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Magical Story
Magical Story is the latest to reside at 38-40 Baker’s Lane opening after the closure of Past Times in 2012. The store closed in March 2020 due to the location needing intense refurbishment and the current lease ending.
Aldi
Farm supplies Burgess stood on this location for many years next to the old Smithfield cattle market. German discount supermarket Adli moved to the site in the 1990’s.   During the redevelopment of the area in 2009 for the...
Adams
Childrenswear chain Adams went into administration in 2008 / 2009. The store closed and the location was taken up by Infusion and then Past Times. You can see from the photo Costa coffee had added it’s outside area.
Past Times
Once the site of the childrenswear chain Adams. Past Times was retailer, specialising in gifts, as well as retro goods. The company went into administration in January 2012.
Woolworths
Famous for its pick-n-mix Woolworths stores faded from the high street in December 2008.
Christophers Ltd - Bakers Lane Shopping Precinct
Long before Jessops, Christophers was the main photography shop in Lichfield a place to pick a bargin. Once the redevelopment started in the 1990s they relocated to a smaller shop on St Johns Street.
Carols
Texas Homecare was the first store to occupy this location until the mid 1990s. Most people from Lichfield will remember it as Carols - The supermarket with a whole lot more! the place for all your cut price items before Lichfield...
Focus
Storms cloud gather over Focus. The site was purchased by Tesco to combined with there existing land for the building of the new tesco mini mart.
Tesco
Tesco as it looked before it was demolished in 2009.  The cleared area in the photo below was the former Focus DIY store. This was the first to go in late 2008.
Post Office
The main Lichfield Post Office as it stood in 1996. After demolition Lichfield was left without a city centre post office until the rebuild was complete. A post office then opened next to Clintons cards.  The loading area of the...