No 46 Station Street?
Initially, I could not find any evidence of 46 Station Street currently. I am grateful to Alwyn Bowskill for the comment below in which he explains that he thinks David Blount occupies both 44 and 46 Station Street. He points out that, on old photos, there is a step in roofline between 46 and 48 Station Street, on the one hand, and 42 and 44 Station Street, on the other. This step in roofline falls in the middle of the David Blount property currently.
David Blount
Estate agents David Blount give the address of their Kirkby office as 44 Station Street. They have been there since at least October 2008. They also have a Mansfield Office which deals with residential properties while the Kirkby Office deals with commercial and lettings.
Edwin Marriott
In 1941, a butcher, Edwin Marriott was at 44 Station Street. They had moved from number 56 sometime after 1928. Marriot Butcher appears on Jacques’ List of Station Street retailers circa 1920-1940.
John Blythe
In 1912 and 1928, number 44 was occupied by John Blythe, a confectioner.
Memories of Marriott’s
Mark Ashfield
Mark Ashfield notes him as Ted Marriott, in “Christmas Pigs and a Summer Donkey” (p24). He describes him as “Kirkby born, highly respected and who sold, among other splendid things, minced beef pies of succulent memory“. Apparently, he later opened a second shop on the Hill before retiring to the village of Epperstone.
Edith Searson
Edith Searson, in her book(let) “I Also Remember“, describe this as a Family Butcher’s business and says it was owned by Ernest Marriott. One thing she noted as unusual was that the entrance floor had the letter “M” built into it. She noted that this was similar to two shops in Lowmoor Road. In the 1980s, she commented that the letter was still there but it was getting broken up as the shop had been empty for some time.
Ken Higham
In his article on memories of Kirkby, Ken Higham commented that the butcher Mr Marriott was next-door to the post office. He considered the window-dresser he empoyed was very good as the display of meat was “a very tempting sight”.
Were the Blounts and Marriotts connected?
One thing I noted from the diaries was that Glenice Blount married Brian Marriott in 1961. However, I have not been able to make a clear link from them to either David Blount or Edwin Marriott.
Co-op
In a comment on Facebook, Paul Brown recalled that the Co-op was here in the mid to late sixties. He thought it might have been a butchers. Frank Ball commented that there had been a Co-op Chemist here in the early sixties. Heather Mulholland confirmed that the Co-op butchers had been here in the sixties.
Ivan Braddow explained that “‘Floral Expressions’ shop used to be the electrical shop (name of which I can pronounce but not spell) [C Kalynycz] some years ago. Behind the modern shop sign, you could, at one time, see the outline of the lettering ‘ Co-Op Pharmacy’. All that can be seen now is one row of brown tiles above the sign.” Ivan was confident that the lettering is still there. This is a reference to 42 Station Street.
R B Wilson
In a comment on Facebook, Sue Hardy recalled that 44 Station Street had been an antique shop in the seventies. Christine Evans agreed. She recalled that, when they closed, they left some items behind which “you could clearly see when you passed by“. I found an entry for antique dealer R B Wilson in the yellow pages section of the 1972 phone book.
Residents of 44 and 46 Station Street
The Mosses
In 1939, no-one was listed as living at 44 Station Street. However, Joseph L and Ebener Maud Moss were living at number 46. Joseph was a railway locomotive driver and they also had another driver, James Roe, living with them.
The Bankses
In 1921, no-one was listed as living at 44 Station Street. However, James and Alice Banks were living at number 46 with their daughter Laura Evelyn (b1917). James was a colliery stoker.
The Blythes
In 1911, John and Annie Blythe were living at 44 Station Street with their three children Ellen (b1893), Kitty (b1895) and Sam Leonard (b1910). Also living with them was Mary Ann Goodman who is described as John’s mother-in-law. John was working as a colliery labourer on the surface. Ellen worked as a hosiery mender and Kitty worked as a hosiery seamer. In 1901, the Blythes were listed at 46 Station Street. John was listed as a carter. They had two boarders staying with them, Alfred Summers a baker and William Mitchell a railway signalman.
The Mountains
In 1911, William and Hanah Mountain were living at 46 Station Street with their three daughters, Mabel (b1893), Ethel (b1895) and Edith (b1896). They also had two boarders staying with them, Harry and William Rose. William Mountain was a colliery brakesman above ground while both boarders were railway platelayers. Mabel assisted in a drapery shop. Ethel was a hosiery hand runner on and Edith was a tailoress. In 1901, the Mountains were listed as living at 44 Station Street. William was listed as the manager of a furniture shop. The older daughter is listed as Harriett M (presumably Mabel). They had a different boarder with them, Percy Beaumont, who was a railways goods clerk. It may be of interest that, according to the 1921 census, the Mountains were living at 42 Station Street.