Matlock:
Letterheads of Local Businesses, 1900-1949 (5) |
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.
There is also one letterhead from Mrs. Smith's collection below.
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 | Matlock S-T (this page) | Matlock
U-W
Matlock 1950-69 |
Matlock Bath |
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On this page:
S | T
Scholes (2) | Shaw | Sheffield and District Gas | Simpson | Skidmore
| Slater (3)
Smedley's Hydro (9) | Souter | Sparks and Meachim | Speakman
| Statham
Stevenson | Sweeting (2) | Swift (2) | Taylor | The
Matlock Club | Tookey | Twigg (2)
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James Howard Scholes Limited, 1929 - India, Egyptian, Star, Linen
and Dynamo Tapes,
Webs, Galloons, Corset and Hosiery Bindings etc
A Memo.
In November 1929, following Mr. Scholes' death, the
auctioneer W H Marriott
offered Tansley Mills for sale, but the lot was withdrawn.
The Derby Daily Telegraph's
report said the mills' power was generated by two gigantic water
wheels, one of which
was built into the mill. The water they needed came from four
dams.
See Lumsdale Ponds.
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J. H. Scholes Limited, 1929.
A slightly different letterhead. |
Thomas Shaw & Son, 1927 - Quarry Owners
See Stone Quarrying |
Sheffield and District Gas Company, 1939
As well as the Bank Road showrooms, the company also managed
the Gas Works on
Bakewell Road |
John Simpson, 1928 - Architect & Surveyor
The Matlocks U.D.C. Housing Scheme - see Lynholmes |
John Simpson, 1935 - Architect & Surveyor |
S. Skidmore & Son, 1932 - Hand-Wrought Hosiery Manufacturers
and General Hosiery
(S. W. Turner, proprietor)
See Matlock Bath |
Frederick Hawley Slater, 1903 - Plumber, Glazier, Gas, Water,
and Electric Bell Fitter,
Painter, Paperhanger, etc.
See 1891 census | 1901 census |
F. H. Slater, 1905? |
Fred H. Slater & Sons, 1925 - Automobile Engineers |
Smedley's Hydropathic Establishment, 1906.
The hydro's crossing out of "Bridge" tells us that the station
had changed its name
and was known as just Matlock station.
There are many pages about the hydro on this website so begin
with
Smedley's Hydro, Matlock, 1900-5 |
Smedley's Hydropathic Establishment, 1915 |
Smedley's Hydropathic Establishment [March, 1918] |
Smedley's Hydropathic Establishment, 1920 |
Smedley's Hydropathic Co. Ltd, 1923 |
Smedley's Hydro, 1926 |
Smedley's Hydro, 1934 |
Smedley's Hydro, 1936 |
Smedley's Hydropathic Co. Limited, 1939 |
Dr. William Robert Souter, 1940s note to patient.
He had worked in North China before coming to Matlock.
Dr. Souter had a surgery in his home on Chesterfield Road. He was in general practise
in Matlock in from the early 1940s (there are references to him in 1942) until he retired
to Scotland in 1962.
He passsed way in Dunfermline in 1987, aged 89. |
Sparks and Meachim, 1939
George Leslie Meachim was in a medical practice on Dale Road
with Clifford William Sparks |
H. Hamilton Speakman, 1921 - Solicitor |
George Statham, 190-
Pork Butcher, Baker, Confectioner &c |
F. Stevenson & Co., 1904 - Dyers and Dry Cleaners.
Ostrich Feather Dyers & Dressers. |
Charles Oscar Sweeting, 1934 - Painter, Decorator, etc
He was using paper advertising O-Cedar
See the 1901 census |
C. O. Sweeting, 1935 - Painter, Decorator, etc
Advertising Volker gas mantles |
Benjamin Swift, 1903 - Plumber, Gas & Hot-Water Fitter.
Maker of Rain and other Hydropathic Baths.
For examples of Hydropathic Baths see Water
Cures, Mr. Smedley's Baths, Boxes & Douches.
He lived on Wellington Street - 1881
census | 1891
census | 1901 census |
B. Swift, 1904 - Plumber, Gas & Hot-Water Fitter |
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Ernest William Taylor, 1919 - Builder, Contractor & Cabinet
Maker
See the 1901 census |
The Matlock Club, 1932.
The Matlock Club was on Dale Road and in 1932 G. Law was the
secretary,
replaced
by G. E. Lowe in 1941.
The Matlock Club is mentioned on: Matlock Bridge, Pic Tor Walk, 1909 |
Arthur Marshall Tookey, 1927 - Fish & Poultry Salesman.
He replaced Harriet, widow of William Pride. She was his aunt.
William Pride's MI |
A nephew's MI |
T. Twigg & Sons, 1940
Building, Slating and Tiling Contractors.
They were based on Causeway Lane. |
William Twigg, 1937 - Engineer and General Merchant.
In 1912 he had been a machinery merchant in Station Yard and
in 1925 he advertised
"secondhand machinery of all descriptions & iron & steel
merchant". |
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One image is © MS and in the collection of, provided by and ©
Maureen Smith.
The remainder are © GW and in the collection of, provided by and © Glynn
Waite.
Intended for personal use only
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