W. Beal & Son
According to an advertisement in 1951, this scissors manufacturer was established in 1870. However, the name does not appear in directories in the late nineteenth or early twentieth centuries. The ‘W’ in the name denotes ‘Willis’ and it appears that the senior partner was Willis Beal (1889-1954). In the Census (1901), he was enumerated in Longfield Road, as the eleven-year-old son of Harry Beal, a scissors forger, and his wife Mary. Possibly, Harry was the ‘fo....
