> > Maybe not Liverpool but OPC threw up what I think looks an interesting one: > > Baptism: 6 Oct 1872 St John, Preston, Lancashire, England > > Frederick William Wilson - [Child] of William Wilson & Mary Ann > > Occupation: Marine Store Dealer > > It struck me that the 'samples' could be marine ones. > > Tony Proctor A Marine Store Dealer was a "broker of waste materials", often simply a rag and bone man, and not necessarily dealing in anything marine at all. In fact many such dealers were well inland and miles from the sea. Peter

Peter Heather <heather170@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >> >> Maybe not Liverpool but OPC threw up what I think looks an interesting one: >> >> Baptism: 6 Oct 1872 St John, Preston, Lancashire, England >> >> Frederick William Wilson - [Child] of William Wilson & Mary Ann >> >> Occupation: Marine Store Dealer >> >> It struck me that the 'samples' could be marine ones. >> >> Tony Proctor > > A Marine Store Dealer was a "broker of waste materials", often simply a > rag and bone man, and not necessarily dealing in anything marine at all. > In fact many such dealers were well inland and miles from the sea. > A Marine Store Dealer was a licensed broker who bought and sold used cordage, bunting, rags, timber, metal and other general waste materials. He usually sorted the purchased waste by kind, grade etc. He also repaired and mended sacks etc. Marine Store Dealers were governed by an Act of Parliament 1st. Geo. IV. sec.16 cap.75. Which enacted that every marine-store-dealer shall have his name inserted in legible characters over his shop-door and shall also keep a book in which he shall insert the name and address of any person from whom he shall buy any article. -- wtwjgc (Joe)

On 16/08/2013 17:02, Peter Heather wrote: >> >> Maybe not Liverpool but OPC threw up what I think looks an >> interesting one: >> >> Baptism: 6 Oct 1872 St John, Preston, Lancashire, England >> >> Frederick William Wilson - [Child] of William Wilson & Mary Ann >> >> Occupation: Marine Store Dealer >> >> It struck me that the 'samples' could be marine ones. >> >> Tony Proctor > > A Marine Store Dealer was a "broker of waste materials", often simply > a rag and bone man, and not necessarily dealing in anything marine at > all. In fact many such dealers were well inland and miles from the > sea. Today, his business would be a recycling plant, no doubt.