Hi Judy There's a wealth of information on individual tradesmen and their addresses in the Historical directories website - which include Pigots, Kellys and others - for North and East Ridings, West Ridings, and separate ones for cities such as Sheffield and Leeds. There are at least 51 such trade directories just for Yorkshire - all-on-line for free!!.. courtesy of a University of Leicester project. The website is www.historicaldirectories.com/ Some of these directories are over 600 pages long, so its best to trawl through the page indices first, to see which part of the directory your people are likely to feature. One can also download individual pages of these directories for printing. I have found a number of my relatives using this source, confirming other data such as censuses. Some of them also give a description of individual towns and villages, mentioning schools, places of worship etc. I think it's a real gold mine!... however most of the directories are mid to late 19th century era, and none after c 1915 (for Yorkshire anyway) Happy hunting! Richard in Surrey ps Hope that I haven't upset any of the commercial FH people by mentioning this site. I have bought a number of such trade directories in the past but think we should share information to break down those brick walls!!..as not all can afford to acquire all the CDs or make visits to libraries...and in the spirit of the new Government freedom of information Act! -----Original Message----- From: JJupar@aol.com [mailto:JJupar@aol.com] Sent: 13 February 2005 10:44 To: ENG-SHEFFIELD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SHEFF] Whitworths Shop Hi I am researching my gt.grandfather's rise from Pawn Broker to owning a large Tailors and Gentleman's outfitters in West Bars. I know where the shop was but I am interested how long they were in business. They were there in 1900 and in 1914 they were making uniforms for the Army. They were one of the first company's to make ready-made uniforms for soldiers. I wondered if anyone has any later directories which would show the business as I know it continued until at least 1920 and may be longer. The original owner was William Rawson Surplice Whitworth but I know his son Ralph carried on the business for some years after his death. Many thanks Judy Elkington ==== ENG-SHEFFIELD Mailing List ==== It helps others to know which message your replying to, so always add a little of the text from the message to which you are responding. Some subscribers (myself included) have short memories. ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429