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Don't you think it looks odd though, with grey at the top & the bottom old brick?Did a drive by today. It looks good.
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Don't you think it looks odd though, with grey at the top & the bottom old brick?Did a drive by today. It looks good.
I knew the area was rough but didn't realise it was that bad...Did a drive by today.
At least we know who to call for drive-by's now, I've got quite a list!I knew the area was rough but didn't realise it was that bad...
After the RAOB Social Club there closed didn't Don Draper let 'the Buffs' use the upstairs room of the Lord Nelson ?
Not just architects.Architects... 'grey, that's it, let's do everything in grey'.
Or a Victorian 'pub with no beer'?The building was constructed by the owners of various shoe factories in the area in the 19th century. The north end of town appeared not to have running water (?) at the time and the workers in the factories only had the offer of "pub" refreshment at lunch time. Therefore, production in the afternoon would taper off.....
The owners clubbed together and built what was an early version of Costa but with the main brew being hot chocolate. If you look at the two reliefs either side of the keystone you'll notice that they are cocoa plants.
Hence....The Cocoa House
I can't find anything specifically about the Stafford one, but there is this about a very similar institution in Nantwich.The building was constructed by the owners of various shoe factories in the area in the 19th century. The north end of town appeared not to have running water (?) at the time and the workers in the factories only had the offer of "pub" refreshment at lunch time. Therefore, production in the afternoon would taper off.....
The owners clubbed together and built what was an early version of Costa but with the main brew being hot chocolate. If you look at the two reliefs either side of the keystone you'll notice that they are cocoa plants.
Hence....The Cocoa House
When founded the buffs met at rose and crown, along with various oddfellow lodgesAfter the RAOB Social Club there closed didn't Don Draper let 'the Buffs' use the upstairs room of the Lord Nelson ?