Ambrose foresaw that tourism would evolve from steamship companies and produced what is believed to be the first ever travel guide to Finland in 1899. In 1901 the company started producing its annual travel brochure “Off the Beaten Track,” with tours starting at £3 5s...
The famous Finnish migration to America was so grand in scale that a new dock and train platform were built in Hull to handle the numbers of emigrants travelling on to Liverpool. As agents for Finska, the company looked after the needs of over 300,000 migrants that...
The Crimean war now in the past, trade was improving again, and the Good family’s trusted connections led them to assist two new Finnish shipping lines trading through Hull – Finska and Wasa, the company acted as agents for Finska for the next 100 years.
New company “Good Brothers and Co.” was formed with James Reckitt. The SS Carolina was their first ship, which foundered two years later. This, plus damage to another ship forced the business to close. A haunting echo of the loss of their first ship “Sarah,” in 1859...
The second generation gradually took over before John Good died in 1879 aged 75, leaving his family and business well provided for. “What a change!” he had remarked earlier in life when he compared his own situation to his father’s – who had died without a penny to...
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