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Drapers and Milliners
"ALL MILLINERY DONE FREE OF CHARGE BY EXPERIENCED MILLINERS.
FOR STYLISH MILLINERY AT MODERATE PRICES WE STILL LEAD THE WAY"
My g-grandfather Joseph Kirby Braddock was born around 1859.
He was a Grocers's Assistant at time of the 1881 census in New Mills Derbyshire.
By 1884 he was describing himself as a Tea Dealer.
He must have had some business sense as he later acquired a grocery shop on Market Street in New Mills.
By 1894 he had a drapers shop on Market Street.
J K Braddock's Winter Sale, 1894
The Winter Sale of 1894 featured many bargains:
A Large Stock of Ladies' and Children's Underclothing to be cleared at remarkably low prices.
Grey Twill Calico Chemise, 1s. 0½d., Grey Twill Drawers 9½d., White Trimmed Chemise 1s. 2½d.,
White Knickers Trimmed Needlework 11½d., Infants Skips, from 6½d.
A splendid Range of Ladies' and Children's Flannelette Underclothing at Sale Prices.
Muslin Pinafores trimmed from 3½d., Holland do. from 4½d.
A Lot of Infants' Bibs to be cleared 1½d each. Mob Caps from ½d.
Our Noted Corset guaranteed to wear twelve months, 1s. 9½d
Our Noted LILY GLOVE, will be sold 1s. 6d, the pair, black and colored, sold elsewhere at 1s. 11½d.
CRETONNES AND FURNITURE PRINTS AT SALE PRICES
Children's Colored Cashmere Frocks from 1s. 4½d.
Note -- Railway Fare Paid to Customers Spending over One Pound.
Joseph is rumoured to have been a drunk and gambler and possibly also a wife-beater.
Elizabeth, his wife, separated from him and she moved to Marple about five miles away.
He continued to run his shop in New Mills while she ran a millinery shop on Stockport Road, Marple.
He died at 4 Cross Street, New Mills and is buried in St George's Weslyan Chapel graveyard at New Mills.
When Elizabeth died she was buried at All Saints church, Marple.
My grandfather Harold was a draper and milliner in New Mills, where he had an 'agency' selling feathers and flowers.
His shop was on Market St, opposite his father's old shop.
Harold Braddock's shop Market Street, New Mills
He opened a factory in Manchester for blouses and undies, near Piccadilly Station on Buxton Lane.
The name H Braddock was still in use in the early 1990s
Does anyone want a Splendid Umbrella 2s 9d; worth 3s 11d? Go on, I can see you are tempted.
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