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Restaurant 54
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Summary

 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.