Manchester trade directories - 1920s?

[simonwpb]

Hello,

I am asking for help with trade directory lookups in Manchester.

My grandfather William Smith was a baker, and I believe he moved to Manchester after WW1 and operated a shop on Great Jackson Street in Hulme. Then it is believed he moved to a different store in Openshaw, which he lost during the Depression.

I am not sure what directories are out there for the 1920s or into the 1930s for Manchester.

Can anyone tell me if they have any years or address for a W. Smith, baker ?


Thanks,

Simon

[Barbara.H]

From the 1929 directory (on Ancestry and on CD), alphabetical list of Smiths:

William Smith, baker, 11 Emerson St, Hightown (near Cheetham)
William Smith, baker, 7 Garden St, Ancoats
William H Smith, baker, 43 Bannerman St, Cheetham

William Smith, shopkeeper (doesn't say what kind of shop, so could be a bakers I suppose)
426A Mill St, Bradford
110 Temple St, Chorlton on Medlock

and several just down as Householder or just the name:
William Smith, 37 Louisa St, Openshaw
William Smith, householder, 104 Ackroyd St, Openshaw
William Smith, householder, 33 Rock St, Openshaw

In the street directory under Great Jackson St, the only Smith was Donald, a wallpaper dealer.

Was there a wife that might have had the shop listed in her name?

  Barbara

[simonwpb]

Barbara,

I was hoping there would be a baker listing in Openshaw. My best guess is that the bakery closed around 1929, as that is when the Depression struck. His wife was named Dora but I doubt it would have been in her name. The location on Great Jackson Street would have been early 1920s.

Thanks for the lookup

Simon
(Something to look forward to in the 1921 census!)