The address in St John Street had remained empty for sometime before Gilmores opened. The location was registered for use as a beauticians from 2002 with the last being Pretty Nails and Beauty. In the late 1990’s the location was...

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...

This local hair saloon on St John Street in the 1960’s is now the Ruby Takeaway.

There are a lot of plaques in and around Lichfield but this one makes me smile. There is not a lot of the wall left and I feel they were just trying to hit a plaque quota.

The Lichfield offices of the Swinton closed as part of the restructuring implemented by the company in 2016 due to drop in profits.