Joshua and Miriam Blore, Bakers, Uttoxeter

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Date:1910 - 1920 (c.)

Description:Joshua Blore (1877-1930) and his wife Miriam (nee Wright) at the Heath Bakery, Uttoxeter. Joshua was apprenticed to John Gregory at the Heath Bakery in about 1891. When John Gregory died in 1895 Joshua continued at the bakery. In the early 1900s Joshua was a member of the Uttoxeter Territorials and the old Volunteers. In 1902 he married Miriam Wright, niece of Henry Gerrard, who had a house and shop near the bakery where Miriam helped her uncle when his wife died. In 1904 Joshua bought the Bakehouse, Windmill, Miller's House and everything else from John Gregory's widow. In 1905 Joshua Blore won the Gold Medal for Bread at the International Exhibition in London in open competition. The Heath Bakery was now known as the Gold Medal Bakery for the rest of Joshua Blore's time there. During the 1914-18 War he was a baker in the Royal Army Service Corps.


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1900s
Henry Gerrard, Uttoxeter
Henry Gerrard, Uttoxeter

Henry Gerrard pictured at the back of his shop near the Heath Bakery, Uttoxeter. ...

1930s
John and Olive Walker, Uttoxeter
John and Olive Walker, Uttoxeter

Portraits of John James and Olive Walker (nee Forrester) who were bakers and confectioners ...

1980s
Ovens at the Heath Bakery, Uttoxeter
Ovens at the Heath Bakery, Uttoxeter

At the time of this photograph the Heath Bakery owned at the time by John Walker. ...

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Creators: Mr John Walker - Creator

Image courtesy of: Mr Jim Foley

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Source: Miscellaneous Collection

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