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| Allison's - Builders & Garage |
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| According to Neave, Joseph Allison was foreman to the famous Pocklington builder Thomas Grant for ten years, and started his builders business in Pocklington in November 1907, following the death of his employer earlier in the year. Thomas Grant was a builder, cabinet maker and timber merchant and a dealer of building materials. He was said to have built most of Pocklington including the houses in Percy Road, Burnby Lane, Union Street (e.g. Kimberley House). If Thomas Grant built most of the houses of the 19th Century, then it was Allisons who built many of the houses in the 20th century. They built all of the Algarth Garden Estate, which was an award winning housing development. |
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Thomas Grant the builder with his foreman Joseph Allison
Joseph Allison who was foreman for Thomas Grant the Builder and started the building firm of J. Allison & Sons Ltd.,
following the death of his former employer.
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Harry Allison son of Joseph Allison |
His wife Harriet (née Potter) from Barmby Moor |
I received these pictures from John Allison in July 2024 he said "These are my grandparents taken a few years earlier than the picture of musicians. My Grandmother I never knew, unfortunately she died when my farther was almost 14, he was born in 1913 . She was Harriet Potter from Barmby Moor, they lived in the corner shop in Barmby that my grandfather formed out of the existing building for I believe John Richardson, I still have the original plans my grandfather drew for him . Harry and all 3 of his brothers were musicians of some kind or other, playing different instruments" |
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Picture from the 'Pocklington Post',
Allison's Garage on Railway Street
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The clipping above is undated but I suspect it is from 1974 |
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From the Pocklington Times dated 2nd August, 1973 |
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A 1982 newspaper report illustrates the end of the firm |
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| If you wish to add to the story of Allison's, or correct any of the above information, then please contact me. |
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