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...
Crystals Chinese and Cantonese
Most will no doubt remember this as the Big Fisherman, at the time one of three fish and chip shops frying in the town.Fast forward to 2000’s and it had become the Crystals Chinese restaurant, a good one as well. Over the years...
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...
Melbourne 2.0 Coffee Shop
Previously the Emporium art gallery the very unimposing Melbourne coffee shop open in 2018 and is proving to be very popular.
Lichfield 1990's Style
A small collection of photos taken just before they started to knock down the old shopping precinct.
Faro Lounge
The Loungers Ltd was founded in 2002 with the first Lounge opening in Bristol in August of that year. Loungers now operate in over 100 locations across the UK.  The Lichfield Lounge opened its doors in the listed building on Market...
Greggs
For a long time it was the home of the Bakers Oven. Then in 1994 Greggs acquired Bakers Oven, its major rival bakery chain for £18.5 million in cash. initially they rebranded the shop as Braggs The Bakers but over time as Greggs began...
Britannia Building Society
In 2009 the society merged with The Co-operative Banking Group. In January 2013, the Co-operative announced that the Britannia name would be phased out by the end of 2013, and they would began rebranding branches under its own...
Samuel Johnson Mosaic
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.

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