Matlock:
Letterheads of Local Businesses, 1900-1949 (4) |
Matlock : Twentieth Century Photographs, Postcards,
Engravings & Etchings |
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A series of letterheads found on stationery used by Matlock and
Matlock Bath businesses from 1900 to the shortly after the
Second World War that range from very simple to more ornate
designs. They cover a wide range of local commercial enterprises,
from hydros and hotels, to architects, banks, builders, butchers,
chartered accountants, chemists, the Co-op, decorators, doctors,
estate agents, garages, a gas company, grocers, greengrocers,
hair preparations, insurance agents, jewellers, laundrys, manufacturing
(hosiery), masons, mills, opticians, plumbers, poulterers,
pubs, quarry owners, registrars, solicitors, surveyors, timber
merchants, undertakers, valuers and wine merchants. In other
words, everything you would expect to find in a Derbyshire
country town and village at that time.
There are estimates, invoices, letters, memos, notes, receipts
and statements, although only the letter heading is shown here.
Amongst the collection are also three unused cheques, a shopping
reminder and a returns list for bottles. The full sheet has been
provided in a few instances, but the body is blank.
The images are almost exclusively from Glynn Waite's collection,
with the exception of Matlock
1950-69 where they are all from the Maureen Smith' collection.
Some names, but not all, are listed in the on site Twentieth
Century Trade Directories
Also in the series are: Matlock
A-D | Matlock
E-H | Matlock
I-M | Matlock N-R (this page) | Matlock
S-T | Matlock
U-W
Matlock 1950-69 |
Matlock Bath |
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On this page:
N | O | P |
R
Nuttall | Oakley (2) | Oldham House & Prospect Place Hydro
(2) | Orme (8) | Parr's Bank (4)
Picture Palace | Potter (2)
| Rackstraw | Reddish | Rock Cafe (2) | Rockside (5)
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John Nuttall, no date - Architect & Surveyor
John Nuttall had first been in business with William Shutes (Nuttall
& Shutes, auctioneers,
valuers & surveyors, Kelly's 1881 Directory) although their partnership
was dissolved.
Amongst the buildings he designed were the
Old Pavilion in Matlock Bath and
the Grand Pavilion.
He served on Matlock Local Board for
a time. He died in 1919. |
O |
Walter John Oakley, 1904 - House, Sign & Furniture Painter,
Grainer
& Paper-Hanger
See the 1871 census | the 1881
census | the
1881 census |
the 1901 census |
Walter J. Oakley, 1904 - House, Sign & Furniture Painter,
Grainer
& Paper-Hanger
See Kelly's 1891 Directory |
Oldham House & Prospect Place Hydro, 1920
Ration Cards and Coupons were still needed after the First World
War.
See Oldham House Hydro, Prospect
Place and Woodlands School (Miss White's)
1903 Advertisement
Oldham House Hydro | Oldham
House Hydro, Wellington Street, 1920s
Tennis Court & Bowling
Green |
Oldham House & Prospect Place Hydro, 1935.
The hydro could accommodate 20 more visitors than in 1920.
The Manager, Lubin Wildgoose, played a major role in local life.
See: Primitive Methodist
Prize Choir | Primitive
Methodist Church, "Young Mens' Class"
Bank Road & the Steep-Gradient Tramway | Council
Coronation Medal, 1937 |
Robert Orme & Co., 1903 - Italian Warehousemen, Provision
Merchants, Wine & Spirits
Merchants & General Provision Dealers
Orme's had been in business in Matlock for some years - see Kelly's
1891 Directory.
They had opened in Bakewell some time before 1871
and
were advertising in Matlock from 1881
.
See the location of the first shop, near the bridge, on
a picture of Matlock
Bank
and the premises the firm eventually moved to Crown Square in
1923
See: Bank Road (3), 1923-27 |
Robert Orme & Co., 1903
Credit for returned bottles, flagons and jars as well as cake
and biscuit tins, bags, sacks,
and vinegar casks. With amounts |
Robert Orme & Co., 1903 - Family Grocers & Wine Merchants.
A statement of account. |
Robert Orme & Co., 1903 - Family Grocers, Provision Merchants,
Wine & Spirits Merchants |
Robert Orme & Co., 1903 - Tea Dealers, Wine & Spirits
Merchants.
A memorandum to their good customer Mrs Hawksley of Poplar Hydro. |
Robert Orme & Co., 1905 - Family Grocers, Provision Merchants,
Wine & Spirits Merchants |
On the back of the above, a shopping reminder
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Robert Orme & Co., 1939 - Family Grocers, Provision Dealers,
Wine & Spirits Merchants
They had been in their new premises, on the corner of Bank Road
and Causeway Lane, for
some years. This order form shows the business was established
in 1844. |
P |
Parr's Bank Limited, 1903 - memo
See: Dale
Road & Marsdens, 1928 & Early 1950s |
Parr's Bank Limited, 1914 |
Parr's Bank Limited, 1920 |
Parr's Bank Limited - an undated cheque |
Matlock Picture Palace Company Ltd, 1922 (J. B. Richards, Managing
Director)
The Matlock cinema was on Dale Road, eventually converted into
auction rooms.
See: Matlock Bank, the
Hall Leys and Dale Road, 1912-14 |
James Potter, 1914 - Solicitor
Living on Holt Lane in 1881 |
at Dimple House in 1891 |
and still on the Dimple in 1901 |
James Speakman Potter, 1938 - Solicitor.
Like his father before him, he was a commissioner for oaths,
clerk to the magistrates and
steward for the manor of Matlock, with offices in Bridge Chambers
on Dale Road |
R |
Harry C. Rackstraw, 1914 - Coal & Coke Merchant
He was based in Station Yard. In 1901 he was living on Matlock
Bank |
John Reddish, 1907 - Plasterer
He lived on Chesterfield road
in 1881 | and on Wellington Street in 1891
In 1901 he was living on Matlock Bank |
The Rock Cafe Ltd., 1933 - Bakers & Confectioners
Proprietors [crossed through]: T & J. G. Goodwin
See Rockside, from the South | Rockside,
1925-35 |
The Rock Cafe Ltd., 1933 - Bakers & Confectioners
A day later, new notepaper and the phone number was one different! |
Rockside Hydro, 1912.
Managers: Miss Goodwin, Mr John G Goodwin
The Goodwins were at Rockside
in 1901. There are several pages
about the hydro.
See, for example, Rockside Hydro |
Rockside
Hydro, Matlock, 1903 | Rockside
Hydro, Matlock, 1908 |
Rockside Hydropathic Establishment, 1920.
Managing Directors: Miss Goodwin, Mr John G Goodwin
Grounds nearly 5 acres. Gravel & Grass Tennis Courts. Croquet & Bowling Greens
See Tennis Courts | James
Henry Goodwin Letterhead |
Rockside Hydropathic Establishment, 1927. |
Rockside Hydro, 1932. |
Rockside Hydropathic Establishment, 1933.
Grounds nearly 5 acres. Gravel & Grass Tennis Courts. Croquet & Bowling
Greens
See: Rockside Hydro, 1925-45 |
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All images © GW are in the collection of, provided by and © Glynn
Waite.
Intended for personal use only
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