Jessop & Smith Ltd
Harold Jessop (1894-1968), the son of a railway spring fitter, was a steel works clerk; Joseph Smith (1882-1968) was a steel works labourer with his father. In the mid-1920s, they launched Jessop & Smith in Trafalgar Street as forgers and stampers supplying knife blanks to the local trade. The firm was registered in 1932 (capital £1,000). By the late 1930s, it was at Albert Works, Sidney Street. Joseph Smith died at Curbar, Derbyshire, on 21 November 1968, aged 86. He left £26,503. Harold Jessop, who was vice....
