Edward Leslie Chapman
When Eddie Chapman died in 2004, he was aged 102, and had spent his life living in Heeley. He was born on 1 January 1902, the son of Henry Chapman, and his wife, Lily née Ibberson. For several generations the family had been pen knife grinders. Eddie’s father rented a trow at Shirtcliffe’s pearl scale works in West Street (see John Shirtcliffe). On leaving school, Eddie worked briefly as a dray boy and then in a pawn shop, but soon joined his father as an apprentice. Until he ....
