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HELLO EVERYONE.
was it a workhouse? or somethng like that ?......................

about Wm John Buckley
Name: Wm John Buckley
Age: 24
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867
Relation: Servant
Gender: Male
Where born: Nantwich, Cheshire, England

Civil Parish: All Saints
Ecclesiastical parish: All Saints
Town: Northampton
County/Island: Northamptonshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation: Drapers assistant

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Northampton
Sub registration district: All Saints
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Matilda A Adams 24
John Alman 21
Agnes Maud Baines 39
Fred Baker 23
Minnie L Baxter 26
Eliza Beanery 16
Chas Beever 21
Emma Bell 30
Hugh Bevan 26
Maria L Booth 26
Wm John Buckley 24
Pollie Chamberlain 18
Harry B Clarke 32
Martha A Cotton 27
Kate Denny 18
Jennie Ekins 24
Ada E Elkes 24
Edith M Fisher 17
Lewis S Fletcher 22
Florence Flower 26
John Wm Franklin 21
Laura K Grayston 29
Ada G Hales 23
Ann Louisa Hales 27
Ada S Hancock 20
Emma Heap 18
Emily Holmes 37
Hubert Hull 31
Ada Ellen Joyce 26
Winifred B Joyce 22
Annie L Kent 28
Caroline Kenward 21
John E Lilley 24
Rose E Mays 20
Mary Ann Mead 41
Annie Meine 23
Elizth A Miller 22
Annie Mortimer 17
Agnes Muns 26
Augusta M Murphy 25
E C Parmenter 21
Elizth C Peasuall 22
Anne Pickering 18
Martha A Pritchard 23
John E Reeve 21
Joseph N Robertson 32
Elizth S Rogers 24
Albert E Rouch 22
Florence E Smeeton 18
Francis Benj Smeeton 21
Mary Storer 19
Gertrude Strange 16
Edith Street 33
Elizth J M Sugg 32
Mary Tarlatan 28
Louise Thornett 29
Albert E Towers 31
Alfd C Towers 3
Edwd C Towers 4
Sarah Towers 27
Edith A Waite 22
Florence G Wallsgrove 23
Elizth Walmsley 22
Lillian A Walton 18
Nelly Wickes 23 1901 England Census
I HAVE TRIED GOOGLE IT BUT HAVENT COME UP WITH ANYTHING OTHER THAN DEBNEHAMS...
THNKIG YOU
JACKI
thanking you in advance.
jacki

33 Drapery street, all the houses seem to be drapers,, nearly all of those listed are drapers assistants

Interestingly enough if you google the address it comes up now as Brides at Debenhams

Jackie,

Had a look at next page and that looks like it covers 33 as well, the next number after that seems to be 38 all are workers in the drapery business, could it have been a shop or factory, indeed looking at todays records it seems that Debenhams now occupies 33 to 39 Drapery.

Ann

hi anne and rambling rose.. oh my its been along time i heard from any of you .. mind u havent been on here haha thankx for the info...i know that william and his father were both drapers with dad william having a shop 28 high street nantwich.. have pics of where it would have stood..
so it could well have been a factory with so many wrkers. did they live there too then goin by cens.??
it must have been quiet large if all these people lived there unless it ws very cramped as i guess lots of places weere in those days.. iwill google and see what cums out ...it would be realy great if i could find an old picture of this place somwhere..if you have any ideas other than googleing pls share it . haha
have a good day..

HI LADIES,
i have tried to goole 33 drapery street in cheshire, but havne found anything as yet.. hw did you find details. and do you know if theres somewhere in cheshire that may hold old pictures ?
thanking you
jacki

hi Mrs M.
thnx ofr clarifying that for me.. ididnt realise that sorry.. now i know why...i couldnt find anything hehehe
williams father william did actually have a shop in nantwich high street.. too.....
so they have now gone to somewhere else...
i will check it out
thnx
again
jacki
ps will let you all know if i find anything interesting..

hello again Mrs M. i found it very interesting, and saw two pics of drapery street.. now im goin to see if i can find anything that will link me to 33 drapery street.. like pictures of this place.. wonder if it was a factory???
ciao

evening Marion
gosh realy??

they actually slept in there??? i wonder if theres any old news reports or something??? very interesting...hope i can find somehting
thnx
again
jacki

Jacki

many of the big department stors, drapers, clothing factories, etc had dormitory style accommodation on the top floor ....... or had dormitories in a near by building. Unmarried staff were often expected to live in these dormitories ..... and of course women stopped working in such places when they got married because they couldn't live in




sylvia

thank you sylvia,
well i have been educted.. i realy never knew this..wow... do you think there is somewhere i maybe able to find old photo's or articles that may feature this? do you think i should put a message on the boards?
thnx
jacki
oh im excited as it looks like its gonna b a sunny day for a chang hehehe
ciao

hi folks just to say i was googling thru as you do, and i found an old street map of northants and it seems goin by this that drapery street was actually drapery bridge street..?

Hello,
just wondering if you have read thru this thread then you will see i do have sum info but am hoping that someone may be able to help me to try and find some more info or old pictures of drapery street northants.
thnking you
jacki

STILL GONA NUDGE..

It was Adnitts Department Store. It changed to Debenhams some years ago.

Staff at Adnitts had to live in just like domestic servants.

The present day staff would probably tell you that they still live in with sales going on 'till midnight.

Janet

thank you both for yr replies.. sowould i be able to find that store im wonderin nw..mmmm guess i will have togoogle again thnx for that.. i have also looked a photos of northants and there were only two of drapery street.. i am still trying to find anything realy.. so if on your travels you both may find something pls let me know..
thnx again.. im off to google. phew!!
jacki

The Drapery (not Street) always seems to have been photographed from the same angle! I daresay the bank on the right hand side of the picture which is on the corner adjoining Mercer's Row is considered a fine architectural structure. Nowadays it is the Nationwide Bank. Behind the photographer over his/her right shoulder stands All Saints Church. Adnitts Department Store is at the far end of the Drapery on the other side to the bank. If I find a decent photo of Adnitts I'll let you know. I'll google and see if I can find some of it's history. Failing that if you email the Northampton Central Library they may be able to help.

Janet

http://www.northants-familytree.net/

oh thank you so much it would be realy good if i could find an old pic o the place.. im so curious to find ot if it was a factory or warehouse or wot maybe even a depaartment store as someone has suggested. i shall keep on goolin
cioa for now
jacki

hi Minnie,
this is where i saw the two pics of drapery but i havent gt a clue as to where abts in drapery it is.. but thnx
jacki

It is definitely not a warehouse or factory but it was a high class department store. I have tried to find the history of the place online with no luck but it would have been the sort of store where 'Madam' would have been offered a chair and would have been waited on like a duchess (if she had the money). From what I have read the titled people were the least likely to pay their bills!

When I was a child, Adnitts was a bit 'posh'. My mum used to get a bit annoyed at the attitude of the staff. She used to say 'they have to work for a living, same as the rest of us!'.