Marine stores Brearley St

[Brownowl40]

Does anyone know anything about the Marine Stores? My grandfather worked for one during 1910 to 1930ish. This information is from the birth certificates of his children. My grandmother was also brought up by her mother who was a second hand clothes dealer ( 1911 census) and they lived at no 7 Brearley street, hockley. I have been trying to find out if this was a shop - no 7 seems to have been at the beginning of the road - just the place for a shop.

 

[mikejee]

The entry in the 1912 Kellys directory for 7 Brearley st reads;

7 Carr Thomas, secondhand clothes dealer
Mike​

 

[rosie]

There is a thread for "Marine Stores", It's another name for a second-hand clothes dealer. My Gt Gt Gt Grandfather was one in the 1880's. On the Census he's called "a dealer in old clothes" so I thought he changed profession, but on the death certificate he's a "Marine Store Dealer." I think the name started when they sold used items from ships.

 

[Brownowl40]

The entry in the 1912 Kellys directory for 7 Brearley st reads;

7 Carr Thomas, secondhand clothes dealer
Mike​

Thank you for this. After a bit more digging we believe that our great grandmother married this chap. In the 1911 census he was a boarder who was a carter. We think he must have been a rag and bone man but this is just a guess given the nature of the trade.

 

[Alf]

Thank you for this. After a bit more digging we believe that our great grandmother married this chap. In the 1911 census he was a boarder who was a carter. We think he must have been a rag and bone man but this is just a guess given the nature of the trade.

This might help
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?action=printpage;topic=128580.0

 

[mikejee]

The following cutting from the Birm Post 11.9.1862 indicates that a marine store dealer was definitely a scrap metal dealer, though this does not eliminate the possibility of other goods