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Title: ladies clothes shop in Steeton
Post by: nursey dumpling on Thursday 14 September 23 14:24 BST (UK)
Anyone know of, or remember a ladies clothes shop in or around Steeton in the 1950s. Shop owner was Blanche Fortune
Title: Re: ladies clothes shop in Steeton
Post by: CaroleW on Thursday 14 September 23 14:33 BST (UK)
What was the actual name of the shop
Title: Re: ladies clothes shop in Steeton
Post by: nursey dumpling on Thursday 14 September 23 23:21 BST (UK)
Sorry  don't know. Just following a thread at the moment.
Title: Re: ladies clothes shop in Steeton
Post by: CaroleW on Friday 15 September 23 00:46 BST (UK)
There are 2 entries for her name on the 1939 register - one in North & one in West Yorks.  The one in West Yorks has 2 other christian names

This is her death reg

Blanche Annie I Fortune aged 59  born 27 Aug 1912
Sept qt 1972 Staincliffe   Volume 2d Page 824

Her marriage

Dec 1931   
John Fortune /Blanche A I Stoney Keighley    9a   405      
 

Title: Re: ladies clothes shop in Steeton
Post by: nursey dumpling on Friday 15 September 23 10:20 BST (UK)
Other family members lived in Elmsley Street Steeton, I was given information she had an 'up market' shop close by. Are there any trade directories for that area and era?
Title: Re: ladies clothes shop in Steeton
Post by: CaroleW on Friday 15 September 23 10:43 BST (UK)
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/a0c1d457-4b5f-4932-bbb5-f628c4dc73bf
Title: Re: ladies clothes shop in Steeton
Post by: nursey dumpling on Friday 15 September 23 11:31 BST (UK)
Thankyou, not found anything at first pass but will persevere.
Title: Re: ladies clothes shop in Steeton
Post by: libby9 on Tuesday 19 September 23 22:10 BST (UK)
I think you'll find it a difficult search without a shop name.

I did find in 1954, 1955 (didn't check other years) House Fashion, Address   40 Chapel lane, Bingley.

From Ancestry's Phone Book database.
Title: Re: ladies clothes shop in Steeton
Post by: daniel1111 on Wednesday 20 September 23 18:19 BST (UK)
My wife tells me that there was once a Ladies clothes shop in Cross Hills called Fortunes and Cross Hills is only a few miles up the road from Steeton ?
Title: Re: ladies clothes shop in Steeton
Post by: nursey dumpling on Wednesday 20 September 23 22:32 BST (UK)
THAT'S THE ONE! She actually lived in Cross Hills but I was told the shop was in Steeton, close to where her husbands family lived. Thank you, any idea what road it was on?