Church Street Shopping Area

[jabs]

Hi,
Wondered if there was anyone out there who could help me identify a business at the above address in liverpool around 1880's where my great grandfather and possibly some of his children were employed. seems like a large department store of some kind.
There were a large variety of retail merchandise and possibly manufacturing on the premises.
Am researching the bolgers who lived in walton on the hill and kirkdale around this time.
Any help gratefully received as I live in new zealand, and its easier I guess to ask the local people.


kind regards,
jabs.

[gorgeous]

Morning Jabs from a rainy Liverpool,

I can find a Patrick Bolger b 1851 Ireland , in 1881 he was at 45/53 Church Street , Compton House. His occ a Drapers Buyer. Is this your man ?

Karen x

[PhilipG]

Hi,
Wondered if there was anyone out there who could help me identify a business at the above address in liverpool around 1880's where my great grandfather and possibly some of his children were employed. seems like a large department store of some kind.
There were a large variety of retail merchandise and possibly manufacturing on the premises.
Am researching the bolgers who lived in walton on the hill and kirkdale around this time.
Any help gratefully received as I live in new zealand, and its easier I guess to ask the local people.


kind regards,
jabs.

Compton House is still there today, as M & S.
It was built in 1866-7, as one of the first department stores in the world for the retailer J R Jeffery.
On the upper floors were workshops, as well as sleeping accommodation and recreational facilities for live-in staff.

[jabs]

[QUOTE=gorgeous;125311]Morning Jabs from a rainy Liverpool,

I can find a Patrick Bolger b 1851 Ireland , in 1881 he was at 45/53 Church Street , Compton House. His occ a Drapers Buyer. Is this your man ?

Karen x

Hi karen,
Thats one of them I believe,the others were philip,stationer and printer, michael clerk,vincent clerk, and josephine and mary,saleswomen. the whole darn family must have worked there.
Thanks for your help,very much appreciated. I see philip g. has named it and it is still there apparently.

kind regards and thanks again from a very dry new zealand

jabs

[jabs]

Hi philip g
Thats brilliant. I take it by m&s you mean marks and spencer?
I think just about the whole family must have worked there but not necessarily lived on site as they had a house in roscommon street and their occupations are shown as printers ,clerks and sales women. A large portion of my ancesters originate from west derby to bootle and its interesting to find out what they were doing prior to emigrating to australia and new zealand.
Once again thank you for your input.

regards jabs. (John)

[PhilipG]

Hi John.

Yes, Marks & Spencers.
I'll see if I've got it on an old postcard, some of which have Compton Hotel on the towers.
I've never checked if it was a commercial hotel on the upper floors, or whether this was another name for the sleeping quarters.

[Ged]

Philip will no doubt have a better full on view of the Compton Hotel but here's a 1908 view owned by the L.R.O. as seen from the Lord St junction.





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[PhilipG]

This postcard is about 100 years old.

[lindylou]

Lovely

[Ged]

Cracking postcade that Philip.

[shoney]

[QUOTE=jabs;125333]

Morning Jabs from a rainy Liverpool,

I can find a Patrick Bolger b 1851 Ireland , in 1881 he was at 45/53 Church Street , Compton House. His occ a Drapers Buyer. Is this your man ?

Karen x

Hi karen,
Thats one of them I believe,the others were philip,stationer and printer, michael clerk,vincent clerk, and josephine and mary,saleswomen. the whole darn family must have worked there.
Thanks for your help,very much appreciated. I see philip g. has named it and it is still there apparently.

kind regards and thanks again from a very dry new zealand

jabs

Its too dry, I'm in Kumeu on tank water and need rain desparately, good luck with your search

[jabs]

thanks for that shoney.

jabs

[jabs]

Hi again philip g
Great print of the buildings, have printed it out to add to my collection. Once again thanks for your input.
regards jabs

[gorgeous]

Lovely to see this thread coming together . great postcard Phil.

Jabs ,
I have found Philip & Catharine , & their children all the names you stated , & there was also a William Bolger b 1865 he too was a clerk . Anyway in 1881 this family were living at
4 cochrane st. Do you have or need their DOB 's ?

Luv Karen

[jabs]

Hi ged,
thanks for the photo. makes it easy to visualise when you have something to look at.

regards jabs.