Retail & Banking
Changing face of banking and shopping in the city.
Mankind Menswear
Offers a wide collection of top quality designer clothes.
New Look
New Look in Lichfield on Market Street on the site of the former London and Mildland Bank. Parts of the building banking histroy can be seen at the rear of the property.
London and Midland Bank
The London and Midland Bank opened a branch in Market Street in 1892 and remained there for eighty years before it moved to new premises at the corner of Market Street and Dam Street in 1972.
Blue Cross
A group of animal lovers founded Our Dumb Friends League in 1897 to care for working horses on the streets of London. 
Bustle
A local woman’s fashion retailer who was involved in the organising of several fashion shows in the city. In November 2017 planning permission was granted for a change of use to a Restaurant & Cafe. (17/00072/COU)
Barclays Bank - 1960’s
Barclays first opened in the city in 1952 on Market Street at number 15.  The bank remained there for twenty one years before relocating to Breadmarket Street.  The front of the building has changed a little since the sixties.The...
A Sanders
A Sanders was on Bird Street for many years. Today it is the Qmin Indian restaurant.
Superdrug
Opened in 2011 as Superdrug replacing the original Savers store, It was more a branding change as both are owned by the same parent company.Superdrug occupies two old shops that were combined to form one. Hall the Butchers were on the left...
FATFACE
FatFace are fashion chain retailer selling outdoor casualwear and accessories for men, women and children, they opened in the old mock tudor building in 2013 after the proposed restaurant failed to open.
Currys
This was the new home for Currys in Lichfield after moving from their smaller Market Street location. The store had many names over the years Currys, Dixons and Currys.digital, this was due to the take over of Currys by Dixons in 1984 and a...
Silk
The Silk Bridal Gowns were the first to open after the Train shop closed and remained in the city for around five years. They are now based at Common Farm, Bromley Hayes, Lichfield.
The Train Shop of Lichfield
Most Lichfieldians over the age of fifty must have step foot into this, one of the most famous shops in the city at one time.  Open late on a Wednesday night, trains downstairs, Scalextric upstairs and a reserve and save scheme as...