Grocers & Provision Merchants
In the 1873 Littlebury's Directory and Gazetteer of Worcestershire it stated that Barber & Hope, Family Grocers, Provision Merchants & Boot & Shoe Warehouse, 3 Alcester Street and at Stoke Works near Bromsgrove.
Wife Harriet (Adams) (29) plus 3 children + 3 servants at home. On the 1891 census they lived at the same address. On the 1871 census Arthur lived with his parents William and Elizabeth in Prospect Hill, Redditch.
Wife Harriet (39) Plus 2 children + 1 servant at home. On the 1901 census they lived in Bromsgrove Road, Redditch. On the 1881 census they lived at the same address. In the 1884, 1888 & 1892 Kelly's Directory Arthur was classed as Confectioner, 3 Alcester Street, Redditch.
Wife Gertrude (40) plus 2 children + 1 visitor + 1 assistant + 2 servants at home. On the 1891 census they lived at 13 Evesham Street. On the 1911 census they lived at 13 Evesham Street and had a shop there.
Uninhabited (On the 1911 census the enumerator stopped at this house in Alcester Street before going on to 25 Archer Road) In the 1912 Kelly's Directory Board of Trade, Labour Exchange, 3 Alcester Street.
Ministry of Labour Employment Exchange
On the 1911 census there was a John Dyer living at 33 Alcester Street and he had several sons who could have taken over the business.