Celebrating Our History: John Mason International Donates Historic Pantechnicon to the Museum of Liverpool
As John Mason International celebrates 140 years of moving people and their belongings around the world, we are proud to donate a significant piece of our history to the Museum of Liverpool. A horse-drawn pantechnicon, used by our company over a century ago, has officially become part of the museum’s permanent collection, preserving a vital […]
Classic 1962 Removals Vehicle Donated to Transport Museum
This week John Mason International’s famous 1962 Leyland Comet left the yard for the last time as it was driven to a new home at the North West Transport Museum for a well-deserved retirement. Registered in Liverpool on 23rd July 1962 as a Platform/Container type body, the vehicle had a matching draw bar trailer capable […]
International Women’s Day 2021: The Story of Mary Mason – one of the world’s first female entrepreneurs!
To mark International Women’s Day today, John Mason International is celebrating the success of its founder, Mary Mason. In 1884 it was highly unusual for a woman to run a company, let alone start one – making Mary Mason one of the world’s first female entrepreneurs! Although named after her husband, John Mason, it was Mary who […]
International Women’s Day: The Story of Mary Mason – Founder of John Mason International
To mark International Women’s Day – Thursday 8 March – global removals specialist John Mason International is celebrating the success of its founder, Mary Mason. In 1884 it was highly unusual for a woman to run a company, let alone start one – making Mary Mason one of the world’s first female entrepreneurs! Although named […]
6 Things That Happened in 1884
1884 was a very good year, especially for us as it was when we started out but there are a few other things that occurred that year too. 1. John Mason In 1884 the company was founded by Mrs. Mary Mason in Liverpool, who started out by helping husband John with his carting business. […]
#130Years of John Mason
As you may (or may not know), here at John Mason we are currently celebrating 130 years of business. One of the ways we thought we would celebrate this would be with some rather entertaining and funny facts relating to 130 years! To begin here is a little breakdown of exactly what 130 years […]