The Liverpool and District Banking Company opened a savings bank at numbers 1 and 3, which later to be known as Hawley’s Corner.

Census
Number 3 was occupied by John Beard 32, Drapper, wife Martha Beard 34, a Miliner, son Fred Beard 3 and Sarah Morton 21, a Domestic Servant.

Census
Number 3 was occupied by John Beard 41, a Draper, wife Martha Beard 43, son Thomas Beard 9 and daughter Hannah Beard 7, both Scholars. Also at this address were Boarders Margaret A Allman 21, Alice M Palmer 19, both Milliners, Elizabeth Howsman 21, Eliza Ann Dixon 21, both Dressmakers and Annie Robinson 26, a General Servant.

Kelly’s Directory
Beard John, drpr. & millinr. 3 High st. we

Census
Number 3 was occupied by John Beard 57, a Draper, wife Martha Beard 53, a Shop Assistant, sons Fred Beard 23, a Railway Clerk, John T Beard 19, Warehouse Clerk and daughter Hannah R Beard 17, a Shop Assistant. Also at this address were Boarder Harriett Beakman 24, a Dressmaker, Domestic Servant Annie Gregory 19 and John’s mother-in-law Hannah Orme 80.

Post Office Derbyshire Directory
Beard John, draper & milliner, 3 High street west

Kelly’s Directory
Beard John, draper & milliner, 3 High street west

Census
Number 3 was occupied by John Beard 62, a Draper and daughter Hannah Annie Beard 27, a Shop Assistant. Also at this address were Lucy C Jeffreys 22, a Dressmaker and Sarah E Phillips 26, a Milliner.

Derby & District Trades Directory
CONFECTIONERS
Lyne, M. E., 3 High street, west
REFRESHMENT ROOMS
Lyne?s Cafe, 3 High street

An photo from ’Glossop - A Sketch From The Earliest Period’ printed and published by Messrs. Jenkinson and Hamnett in 1904.

Photo taken from High Street West, from left to right, High Street East, Brownson’s (Bespoke Taylors) with cast iron awning, Hawley’s corner, ???? Stores, McKinley chemist and T. P. Hunter who apear to have a sale on.

Census
Number 3 was a property with 7 main rooms occupied by Mary Elizabeth Lyne 41 and her sister Amy Brook Lyne 25, both single and both Confectioners.

Kelly’s Directory
Lyne Mary Elizabeth (Miss), confectnr. 3 High st. west

This property stands out from the other shops and has a hand painted sign ???? Cafe. Photograph courtesy of Glossop Heritage Trust.

Kelly’sDirectory
Platt Mary D. (Mrs.), confectioner, 3 High street west

Midland Counties Trade Directory
Platt, M. D., Baker, 3 High Street West
Platt’s cafe, Refreshment rooms, 3 High Street West

Kelly’s Directory
Platt Mary D. (Mrs.), confectioner, 3 High street west

Newspaper Advert shows 1 - 3 High Street West as Burton tailors shop. The current builing was built in 1938 and it may have opened on Friday 18 March 1938.

Price’s & Smiths Dry Cleaners. Note the railway sign pointing to Glossop Central Station. Photograph courtesy of Glossop Heritage Trust.

Photo from 1960’s shows the building 1-3 High Street West now divided into Bank (Midland?), Price’s and another (was it a dry cleaners?).

Photo of (left to right) Lloyds Bank, Victoria Street, Midland Bank, Price’s and Smiths. Note the single phonebox which was moved further down the road. Can you name the cars and the van?

Greggs Bakers and Smiths Cleaners taken in the 1970s. Photograph courtesy of Cliff Hales.

Greggs Bakery and Smiths Cleaners. Photograph courtesy of Glossop & District Historical Society.

Greggs the bakers and Max Spielmann photo shop. Photograph courtesy of Glossop & District Historical Society.

Goggle Street View
Greggs - 3 High Street West
Vacant - 3a High Street West (was Max Speilman)

Glossop Vision Board ~ 30/9/2010
THI grant for £9,387 + VAT recommended to convert 3 High Street West (formerly Greggs) and 3a High Street West (formerly Max Spielman) into 1 shop, Subway sandwitch shop. Click here for PDF.

Photo taken in 2014 by Glossop VAH.