Bostock's Factory Fire, Stafford,

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Date:1901

Description:Edwin Bostock's shoe factory was originally in Foregate Street, Stafford, but was destroyed by fire in 1901. This resulted in a new factory being built on Sandon Road, which opened in 1903.

Bostock's became Lotus Ltd. in 1919. The Sandon Road factory was demolished in 1998.

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Image courtesy of: William Salt Library

Donor ref:William Salt Library No., Stafford 1B, img: 943 (18/1420)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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