Joseph Gibbins & Sons Ltd
Gibbins was one of the best Sheffield scissors makers of its day. The family came from Darnall. The founder was Joseph Gibbins, who in the Census (1841) was a scissor smith, living on the Worksop Road with his wife, Ann, and their family (which included sons Henry, Joseph, and Samuel – the first of whom was a scissor smith). Living in Worksop Road was another son, John Gibbins, who was a scissors forger. In the directory of 1845 Joseph Gibbins & Sons was listed as a scissors and shears manuf....
