Gregson's grocery shop, Main St, Middleton, about 1904
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Walter GREGSON in the door of his shop.
The little girl may be a relative.
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A horse and cart going down Main Street.
Men lounging at a popular meeting point.
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Walter GREGSON, grocer
1852-1928 |
Walter GREGSON was born in Haworth, Yorkshire in 1852 where his father
William was a grocer. In 1881 he married Mary Rose (nee DOXEY),
widow of Joseph BUXTON.
Denis Eardley writes:
"Main Street, Middleton, with Walter Gregson's grocery shop
on the left, next to the post office, in the early 1900s.
The man in the centre is standing at a popular meeting point
for the men folk of the village at the time, to exchange tales.
The road in those days was rather rough and winding, but now,
following the demolition of some of the buildings, most of the
bends have been removed."
Around Wirksworth.
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Walter ran Central Stores grocery shop
in Main Street, Middleton for many years, until the shop was leased by
the FLINT family about 1928.
Stuart Flint writes:
Just above Alexandria Buildings .... was Central Stores
.... which my father leased from the Gregson Family who were the
former Grocers at the shop.
Dad sold near enough everything barring the kitchen sink. The shop was three
storey's high. Dad was a Master Grocer but also had a Drapery Shop at
Wirksworth and eventually he converted a house next to Central Stores as
a Drapery outlet.. We also sold Provisions which came loose, this meaning
that my brother sister and I on Saturday mornings spent the time skinning
cheeses or unpacking new barrels of Butter and packs of Lard or boning
Bacons. In the Sugar Room we would weigh out 2 lb bags of suger into the
blue sugar bags, a tedious job, or weighing loose flour into 3lb bags in
the Flour room. Once a week the flour was transported from a Mill at
Darley Dale in 56 lb sacks which has to be winched through the floor via
a hand cranked crane..We also sold Boots and shoes Patent Medicines
Pots and pans crockery china and at Christmas Toys and Gifts.
Across the road from Central Stores just visible above
the Telegraph Posts were The Barns, one time owned by Gregsons where they
kept Horses and a Carriage.
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Mary Rose was a midwife. Walter also ran the
Middleton Post Office from his shop:
Bulmer's 1895 Directory for Middleton:
Post Office
at Walter GREGSON's | Letters via Matlock Bath
arrive 7 am, depart 6-25 pm | Postal Orders issued only.
Nearest Money Order and Telegraph Office, Wirksworth
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Walter was baptised in 1892 at the age of 40, it is not known
why he left it so late.
A few yards up Main Street, but on the other side was another
Grocer's shop, run by Isaac CLAYTON (1838-1916) and his wife
Sarah (1841-1910).
Dates:
Photo taken: 1904
Size:Postcard
Source: John Palmer
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