E. H. Parkin & Company Ltd
Edward Hugh Parkin (1893-1963) was born in Sheffield, the son of Edward Oswald Parkin and his wife, Elizabeth Jane. His father was a silver and electro-plate engraver, who later became a photographer. He left £574 on his death in 1910. His son, Edward, began working as a silver warehouseman. Later sources stated that he began his career in Scotland Street as an apprentice at Cornwall Works of R. Richardson. After army service in France during the First World War, in 1919 Parkin started his own business in Brookhi....
