J. Adams Ltd
This family business, spanning six generations, was nurtured in the blade forging trade that once flourished around Solly Street / Broad Lane / St Philip’s Road. In an interview in the 1980s, George Adams provided a fascinating account of this old industry (Jenkins and McClarence, 19891). Aged 84, George told his interviewers of the days when the cutlery trade was ‘no place for a man who wasn’t quick’. He forged butchers’ blades for several well-known firms, such as Petty....
