John William Henry Wall

John William Henry Wall, 1855‒1915. Novelist and local historian, “The Shoemaker Poet,” a pioneer of the Bristol and District Co-op Movement, founded at 38 Croydon Street and opened in Houlton Street in 1884. He set up the “Shakespeare Boot Mart” [...]

John William Henry Wall, known as “The Shoemaker Poet,” was a novelist, local historian, and pioneer of the Bristol and District Co-op Movement, which he helped establish in Houlton Street in 1884. His work contributed significantly to the development of cooperative principles in the area and to preserving local heritage through his writings.