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Old businesses
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Alan | Report | 24 Apr 2016 23:21 |
How do you find out about a grocery shop from 1910 era |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 24 Apr 2016 23:37 |
Kelly's Directories/Trade Directroies. |
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KathleenBell | Report | 25 Apr 2016 10:25 |
If you know the address you could look for it on the 1911 census. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 25 Apr 2016 10:40 |
If it was ‘commercial’ enough, they may have placed adverts for either services or staff vacancies in the local papers. Try the BNA either on this site or Findmypast. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 25 Apr 2016 11:31 |
As well as Kellys ( Ancestry have most of Kellys ) the official govt site "London Gazette" has a lot of stuff about commercial businesses large and small. Free. |
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Rambling | Report | 25 Apr 2016 13:10 |
It's always worth googling the address, the name, local history sites and newspaper archives. |
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Alan | Report | 25 Apr 2016 23:51 |
Thanks for all your replies, I need to do some searching. |
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JoyBoroAngel | Report | 25 Apr 2016 23:56 |
We used to have an old fashioned shop near us |
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Island | Report | 26 Apr 2016 11:05 |
Alan, on the 1901 census 60 West Street Scunthorpe is occupied by George Hand (and family) 'Provision Dealer'. No Charles in the household. |
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Island | Report | 26 Apr 2016 11:17 |
1901 |
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Alan | Report | 26 Apr 2016 11:23 |
Thanks to both. It does look like it's our family, I recognise some of the names. We've got back as far as 1700, it was just the George that had us confused. I'm up in Lincolnshire now visiting but when I get home I'll get the family tree out and check. |