Thomas W. Cork & Son Ltd
Thomas Walburn Cork (1891-1965) was born in Sheffield, the son of Charles Daws Cork, a silk dealer and later shop keeper, and his wife, Ellen. After apprenticeship at R. F. Mosley, Thomas began in 1919 at Hollis Croft as a specialist in stainless knives (marked ‘RAZOR EDGE STAINLESS’). Cork’s was later based at Sykes Works, Eyre Street; and then by the late 1930s at Albert Works, Sidney Street. Cork’s Festival of Britain exhibit (1951) of table cutlery (including fish eaters an....
