George Siddall
George Siddall’s early life is uncertain (his name was common enough to confuse his background in the parish registers). However, at the time of the Census (1841), he was living in Corn Hill and working as a table knife cutler. He appeared in a Sheffield directory in 1845 as a shopkeeper in Allen Street. In 1850, he was trading in table and butchers’ knives in Edward Street, but he continued to operate his shop in Allen Street. By 1859, Siddall was selling a wide range of trade knives (for....
