John Green was a tin-smith, (a sheet-metal worker). His business was in West Street Stockton, (now the site of a large take-away behind Wellington Square). John Green was repairing and renewing metering cases for Stockton Corporation Gas-works, as well as churns and milk-measure jugs, ducting and ventilation systems, including dressing-room ventilation for the Globe-Theatre, in the late 1940s . Pennocks sweet-factory was in the same Street This letter from John Green dated 1910 was provided courtesy of Mr Robert Dicken.
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This is a great site, it gives me hope of finding my grandmother”s (Mary Maguire)Pawn shop from the 1890″s.My father and his four brothers are from this area. Thanks again
The name on the shop appears to be John Green. According to the Trades Directory for 1899/1900, John Green was a tinsmith in Middle Street, although he lived in Park Terrace South. There is no further mention of him in Middle Street, although a John Green is mentioned in Park Terrace South in 1894 as a foreman mechanic. In 1908, Mrs. John Green is living at the same address, suggesting that she might be his widow.