Date:February 1946
Description:This view was taken from outside The Picture House. In the centre is the public library which occupied this site until 1999, when it moved to part of the Shire Hall on Market Square. The building on the right, with the banner, is the Odeon cinema (now the Apollo) which is showing 'When You Came Along'. A long period of rainy weather resulted in the River Sow rising to its highest level ever recorded, flooding the railway station and stopping all traffic. At the junction of Newport Road and Bridge Street the water was two feet deep. Cottage dwellers had to be rescued by boat and one house was washed away.
The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.
View from Green Bridge towards Chetwynd House. Mr Jenkinson, a baker and confectioner, ...
In the 1880s a thick bed of salt was discovered on Stafford Common, during the search ...
Constructing a reinforced concrete raft for the boiler house and laundry. In ...
The brine baths were believed to cure rheumatism, the warm brine improving circulation. ...
Mercer's shop on the corner of Bridge Street and Mill Bank, established in 1910. In ...
Jervis' shop was on Bridge Street. The lady behind the counter is Mrs Audrey Clay, ...
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Image courtesy of: Tavernor, Ian
Donor ref:I. Tavernor No., PT00111, img: 2102 (18/2502)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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