>Subject: Re: Frederick Mitchell, Tailor of 96 Bridport St, South Melbourne. >> > Another Fellow Lister was good enough to find the following for us: > > "Frederick Mitchell was listed as a tailor at 96 Bridport St, South >Melbourne". > > Up until now; we've assumed that both James & Frederick MITCHELL, >Tailors of Melbourne had their shop in Melbourne's CBD, but we are now >wondering if it was at this address; 96 Bridport St, South Melbourne? > Fredericks 2 eldest Sons; William Kent & Herbert Frederick were also >Tailors. > > Does anyone know this area and if so; is there a shop or shops >heresabouts? > > We've also a couple of photos of the MITCHELL Tailors shop: > It's a 2 story building (With similar on both sides of and abutting) >with 2 windows above the shop. > Across the top of doorway and above the road gutter is a sign - "304 >Practical Tailors" > Below this and across the Glass Display Windows is "MITCHELL & >McCABE"; >this is also repeated below the windows. > > Does this help in any way; to identify the shop and it's then >whereabouts? Bearing in mind; that this would have been some years back >now? > > Kindest Regards; > Robert KEMSLEY Hi Robert, You do have very useful information to identify the shops. What you need to look at is the Sands & McDougall Post Office Directory, which came out annually, more or less from the 1860s to 1974. It has an alpha section and a suburban section by street address. These have been reproduced on microfiche and would be at your nearest genealogical library, or large library like the one in Auckland. It can be quite time-consuming to go through these directories year by year, so it would be better for the quality of your research to plan to do it yourself so you can check it out throughly. You would certainly be able to follow these tailors' careers through the Sands & Mc. It would take maybe about two hours to trace them year by year for twenty years, so it's not a job for a mere'lookup'. Businesses moved around because they were often in rented premises, so they might have been in Bridport St one year, and somewhere else the next. Obviously they were somewhere else numbered 306 - or the street was renumbered. Best wishes, Lenore Frost Essendon, Vic

take a look at this web page there is a small photo of 96 Bridport Street Albert Park. Bridport Street does run into the suburb of South Melbourne however the tailor shop was actually in Albert Park http://www.gaavictoria.org.au/home/type1.php?id=87 Cheers -- ..· ´¨¨)) -:¦:- ¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) ((¸¸.·´ ..·´ -:¦:- -:¦:- ((¸¸.·´*.`Chris Bryce Qld Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lenore Frost" <lenore10@hotmail.com> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 8:42 PM Subject: RE: [AUS-MELB] Frederick Mitchell, Tailor of 96 Bridport St, South Melbourne. : >Subject: Re: Frederick Mitchell, Tailor of 96 Bridport St, South Melbourne. : >> : > Another Fellow Lister was good enough to find the following for us: : > : > "Frederick Mitchell was listed as a tailor at 96 Bridport St, South : >Melbourne". : > : > Up until now; we've assumed that both James & Frederick MITCHELL, : >Tailors of Melbourne had their shop in Melbourne's CBD, but we are now : >wondering if it was at this address; 96 Bridport St, South Melbourne? : > Fredericks 2 eldest Sons; William Kent & Herbert Frederick were also : >Tailors. : > : > Does anyone know this area and if so; is there a shop or shops : >heresabouts? : > : > We've also a couple of photos of the MITCHELL Tailors shop: : > It's a 2 story building (With similar on both sides of and abutting) : >with 2 windows above the shop. : > Across the top of doorway and above the road gutter is a sign - "304 : >Practical Tailors" : > Below this and across the Glass Display Windows is "MITCHELL & : >McCABE"; : >this is also repeated below the windows. : > : > Does this help in any way; to identify the shop and it's then : >whereabouts? Bearing in mind; that this would have been some years back : >now? : > : > Kindest Regards; : > Robert KEMSLEY : : Hi Robert, : : You do have very useful information to identify the shops. What you need to : look at is the Sands & McDougall Post Office Directory, which came out : annually, more or less from the 1860s to 1974. It has an alpha section and : a suburban section by street address. These have been reproduced on : microfiche and would be at your nearest genealogical library, or large : library like the one in Auckland. It can be quite time-consuming to go : through these directories year by year, so it would be better for the : quality of your research to plan to do it yourself so you can check it out : throughly. You would certainly be able to follow these tailors' careers : through the Sands & Mc. It would take maybe about two hours to trace them : year by year for twenty years, so it's not a job for a mere'lookup'. : Businesses moved around because they were often in rented premises, so they : might have been in Bridport St one year, and somewhere else the next. : Obviously they were somewhere else numbered 306 - or the street was : renumbered. : : : Best wishes, : : Lenore Frost : Essendon, Vic : : : : ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== : ==================================================== : If you wish to make personal contact with List Admin Ray at batie@ozemail.com.au : : ============================== : Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. : New content added every business day. Learn more: : http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx : :

Hi Lenore; Although I am asking for assistance from the List; I am still nibbling away at myself and am still learning of the MITCHELL family; Tailors of Melbourne. From information supplied me and from my own research Monday night; I am tending to believe that perhaps; both MITCHELL brothers (James & Frederick) had Tailor shops of their own and if this thinking is correct; then; one was located 96 Bridport St, South Melbourne and the more recent I found from the Melbourne telephone book Monday night was: MITCHELL McCABE Menswear, Men's Clothing, 306-308 Clarendon St, South Melbourne 3205. We've an old family photo given us of one of these shops and I take it to be the latter as it's shown as thus: ?04 Practical Tailors 30?, (There is a sign above, which is mostly hidden, as is the Street number by posts) It has double sides Glass Window Displays and across the fronts of is "MITCHELL & McCABE" The above does not agree with the present Street numbering, but I think? it's one and the same? I would take it to be 104, as it looks like a single fronted shop? Yes; I guess I could do as you suggest re the Directories, but as you said, it would be very time consuming and I wouldn't know where to start initially. I will get there eventually; even if we've got to make a trip to Melbourne ourselves later in the year? We plan in the future; to tour the South Coast of NSW and down into Victoria and around to Melbourne, as we've never been down that way or not that far down. Kindest Regards; Robert KEMSLEY ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lenore Frost" <lenore10@hotmail.com> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 8:42 PM Subject: RE: [AUS-MELB] Frederick Mitchell, Tailor of 96 Bridport St, South Melbourne. Subject: Re: Frederick Mitchell, Tailor of 96 Bridport St, South Melbourne. Another Fellow Lister was good enough to find the following for us: "Frederick Mitchell was listed as a tailor at 96 Bridport St, South Melbourne". Up until now; we've assumed that both James & Frederick MITCHELL, Tailors of Melbourne had their shop in Melbourne's CBD, but we are now wondering if it was at this address; 96 Bridport St, South Melbourne? Fredericks 2 eldest Sons; William Kent & Herbert Frederick were also Tailors. Does anyone know this area and if so; is there a shop or shops heresabouts? We've also a couple of photos of the MITCHELL Tailors shop: It's a 2 story building (With similar on both sides of and abutting) with 2 windows above the shop. Across the top of doorway and above the road gutter is a sign - "304 Practical Tailors" Below this and across the Glass Display Windows is "MITCHELL & McCABE"; this is also repeated below the windows. Does this help in any way; to identify the shop and it's then whereabouts? Bearing in mind; that this would have been some years back now? Kindest Regards; Robert KEMSLEY Hi Robert, You do have very useful information to identify the shops. What you need to look at is the Sands & McDougall Post Office Directory, which came out annually, more or less from the 1860s to 1974. It has an alpha section and a suburban section by street address. These have been reproduced on microfiche and would be at your nearest genealogical library, or large library like the one in Auckland. It can be quite time-consuming to go through these directories year by year, so it would be better for the quality of your research to plan to do it yourself so you can check it out throughly. You would certainly be able to follow these tailors' careers through the Sands & Mc. It would take maybe about two hours to trace them year by year for twenty years, so it's not a job for a mere'lookup'. Businesses moved around because they were often in rented premises, so they might have been in Bridport St one year, and somewhere else the next. Obviously they were somewhere else numbered 306 - or the street was renumbered. Best wishes, Lenore Frost Essendon, Vic This email was cleaned by emailStripper, available for free from http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm