Bay Street Shops 1875: Charles Nettleton: PMHPS Collection Some of the early items added to the PMHPS collection were three very large pawnbroker’s pledge books. They were found in a chimney in Bay Street, from the Johnny Allsorts Pawnbrokers. They contain thousands of poignant transactions involving most Port families during Australia’s severe Depression 1891 to 1898. The shop pictured here in 1875 at 239…