Luke Furniss
Luke Furniss (1818-1866) was baptised at Fishlake, near Doncaster (though one of his Census returns stated Masbrough as his birthplace). His parents were Joseph and Sarah Furnist. Luke first appeared in a Sheffield directory in 1845, when he was a spring knife manufacturer at Snow Hill and Duke Street. He lived in the Park district for the rest of his life. Besides making pen and pocket knives, Luke’s main pastime was ‘pedestrianism’ – or running in various competitions.&....
