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This is the back cover of a 1942 London Anglers Association handbook.

I would imagine there were a lot of wives selling their husbands tackle while they were away. Money was short and no doubt Sowerbutts will have picked up on that fact and realised there was a few bob extra to be made from this war. Doomsday profiteering just like the face mask and hand sanitiser sellers of today.

Wal.

This was not a new experience.During the Great War so many men were killed and never returned! The tackle trade lost workers and customers at a stroke; so many retails never lasted the duration of the war .Sowerbutts must have been well aware of this and secondhand fishing tackle has a demand always. After the 1939-- 45 war shortage of all materials was to last into the 1950s. Dealerships advertised this freely in their catalogs which were also subject to restrictive paper/pulp availability. TAX.... well luxuary goods had their own neiche....Tony

It was Mrs. Sowerbutt who gave Jack Hargreaves his 'poacher's rod' when he was setting off to war in the Army...which was probably made for a serviceman anyway.

So sad the with crazy London property prices the wonderful range of specialist business like Sowerbutts in that area have been replaced by multi million £ flats

Ian.R.McDonald wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 5:57 pm So sad the with crazy London property prices the wonderful range of specialist business like Sowerbutts in that area have been replaced by multi million £ flats

Conservative led Westminster Council tax rises did for a few more old family firms too. Dame Shirley Porter in charge. Then she legged it to Israel to avoid a jerrymandering investigation, her suitcases stuffed with jewellery and gold. I saw her take several such trips through Heathrow.

The nice but nothing exceptional semi in the east end where I grew up was sold recently by the current owners for 1.3 million £.

I remember my Dad telling me that the person at the bank who set up the mortgage for the £1700 they paid to be cautious as they were unlikely to see an increase in value.

Good morning,
I have just read this post, always interesting to read about old tackle shops.
I remember the story of that rod by Jack Hargreaves, it was at the start of "The Turks Pond"
This is the shop now.
I must pop in for a bite to eat and reminice..

Mr B

Mr B wrote: ↑Mon Aug 02, 2021 11:06 am Good morning,
I have just read this post, always interesting to read about old tackle shops.
I remember the story of that rod by Jack Hargreaves, it was at the start of "The Turks Pond"
This is the shop now.
I must pop in for a bite to eat and reminice..

Mr B

The building owned by The Peabody Trust

" The first block, designed by H. A. Darbishire in a red-brick Jacobethan style, opened in Commercial Street, Spitalfields, on 29 February 1864. It cost £22,000 to build, and contained 57 "dwellings" (i.e. flats) for the poor, nine shops with accommodation for the shopkeepers, and baths and laundry facilities on the upper floor. Water-closets were grouped in pairs by the staircases, with one shared between every two flats."

Ljm183 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 18, 2023 7:45 pm

Mr B wrote: ↑Mon Aug 02, 2021 11:06 am Good morning,
I have just read this post, always interesting to read about old tackle shops.
I remember the story of that rod by Jack Hargreaves, it was at the start of "The Turks Pond"
This is the shop now.
I must pop in for a bite to eat and reminice..

Mr B

The building owned by The Peabody Trust

" The first block, designed by H. A. Darbishire in a red-brick Jacobethan style, opened in Commercial Street, Spitalfields, on 29 February 1864. It cost £22,000 to build, and contained 57 "dwellings" (i.e. flats) for the poor, nine shops with accommodation for the shopkeepers, and baths and laundry facilities on the upper floor. Water-closets were grouped in pairs by the staircases, with one shared between every two flats."

Well thats a great bit of research Ljm!
After reading your post I did a bit of research myself, really interesting!
The Peabody Trust really played a big part in those difficult times and are still going.
Have you seen The Turks Pond, Jack Hargreaves?
Well worth a watch.... I must watch it again.
Thanks for posting.
Mr B