tudor periods many towns received a Charter of Incorporation. A ...
Parliamentarians executed King Charles I in 1649. England had no king and became ...
In 1684 King Charles II forced Newcastle to surrender all its charters. Charters ...
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John Gallimore, wearing robes and chains of office. Gallimore was Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme ...
A view of the rear of the Guildhall, looking down the High Street. The Guildhall ...
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The Mayor Choosing ceremony is a tradition in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The newly ...
A view of the High Street in the 1970s. Traffic is still going through the town ...
Watercolour signed by Alf Fallows and dated 1995 depicting the Guildhall clock and ...
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Donor ref:PA181 (22/4448)
Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme
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