Tipping Street, Stafford

Description:Tipping Street looking towards Eastgate Street. Tipping Street had previously been named Chipping Street, Dog Lane and The Diglake.

Most of the buildings in this view were demolished in the 1970s and in 2025 only two remain. On the left by the lamp-post is no.15, it has a porch with Doric columns extending onto the pavement, this is Grade II listed and at the time of the picture it was a doctor’s home and surgery. Also remaining is the adjacent single storey no.14. After most of these buildings were demolished the area was used as a car park and in later years Staffordshire County Council built their headquarters, Staffordshire Place, on most of the site.

On the right over the arch is a sign for the Co-operative Assembly Rooms. In later years the letters NSP were painted over the archway which was used as an entrance to a hall at the rear of the building. The hall is believed to have been used by students from North Staffordshire Polytechnic because it was a good site for the Union Bar as it was half way between the campus at Beaconside and student accommodation in Highfields. It had been used as a snooker hall prior to this.

The poster on the end wall on the left is an iconic 'Bachelor Cigarettes' advertisement designed by Lester Bookbinder. The nearest car appears to be an Austin Devon with the smaller an Austin Somerset in front of it. On the right appears to be a Rover P4.