Illustration in ink of the old debtors prison, 199b Borough High Street, London
- Reference No:
- C DBSS/4/2/71
- Dates:
- c. 1925
- Description:
- Towards the end of the nineteenth century the business of the Company was expanding southwards and it was decided to open a depot for distributing the Company's products in London. Premises were acquired at 199b Borough High Street, near London Bridge, on the site of what had once been the White Horse Debtors Prison, which formed the background for the story of Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens. The prison buildings had themselves been demolished, but the governors house and the house of the warders still remained, in fact the governor's house was used partly as a manager's office and partly for storage accommodation. The paints and varnishes were despatched by water transport from Hull in bulk and were filled into tins in London, prior to delivery by carrier to an increasing number of customers in the south of the country. On the right of the illustration is a Sissons Lorry and a 'Carter Patterson' van.
- Format:
- Archive Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Access Conditions:
- Access will be granted to any accredited reader
- Repository:
- Hull City Archives
- Collection:
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Records relating to Sissons Brothers & Co. Ltd.
