5-13 The Cross – Glasgow House
Boarding house for the Department store ‘Morris and Jones’,
19 single people (9 men and 10 women) were listed at the address, most of whom were drapers assistants. Three of the women were staff for the house. This was the end of an era, as after the war ended the arrangement of shop staff being tied to work by living arrangements quickly faded out.
25 Cross Street
Louise Keyon, aged 29 and single in 1911, ran an antique furniture business.
8 The Cross
Ann Blundell and her sister Alice Blundell listed as single and head of the household were sweet confectioners, running a business from home. Their titles were ‘manageress’ and ‘assistant manageress’.
