Bagguleys Book Shop, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

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Date:1925

Description:Bagguley's Book Shop was situated on the High Street in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
It also sold stationery and offered a book printing and binding service. The motorcar parked outside the shop would have been a rare sight in Newcastle in the 1920s. The shop closed in 1952 and the premises became part of Henry White's ladies department store.
By studing Directories of the time Bagguley was at No 44 High street from at least 1904 until 1932.


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1280s
Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Trinity Fair Charter, Granted by King Edward I
Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Trinity Fair Charter, Granted by King Edward I

This is Newcastle-under-Lyme’s oldest surviving charter. A charter is a formal ...

1800s
View from Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme looking south
View from Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme looking south

Watercolour by James Hulse of a view looking from Red Lion Square towards the High ...

1840s
Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme

A pencil and coloured wash by John Whessell. This drawing captures Red Lion Square ...

1860s
High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Taken in 1860 this photograph shows the west side of the High Street in Newcastle-under-Lyme. ...

1880s
C.J. Wain, Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme
C.J. Wain, Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The shop pictured on the far left was C.J. Wain's original location before it moved ...

1890s
Post Office, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Post Office, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Before 1914, when the purpose built Post Office was opened at the bottom of the ...

1910s
The High Street,  Newcastle-under-Lyme, during a Zeppelin air raid
The High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, during a Zeppelin air raid

Sunset sky, lamps creating diffused light on a dim High Street through which the ...

1950s
Old Bull's Head Inn, Lad Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Old Bull's Head Inn, Lad Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Photograph of the Old Bull's Head Inn in Lad Lane. The core of the pub is believed ...

1960s
Lad Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Lad Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Watercolour streetscene depicting the road sign for Lad Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme. ...

1990s
Installing the War Memorial, Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Installing the War Memorial, Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Newcastle-under-Lyme did not have a war memorial until 1992. A simple obelisk design ...

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Donor ref:PA 658 (22/23341)

Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme

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