Return of the Lichfield Johnson Head

Hi, my name is Jono and I’m a Lichfield Historian and Tour Guide. One of the iconic images of Lichfield was the bust of Samuel Johnson, Lichfield's most famous son, protruding from the front of the shop at number 10, Bird Street. For many decades the shop was Lomax's, a family-run printer and publisher, firstly owned by Thomas Lomax, and then by his son, Alfred. Later the shop was owned by two businessmen, but they kept the original family name and called it Lomax's Successors, and many Lichfield locals knew the shop as 'The Johnson's Head'. In the early 1970's they closed the printing business and the Johnson bust, above the shop doorway, was removed. Recently it has been purchased at an auction and the new owner has offered to return it, free of charge, as a gift to the city, and people, of Lichfield on the understanding that it is placed in its exact original location above the shop doorway, it is now the Viking Ecigs vape shop. There are, however, costs associated with the installation of the bust: scaffolding, potential repairs to the bust, installation cost, structural engineer's fees, materials and consumables etc.

This project aims to raise the funds to allow for the installation of the Johnson's Head to its original location, with an estimated project total of £6,000, to cover all of the current costs, with contingency for any additional costs, inflation etc.

Please help us bring the Johnson Head back to Lichfield, by donating as

much as you can, and we will hopefully be able to see our Samuel looking out

over Lichfield once again!

*Please note that if the funding total is not reached to allow the completion of the project, all monies raised at that time will be allocated to other projects, all with a Johnsonian theme.