Baker & Confectioner

Historic trade sign, W.H.R. Shadey, Baker & Confectioner

Painted pine

England, 1930s

William Harry Ronald Shadey was born on 27th August 1899 in Gosport, Hampshire to Albert, himself a Baker & Grocer, and Ada

The 1921 Census shows William living in Oakhanger, near Bordon and working for Mr Arthur Cox, a Master Baker, whose daughter Freda would become William's wife, whereafter they ran Cox's Bakery in this quiet corner of rural East Hampshire for years to come

244cm (8ft) x 47cm (18 1/2")

£850