Blaisdon bakers deliveries around 1945 - 1947 (General)

by hawkyboy, Friday, November 27, 2015, 20:34 (3284 days ago) @ ChrisW

The buying of stock off each other I can understand, but the trading was different. Nobody would travel onto another's territory and nobody would poach customers. Consequently on a road the left hand side belonged to one baker and the right hand side to another. At the end of the road there was an agreement on which direction each baker turned. So if you were Mrs Smith living on the left hand side and you wished to transfer your business to the baker serving the right hand side this was likely to be declined.

However I welcome opinions on this. Also to widen the scope, and possible responses, I should open up the title to "Who Was the Delivery Man on the Blaisdon Round at any Time up to 1947"! Perhaps some names will come forward on this?

Many thanks to all in advance.