Hepworth Building Products on Eastern Avenue finally closed at the end of 2007, by then most of the work force had a gone with a phased shutdown that had begun in June. By the summer of 2008 the site had been demolished to make way for...

This engraving from the early part of the 19th Century shows the original shape of the tower on St. Mary’s church and a building on the market square. For many years the Market Square acted as Lichfields bus station. As you can see...

The church is located to the north of Stowe Pool on St Chad’s Road. The current building dates back to the 12th Century although extensive restorations and additions have been added in the centuries since.

St Michael on Greenhill is a parish church located on the high ground of Greenhill in the east of the city. A church has been on the present site since at least 1190 but the current building dates mainly from the restoration of 1842-43 to a...

Gresley Row was originally for access to the rear of the shops that ran along the one side of the Precinct and to the rear of the Post Office. Both car parks were retained in the redevelopment. The Tesco store was not completely...

Things have moved on a little in twenty five years but if you look closely you can see  a lot of the old 1960’s shopping precinct still remains today

All of Lichfields veterinary care is now found outside of the city after the hospital was sold and turned into residential accommodation.

How we use to communicate.

The photo taken in 2009 shows part of one of the tower defences for Lichfield Cathedral.

The car show rooms and workshops were demolished in October 2017. The site was to be the location of the residential part of the Friarsgate development.   The entire Friarsgate project was scrapped in June 2018 as it failed to secure...