Report - George Barnsley & Sons, Sheffield, May 2011

[Only2Eyes]

Nothing new to you here however I hadn't been before so despite a frightful hangover I jumped in the car and headed to Sheffield.

A bit of information for those who don't know...

George Barnsley and Sons Ltd was founded in 1836 and specialised in forge filing and cutting tools for leather workers and shoe makers.

George Barnsley and Son is listed in the 1837 Sheffield directory as a file manufacture situated on Wheeldon Street, The 1849 listing records a move to Cornhill and then in 1852 to Cornish works Cornish street. They had by this time also increased their product range to include steel files, shoes, butchers knives. They are again listed in 1944 as manufactures of files and blades, shoe knives and leather workers tools. In the 1948 listing the business had become George Barnsley and Son Ltd.

Visited with ZerO81, Blueink and Satsukisan

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