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George Lodge was the founder of George Lodge and Sons, whose premises are currently on English Street, Hull (2014). The firm was established in 1890 in the old rifle barracks in Alfred Street. The business dealt with the buying and selling of scrap metal and glass bottles. Later, Alfred Lodge, was described variously as a 'machinery merchant', 'a metal and general broker', 'a metal broker' and a 'metal and machinery broker.' In August 1900 he bought land on Walker Street, close to the junction with Porter Street and Hessle Road, in order to build larger premises. At this time scrap metal remained the most important part of the business but George widened the trade to include dealings in office furniture, shop fittings and safes. George Lodge retired from the business in 1930 and died of Bronchitis in 1933 at his house in James Square, Hull. His sons continued to grow the business by specializing in the supply of all kinds of machinery and transmission gear for the engineering, woodworking and motor industries. The Lodge family are no longer connected to the business which currently has premises on English Street, Hull (2014)

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Photograph of George Lodge and biographical notes