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| Blacksmith and Wheelwright |
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| The blacksmith and wheelwright trade has been practiced for centuries in Pocklington. The trade died out following the closure of Pocklingtons last blacksmith in Deans Lane. Percy Scales is seen here in his Smithy in Stubbs Butchers Yard, Deans Lane before it closed in the 1960's. Ken Durkin remembers Bernard Drake used to work for Stubbs the butchers in Deans Lane.. |
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| The above photograph was kindly supplied by Ken Durkin and is a newspaper clipping from the 1960s. |
The caption reads:
Although a decaying industry, blacksmiths will always be required while there are horses on the road. Here we find Mr. Percy Scales, who has been a blacksmith for 45 years, putting the finishing touches to the shoes of Capper, the riding pony of Miss Dawn Stubbs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.M. Stubbs. Percy has worked in this shop for 20 years, coming from Newbald, where he spent 16 years.
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| Janet Harrison, Granddaughter of Percy Scales, contacted me to say that his name was not Percy but ‘Pearson’. He also seemed to be known as ‘Joe’ for some reason which she always found strange. |
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This is the wheelwright John Robson (far right) in Union Street. He appears* on the Pocklington Fire Brigade photograph of 1897. |
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* Please note in the publication "The People and Places of Old Pocklington" he is wrongly named on the Fire Brigade photograph as Thomas Robson. |
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Advertisement in the 'Pocklington Weekly News' for Jan 1895 |
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