A one time Lichfield was a wash with many card and giftshops, Sarah Banbury’s like many others closed once peoples shopping habits began to change.  Tatlow Cards And Gifts opened at the location for a short time before that too...

Smart Ideas are a family run card and gift retailer which was founded in 1978 with the opening of their first shop in Droitwich in Worcestershire. The company is not linked in anyway to Hallmark cards.  

Opened in the late 1990’s after the the closure of Cecilia Sambon flower shop.

Opened late 1998. Internal refubisment took place in 2004.

Independant toys and games retailer open in early 2016 in Unit 5 after Sports Direct moved further up the shopping centre.

This is only Shoe Zone second home in the city.  Shoe Zone as a whole sells over 20 million pairs of shoes a year. In 2000 Shoe Zone acquired The Oliver Group plc who use to own and run the Olivers Shoes shop in Levetts Square.

Tough times for Mothercare,  owners of the ELC saw the closure of the shop in Lichfield. Shoe Zone moved to the spot after being unable to renegotiate renewal terms for their previous location.

Hallmark Cards and The Works as they were in 2002. The works in located in the former Ironmongers shop Smith and Paker.The Works still remains at the location, but Hallmark closed in around 2015.

Boots the chemist has been at this location for over one hundred years. The building itself is a mock tudor 

Two views of Minster Pool before the improvments to the bank and railings. It was a shame that the work ment the loss of all the daffodils.