Charles Butler (c.1806-1864) was a spring knife manufacturer, who for most of his career lived and worked at Brocco Street. His early life is obscure and it is unknown if he had any family links to the nearby firm of George Butler & Co. Apparently, Charles Butler first specialised in scale, spring, and blade manufacture. In local directories, his works address was Allen Street (1833), Brocco Street (1837), and Jepson Yard, Edward Street (1839). In 1841, the local directory and the Census lis....