Martin Street, Stafford,

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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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Donor ref:P98.011.0055 (18/1924)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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