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This business began in about 1851, with the partnership of Murray & Stork – a spring-knife enterprise that was based in Duke Lane. The partners were Robert Murray, born in Scotland in about 1811; and Samuel Stork, a cutler born in Crookes, who in 1851 lived with his family in Charles Street. According to Murray’s entry in the 1851 Census, the enterprise employed ten men. A decade later Murray & Stork had a workforce of seven men, two boys, and four girls. This partnership was....

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Samuel Stork & Sons