13 Moor Street
In the early 1870s James Goldshaw ran his crockery and general hardware business from 13 Moor Street, his premises were known as "Staffordshire House".
In 1877 Mr. John Holt applied for an alteration to the shop to remove a water closet from the rear and enlarge the back kitchen. From this time to the mid 1880s John Holt ran his "New Music Warehouse" from this address selling all kinds of musical instrument. In 1888 he applied for a licence to sell beer by retail to be consumed on the premises.
Thomas Stoner operated his "cheap and cheerful" clothing business from 13 Moor Street from the mid 1880s until the early years of the twentieth century.
By 1917 John Moss, fruiterer and greengrocer was in business. A mysterious advert was placed in the Ormskirk Advertiser during that year, which stated "Our only address 13 Moor Street. No connection whatever with any other business of the name Moss".
The British & Argentine Meat Co. butchery business took over number 13 Moor Street in the early 1920s. Previously the River Plait Meat Company had their sign over the door but they were taken over by the Vestey company who became the biggest retail butchers in the country with over 2000 shops, Dewhurst being one chain they owned. By the 1960s it was Pearson's butchers, It was this store at 13 Moor Street that was in such a bad state structurally in the early 1980s that it was taken down.
15 Moor Street
W.H. Hankin, coal agent, was in business at 15 Moor Street in the 1870s; it was a company established in 1830 which advertised that Mr. Hankin always had on hand a supply of "best Wigan parlour coals, Victoria Arley coals and White Moss coals".
By 1877 the business was known as Hankin and Stretch, coal merchants and dealers in bottled ale, porter and Schwepps Mineral Water. Well known local auctioneer and valuer Edmund C. Stretch had his offices here by 1888.
17 Moor Street
During the late 1870s and 1880s Idle and Stretch, auctioneers and valuers of farm stock, furniture and landed estates had offices at 17 Moor Street, they were successors in business to Mr. L. Brighouse.
19 Moor Street
In 1872, John Forshaw (late with Mrs. Collinson) was advertising his clothing business at 19 Moor Street, where it was possible to purchase good quality dresses, jackets, white skirts, muslin ties as well as buttons and trimmings of all kinds.
L.M. Crompton was a "sweet purveyor" with a "sweet shop par excellence" at 19 Moor Street in the yearly years of the twentieth century.