John Addy & Company
Numerous Addys are listed in the Company of Cutlers’ apprenticeship records (Leader, 1905-06). The first Addy to appear in a directory was William, a cutler, in 1787 at Westbar Green. John Addy & Co was a scissors manufacturer, which was active by 1810. A directory listing in 1797 – Addy & Co, fine scissor maker, Spring Street (trade mark ‘VIVE ROI’) – may be relevant. John Addy & Co, scissors maker, ‘expired by the effluxion of time’ in 1810....
