Sheffield Cutlery Co-operative Productive Society
Sheffield Cutlery Co-operative Productive Society was formed in 1866 by three trades’ union branches of the spring-knife trade. The Society, at Unity Works, Eldon Street, was registered in 1873, with under a hundred members and share capital under £400. But in good years, such as 1890, it had sales (chiefly to co-operative societies) of nearly £2,000 and a profit of £288. The dividend was distributed among workers and customers (Sheffield Independent, 7 November 1896). By 1900,....
