Over the years it has been the location of a furniture store, several building societies, estate agent and pop up calendar shop. The latest to move in is restaurant and bar Barhaha which opened in 2019.

Long since disappeared from the High Street the MEB was a place to pay your electricity bill and purchase all the white goods you could dream of.

The old Cathedral Gift Shop was called ’The shop at Number 9’ and was located in the Cathedral Close, opposite the west door of the cathedral.The Gift shop moved to it’s new location in the shopping centre in October...

The Old Crown was a coaching Inn dating back to the early 1700’s and extended part way up the shopping precinct.  The Inn closed in 1983, and unfortunately the grade II listed building fell down during refubishment work. The Inn...

Royce womens clothes shop opened in the 1960’s in Market Street.

Marks & Spencer was the first to open in this part of the new shopping centre. The location is roughly where the old Olivers shoe shop was located in the old shopping precinct. Simply Food closed in February 2019 once the lease came up...

The old bakery on St. John Street is now the Ruby restaurant.

One of three sites Kennings had in Lichfield, this one on Upper St John Street was originally the Hiskins Bros.Garage. Ernest Hiskins started the business on St John Street in 1956 after moving back to the city in 1950. He also ran the...

One of only a couple of fishmongers in the city the shop on Bird Street remained open until the 1970’s. Now the location of Kiss XX bridal wear.

Susans Baby Wear on Market Street in the 1960’s. Later to become the lefthand side of the Britannia Building Society.