The right-hand side of Bird Street has changed very little in over one hundred years. The stonework on the building on the right along with the woodwork across the windows and doorway is still the same today

The Market Square c. 1900 and today in 2018.

A colourised postcard of Bird Street c. 1910. The George Hotel still remains, the shop on the left-hand side is now Walkabout (2018).

A view down Sandford Street looking towards The George Hotel on Bird Street. Year unknown.

Lichfield Market place c. 1930 The building back of the post card is the Malt Shovel Hotel which is now a branch of Fatface (2018).

Demolition work has started on the old Regal cinema in Tamworth Street after standing empty for a decade. The developers are to retain the art deco front in the redevelopment but I hope it does not suffer from an ‘Old Crown...

A small collection of photos taken just before they started to knock down the old shopping precinct.

The mosaic by John Myatt from a portrait by Sir John Reynolds was donated to the Citizens of Lichfield in June 1976. The mosaic can by found to the entrance of the Bird street carpark. Restoration to the mosaic was undertaken in 2005.

Cruck House in Stowe Street is a timber frame building dating back to the fifteenth century and gets its name from the type of construction used. Rebuild in the late 1970’s it is owned by City Council.

Sitting at the entrance to Becon Park the building housed the Lichfield library and museum for many years but after the library moved to the old Friary grammar school it gain a new role as the local registry office.

Bird Street as it looked in July 2008