So where was New Street?
Don't worry, I've just found out. Never even knew there was a street called New Street in Stafford despite going past it hundreds of times.
Across the end of it was Cross Street, now just a footpath from the steps at the town side of the Greyfriars shops to the alleyway that comes out by Chell's.
For some time, the surgery at the end of New Street was called Cross Street Surgery, long after the actual road disappeared.
Edit - It seems to be closed now, but Street View still has old images with the nameplate showing.
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But the Dog and Rabbit survived for another sixteen years allowing me to have drunk there.
I don't remember ever going in there, so either I didn't or it was a very hospitable place.