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From a note book kindly loaned by E Fowell
Nathan Crick - Shoemaker
This notebook was given to me by Bill Patenall of Queen Street, Rushden, whose great, great grandfather, Nathan Crick, was to go into partnership with his other gt.gt.gfa. in about 1890 until 1928, when the firm went broke. I think these are Cricks earliest records when he was trading on his own in his outhouse work shop in Orchard Place, Rushden.

Eric Fowell

This little note book was kept by Nathan Crick from 1870 until 1889 when he began his shoemaking trade. It contains miscellaneous notes on the weather, Spiritulaism and his business, with some interesting weekly accounts. It is from these accounts we can see how the business began and grew. Nathan was most likely cutting out the shoes and sending them to outworkers to sew and finish.
The accounts give us an insight into how the trade was starting to expand with an influx of workers into the town as machinery drew the workers into factories.

Sewn
No. Pairs
Rec
Exp
Deficient
 
  
£
s
d
£
s
d
£
s
d
1886
9543
62
17
3¾
63
9
7¾
 
12
4¾
                Left    
1887
19957
 116
14
0
95
12
11
21
1
1
1888
23490
135
2
3½
102
12
4½
32
9
11
1889
23046
136
13
11¾
106 
19
3
28
13
5
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
82 
4
5
1888

For the year ending Dec

About 26 Thousand Pairs of boots and showes. Receipts Eight thousand pounds, profit about six hundred pounds.


[This may have been an estimated shoe production in the town? But N Crick had made 23 thousand pairs with £32 profit so perhaps he intended to write 260 thousand pairs?]

A series of monthly profit and loss accounts of the business of Nathan Crick 1886 - 1889
Profit/Loss
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Pairs Sewn
Rec'd
Expenditure
Wages
Left/Deficient
Year
Date
Mens
£
s
d
Youths
£
s
d
Boys
£
s
d
£
s
d
£
s
d
£
s
d
£
s
d
1886
03 Jul
1080
6
15
0
103
 
10
8¾
84
 
7
0
1267
7
12
8¾
1
15
1
5
4
0
 
13
7¾
1886
31 Jul
794
4
19
3
153
 
15
11
44
 
3
8
991
5
18
10½
1
11
0¾
5
4
0
def
17
9¾
1886
28 Aug
1068
6
13
6
0
 
 
 
0
 
 
 
1068
6
13
6
1
17
2½
5
4
0
def
9
8
1886
25 Sep
1175
 
 
 
111
 
 
 
0
 
 
 
1286
7
16
1½
1
17
0
5
4
0
 
15
1½
1886
30 Oct
1022
7
6
9
 
 
 
 
0
 
 
 
1022
7
6
9
1
11
9
5
4
0
 
11
0
1886
27 Nov
784
4
18
0
216
1
2
6
0
 
 
 
1000
6
0
6
1
11
2½
5
4
0
def
14
4½
1886
24 Dec
761
4
15
1½
110
 
11
5½
19
 
1
7
890
5
8
2
2
7
0½
5
4
0
def 2
2
10
Summary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9543
62
17
3¾
63
9
7¾
(inc wages)
def
12
4¾
1887
29 Jan
786
4
18
3
244
1
5
5
0
 
 
 
1030
6
3
5
1
11
4½
5
4
0
def
11
11½
1887
26 Feb
882
5
10
3
270
1
8
1½
180
 
15
0
1332
7
13
4½
1
19
7
5
7
0
 
7
3
1887
26 Mar
1324
8
5
0
126
 
13
1½
225
 
18
9
1675
9
16
10½
2
5
10
5
8
0
2
3
0½
1887
23 Apr
1039
6
9
10½
165
 
17
2¼
479
1
19
11
1683
9
11
0
2
6
7
5
8
0
1
16
5
1887
21 May
1467
9
3
4½
141
 
14
8½
324
1
7
0
1932
11
5
1
2
10
11
5
8
0
3
6
2
1887
18 Jun
946
5
18
3
259
1
6
11¾
303
1
5
3
1508
8
8
5¾
2
2
10
4
13
6
1
12
2
1887
16 Jul
954
5
19
3
112
 
11
8
478
1
19
10
1544
8
19
9
2
0
9
5
8
0
1
11
0
1887
13 Aug
1338
8
7
2
160
 
16
9
229
 
19
1
1727
10
3
0
2
9
2
5
4
0
2
10
2
1887
19 Sep
1390
8
13
9
303
1
11
6¾
303
1
5
3
1996
11
10
6¾
2
17
11
5
8
0
3
4
7¾
1887
15 Oct
1262
7
17
9
293
1
19
8½
302
1
5
2
1857
11
2
7½
2
19
3
5
8
0
2
15
4½
1887
12 Nov
1069
6
13
7½
170
 
12
3½
525
2
3
9
1794
9
9
8
2
11
10
5
8
0
1
9
10
1887
10 Dec
1040
6
10
0
90
 
9
4½
253
1
1
1
1383
8
0
5½
1
19
9
5
8
0
 
12
8½
1887
24 Dec
450
2
16
3
89
 
9
3¼
50
 
4
2
589
3
9
8¼
1
0
8
2
14
0
def
5
0
 
  
19951
 
 
 
116140
 
 
 
951211
 
 
 
[these figures entere here with no explanation]
 
 
1888
28 Jan
1189
7
8
7½
130
 
12
11
166
 
13
1
1485
8
15
4½
2
2
8
5
8
0
1
4
8½
1888
25 Feb
1191
7
8
10½
216
1
2
6
323
1
6
11
1730
9
18
3½
2
15
6
5
8
0
1
14
9½
1888
24 Mar
1087
6
15
10½
532
2
15
4
344
1
8
8
1963
10
19
10½
2
17
8
5
8
0
2
14
2½
1888
28 Apr
962
6
0
3
237
1
4
8¼
376
1
11
4
1575
8
15
3¼
1
18
5
5
8
0
1
8
10¼
1888
19 May
1353
8
9
1½
155
1
8
0¾
693
2
17
9
2201
12
14
11¼
2
13
4
5
8
0
4
13
7½
1888
16 Jun
1229
7
13
7½
267
1
16
5
379
1
11
7½
1875
11
1
7½
2
11
1
5
16
0
2
14
6½
1888
14 Jul
1742
10
17
3
436
2
5
5
339
1
8
3
2517
14
10
11
2
16
0
5
16
0
5
18
11
1888
11 Aug
1417
8
17
1½
467
2
8
7¾
266
1
2
4
2150
12
8
1¼
2
15
0
5
16
0
3
17
1½
1888
15 Sep
1533
9
11
7½
286
1
9
9½
289
1
4
1
2108
12
5
6
2
13
10
5
16
0
3
15
8
1888
13 Oct
1320
8
5
0
230
1
4
7
226
 
18
10
1776
10
8
5
2
19
10
5
16
0
1
13
0
1888
10 Nov
1255
7
16
10½
219
1
2
9½
225
 
18
9
1699
8
18
5
2
13
1
5
16
0
 
9
4
1888
08 Dec
1081
6
15
1½
195
1
3
0¾
244
1
0
4
1520
8
18
6¼
2
5
9
5
16
0
 
16
9¼
1888
22 Dec
714
4
9
3
165
 
17
2¼
12
 
1
0
891
5
7
5¼
1
8
8
2
18
0
1
6
9
1889
27 Jan
1423
8
17
10½
93
 
9
8¼
168
 
14
0
1684
10
1
6¾
2
10
5
5
16
0
1
15
1¾
1889
23 Feb
1334
8
6
9
287
1
10
0
206
 
17
2
1827
10
13
11
3
3
4
5
16
0
1
14
7
1889
23 Mar
1401
7
15
1
117
 
12
2¼
197
 
16
5
1715
9
3
9¼
2
12
4
5
16
0
 
15
5¼
1889
20 Apr
1494
9
6
9
23
 
2
4¾
34
2
10
0
1551
9
11
11¾
2
14
5
5
16
0
1
1
6¾
1889
18 May
1625
10
3
1½
111
 
11
6¾
189
 
15
9
1925
11
10
5¼
2
13
8
5
16
0
3
0
9¼
1889
15 Jun
1372
8
11
6
103
 
10
8¾
241
1
0
1
1680
10
2
3¾
2
5
0
5
0
0
2
17
0
1889
13 Jul
1485
9
5
7½
126
 
13
1½
295
1
4
7
1906
11
3
4
3
2
6
5
16
0
2
4
10
1889
03 Aug
1339
8
7
4
142
 
14
9½
220
 
18
4
1701
10
0
5½
2
3
9
4
7
0
3
9
8½
August Bank Holiday - Close Friday night 2nd at 7 o'clock untill Monday the 12th.
1889
07 Sep
1609
10
1
1½
51
 
5
3¾
287
1
3
11
1897
11
10
4½
2
14
3
5
16
0
3
0
1¼
1889
05 Oct
1585
9
18
1½
146
 
15
10
200
 
16
8
1931
11
10
7½
3
6
10
5
16
0
2
7
8½
1889
02 Nov
1619
9
17
9½
64
 
6
8
304
1
5
4
1987
11
8
9½
2
17
2
5
16
0
2
14
7½
1889
30 Nov
1437
8
19
7½
84
 
8
9
382
1
11
10
1903
11
0
2½
3
2
5
5
16
0
2
1
9½
1889
31 Dec
955
5
19
4½
189
 
19
8¼
195
 
16
3
1339
7
15
3¾
1
18
2
4
7
0
1
10
1¾

In the above accounts the expenses are broken down for some months only.

Year Date
Thread
Wax
Grease
Gas
Neadles
Whorles
Wheels
Pinions
Horn Tips
Total
   
£
s
d
£
s
d
£
s
d
£
s
d
£
s
d
£
s
d
£
s
d
£
s
d
£
s
d
£
s
d
1886 28 Aug
1
8
2
 
1
10½
 
 
6
 
 
 
 
4
3
 
1
0
 
 
8
 
 
9
 
 
 
1
17
2½
1886 25 Sep
1
10
6
 
2
2
 
 
 
 
1
6
 
2
10
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
17
0
1886 30 Oct
1
6
2
 
1
9
 
 
 
 
1
0
 
2
10
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
11
9
1886 27 Nov
1
4
0
 
1
7½
 
 
6
 
1
0
 
2
10
 
1
0
 
 
 
 
 
9
 
 
 
1
11
2½
1886 24 Dec
1
3
10
 
1
7½
 
 
 
 
1
0
 
2
10
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9
 
17
0
2
7
0½
1887 29 Jan
1
4
0
 
1
7½
 
 
6
 
1
0
 
4
3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
11
4½
1887 26 Feb
1
10
4
 
2
6
 
 
 
 
1
6
 
4
3
 
1
0
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
19
7
1887 26 Mar
1
16
10
 
3
3
 
 
6
 
1
0
 
4
3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
5
10
1887 23 Apr
1
16
10
 
3
6
 
 
 
 
1
0
 
2
6
 
2
0
 
 
 
 
 
9
 
 
 
2
6
7
1887 21 May
2
1
2
 
4
0
 
 
6
 
1
0
 
2
6
 
1
0
 
 
 
 
 
9
 
 
 
2
10
11
1887 18 Jun
1
12
6
 
3
0
 
 
6
 
1
0
 
2
6
 
2
0
 
 
 
 
1
4
 
 
 
2
2
10
1887 16 Jul
1
12
6
 
2
6
 
 
 
 
 
9
 
1
8
 
2
0
 
 
 
 
1
4
 
 
 
2
0
9
1887 13 Aug
1
19
0
 
3
3
 
 
 
 
 
9
 
2
8
 
2
0
 
 
 
 
1
6
 
 
 
2
9
2
1887 10 Sep
2
5
6
 
3
6
 
 
 
 
 
9
 
5
8
 
1
0
 
 
 
 
1
6
 
 
 
2
17
11
1887 15 Oct
2
5
6
 
3
6
 
 
6
 
 
9
 
4
0
 
2
0
 
 
 
 
3
0
 
 
 
2
19
3
1887 12 Nov
2
1
10
 
3
3
 
 
 
 
1
0
 
4
0
 
1
0
 
 
 
 
 
9
 
 
 
2
11
10
1887 10 Dec
1
10
6
 
2
6
 
 
 
 
1
0
 
4
0
 
1
0
 
 
 
 
 
9
 
 
 
1
19
9
1887 24 Dec
 
14
0
 
1
6
 
 
6
 
 
6
 
2
8
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
6
 
 
 
1
0
8
1888 28 Jan
1
11
6
 
3
0
 
 
 
 
1
0
 
5
6
 
1
0
 
 
 
 
 
8
 
 
 
2
2
8
1888 25 Feb
2
3
4
 
3
3
 
 
6
 
1
0
 
5
8
 
1
0
 
 
 
 
 
9
 
 
 
2
15
6
1889 05 Oct
2
8
0
 
4
10
 
 
6
 
1
0
 
5
0
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8
6
3
6
10

Table summary from the notebook:-
Sewn
No. Pairs
Rec
Exp
Deficient
 
  
£
s
d
£
s
d
£
s
d
1886
9543
62
17
3¾
63
9
7¾
 
12
4¾
               
Left
1887
19957
 116
14
0
95
12
11
21
1
1
1888
23490
135
2
3½
102
12
4½
32
9
11
1889
23046
136
13
11¾
106 
19
3
28
13
5
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
82 
4
5

1888

For the year ending Dec

About 26 Thousand Pairs of boots and shoes.

Receipts Eight thousand pounds, profit about six thousand pounds.
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