The Tucker Brothers
No. 1 St John Street
No. 1A St John Street
No. 3 St John Street
No. 5 St John Street
No. 7 St John Street
No. 9 St John Street
No. 11 St John Street
No. 13 St John Street
No. 15 St John Street
No. 17 St John Street
No. 19 St John Street
No. 21 St John Street
No. 23 St John Street
No. 2 St John Street
No. 4 St John Street
No. 6 St John Street
No. 8 St John Street
Click here to read more about the background to the Tucker family
Following the death of Thomas Tucker in 1877, two of his sons, Frank and George, took over the business which became known as the 'Tucker Brothers'.
There were actually two generations of Tucker Brothers. The first was Frank and George who set up the business and made it such a success. It was eventually taken over by Norman and Ronald, the two sons of Frank.
The Tucker Brothers operated from workshops in the old Quaker Meeting Room in St John Street and they used the Quaker burial ground behind the meeting room for storage. They also acquired other land and buildings in Crispin Lane where they built a stable for the horses and other buildings for storage.
They went on to build many fine houses in Thornbury including six houses opposite the Grammar School (numbers 13 - 23 Gloucester Road) and the red brick houses in Church Road.
Frank acquired number 13 St John Street, the house next door to where he was living, and this was used as offices for the business.
Following George's death in 1931 and Frank's death in 1937, the business was taken over by Norman and Ronald.
Frank Tucker - click here to read more about Frank
George Tucker - click here to read more about George and Louise
This page was last updated: 13/01/2008