Boxing Day Party, Swan Hotel, Stafford,

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Date:26th of December 1948

Description:Boxing Day party in the Ballroom at the Swan Hotel on Greengate Street. This event was a regular charity fundraiser.

Situated in Greengate, the Swan Hotel was originally built as two private town houses in the seventeenth century, joined by a central archway. The buildings were converted into a coaching inn in 1752 and a Georgian front was later added.


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1860s
Swan Hotel, Stafford,
Swan Hotel, Stafford,

Situated in Greengate, the Swan Hotel was originally built as two private town houses ...

1890s
Lloyds Vaults Public House, Stafford,
Lloyds Vaults Public House, Stafford,

The Lloyds Vaults public house was originally built in the late eighteenth century ...

1920s
Greengate Street and Mill Bank Corner, Stafford,
Greengate Street and Mill Bank Corner, Stafford,

View showing Henry Mercer's saddlers shop and the Baths Hotel on Greengate Street. In ...

1940s
Sydney and Elsie Hall, Swan Hotel,
Sydney and Elsie Hall, Swan Hotel,

Sydney and Elsie Hall with the Winnie Grundy Band at a function in the Ballroom ...

1970s
Corner of Mill Street and Greengate Street, Stafford,
Corner of Mill Street and Greengate Street, Stafford,

On the left is Chetwynd House, built around 1712-1715 by William Chetwynd, 3rd Viscount ...

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Image courtesy of: Peatfield, J. Mrs

Donor ref:J. Peatfield no., PT00624, img: 3439 (18/3742)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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