1871 | Census Number 54 was occupied by Samuel Beard 48, a Cotton Weaver, wife Mary Beard 41 and daughter Emma Beard 12, a Scholar. |
1881 | Census Number 54 was occupied by Robert Rolly 60, a Chapel Keeper, his son Thomas Rolly 31, a Carter and daughter Alice Rolly 26, a Milliner. |
1891 | Census Number 54 was occupied by Samuel Watkinson 37, a Cotton Sizer, wife Fanny Watkinson 37, a confectioner, niece James Neal 9, a Scholar and Boarder Mary Seymour Gaudy 20, a Confectioner’s Assistant. |
1895 | Kelly’s Directory Watkinson Mary Ellen (Miss), confectioner, 54 High st. we |
1899 | Kelly’s Directory Watkinson Mary Ellen (Miss), confectioner, 54 High st. we |
1901 | Census Number 54 was occupied by Elizabeth Watkinson 49 and her sister Mary E Watkinson, both Bakers and Confectioners. Also at this address was Elizabeth Hughes 22, a Servant and Assistant Baker and Confectioner. |
1911 | Census Number 54 was a property with 3 main rooms occupied by Anne Jane Beard 36, a Confectioner, her sister Elizabeth Alice Beard 34, a Weaver in Cotton Manufacturing and another sister Joby Rowbotham Beard 31, also a Confectioner. |
1912 | Kelly’s Directory 1912 Beard Jessie & Annie (Misses), confectioners, 54 High st. we |
1925 | Kelly’sDirectory Kennerley Jessie (Mrs.), confectioner, 54 High street west |
1926 | Midland Counties of England Trades Directory Kennerley, Miss F., High class confectioner, 54 High Street West |
1941 | Kelly’s Directory Kennington Jn. wallpaper dlr. 54 High st. west |
1953 | Number 54 is the shop to the right of the one with the canopy. What shop was it? Photograph courtesy of Glossop Heritage Trust. |
1984 | Firenze Pizzeria Restaurant, very popular in the 80’s. Photograph courtesy of Glossop & District Historical Society. |
1994 | Firenze Pizzeria Restaurant, a very popular restaurant and the place to be on a Saturday night. The restaurant occupied the ground and the first floor, and also the first floor of the premises to the left. Photograph courtesy of Glossop & District Historical Society. |
2000 | Firenze, Pizzeria Restorante, note the enlarged windows to the first floor. Photograph courtesy of Glossop & District Historical Society. |
2004 | Firenze Pizzeria Ristorante. Photograph courtesy of Glossop & District Historical Society. |
2009 | Google Street View Shows Restaurant 54 occupying the ground floor and the first floors of 54 & 56 |
2014 | Photo taken in 2014 by Glossop VAH. |