Stafford, The Shopping Centre c.1965
Photo ref: S411111
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Photo ref: S411111
Photo of Stafford, The Shopping Centre c.1965

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S R Lovatt, on the right, had originally specialised in cheese and in other provisions such as bacon and butter, but as its window display indicates it sold general groceries as well. Liptons, an early example of a chain store, sold similar goods. The clock in front of the garage at the end on Gaol Square replaced a fountain built to commemorate Thomas Sidney, born in the end house on the right. He became a successful merchant, and was Lord Mayor of London in 1853-54. Note the Three Tuns public house with its Joules Stone Ales signs.

Memories of Stafford, the Shopping Centre c1965

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This development included a Coop Department store and a bookshop that I frequented in my teenage years. The Coop skirted around the corner into Stafford Street and two of the original terraced houses on that street were occupied by the Woolrich family of four sisters and six brothers. The two up and two down houses had no bathrooms and lit by gaslight. I would lovevto track down photos of Stafford St as it was.