Stratford Essex 1878 Commercial Directory

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Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 2,610 Send Message	Janet 693215	Report	19 Oct 2009 23:23
	Just stumbled across the above. http://historyofstratford.co.uk/StratfordHistory/Stratford-1878Commercial.shtml In fact the whole site could prove useful http://historyofstratford.co.uk/
Member Since: October 2007 Posts: 273 Send Message	AllanC	Report	20 Oct 2009 08:28
Member Since: October 2007 Posts: 273 Send Message	Commercial and similar directories can be very useful. Quite a lot can be found on Genuki under individual place names.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 5,059 Send Message	BrianW	Report	20 Oct 2009 12:29
	What is fascinating is the rich variety of trades: mostly small one or two man businesses. Compare that to today's high streets where there are two or three suoermarkets, a few clothes shops, a couple of estate agents and a couple of fast food outlets. Somewhere in the intervening period we have manage to kill off and stifle the opportunity for people to be their own masters.
	Researching: Sherwood (Kent); Jesson (London); Worboys (Herts)