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Latest revision as of 07:57, 26 April 2021
John Thrift and Sons Wholesale Grocers of Croydon.
At 18 John had moved to Hythe and was one of three working for the grocer Charles Day.[1]
1852 He left Kent and moved to Croydon to work as an assistant under James Graham West at 42 Church Street.[2][3]
1857 He had opened his own shop at 96 Church Street.
1859 Listed as John Thrift, Grocer and Cheesemonger of 91 Church Street.[4]
1871 Henry and William (John's Sons) are listed at his household.[5]
1888 Moved to 'Sandhurst' previously The Villa residence of Henry Reed.[6]
Business expanded elsewhere in Croydon and in Norwood, Mitcham and Sydenham. A warehouse was also constructed behind 96 Church Street and eventually on George Street near East Croydon Station circa 1893.[7][8]
Bacon-smoking, coffee-grinding and tea-smoking were processes undertaken in the new warehouse.[9]
c1890 Amalgamated with Herbert Gosney and Co. John's sons Henry and William join the business. It becomes John Thrift and Sons[10][11]
The firm of John Thrift & Sons, continued to trade until 1960, when it was sold to another grocery wholesaler, Edward Paul and Co of Camberwell.[12]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1851 Census
- ↑ Croydon Chronicle obituary
- ↑ Gray’s 1853 directory
- ↑ Gray’s 1859 directory
- ↑ 1871 census
- ↑ Ward’s directories
- ↑ History of John Thrift & Sons, Ltd
- ↑ 1903 Croydon Chronicle Obituary
- ↑ John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera 19 December 1896
- ↑ History of John Thrift & Sons, Ltd
- ↑ Ward’s directories
- ↑ Croydon Advertiser, 26 August 1960
- All information kindly supplied by Kake via "an article on 114-150 London Road, Croydon"