Hartlepool Ferry 1853, For Regulating the Working of the Boatment (sic)
Donor : Hartlepool Library Service
Creator : J. Procter
Location
A selection of printed material from the Robert Wood Collection. For more information see the note entitled 'The Robert Wood Collection' below.
More detail »For centuries the Ferry was the quickest way to travel between the Headland and Middleton. The earliest written record of a ferry at Hartlepool dates back to 1600. At its peak it carried thousands of workers to the shipyards at Middleton.
In 1918, Hartlepool Corporation bought the ferry rights from the Hartlepool Ferry & Harbour Company for £500.
It finally closed in the 1950s, when more convenient ways of travelling made it redundant.
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J. Procter, Printers, High Street, Hartlepool.
John Procter was born in 1809 and was apprenticed, at the age of fourteen, to Thomas Jenner of Stockton who was a printer, bookbinder, bookseller and stationer.
At the age of twenty-four, John set up his own printing business in Southgate, Hartlepool.
John’s timing was perfect as it was a boom time in Hartlepool and most businesses required bookbinding and printing work. He was probably the only printer in the area so his business flourished.
Although his printing works were in Southgate, John must have had an office in The High Street, Hartlepool, as this is the address that appeared on all his posters.
On his death in 1860, John’s business was taken over by F.W. Mason.
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