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Jackson George Jackson -
Jackson Jackson & Bellamy Ltd -
Jackson Jackson, Stacey & Smith -
Jackson S. J. / Spear & Jackson (Ashberry) Ltd -
Jackson Wilfred Jackson -
Jackson William Henry Jackson -
Jackson William Jackson & Company -
Jacobs Jacobs & Co -
James Frederick Walter (Fred) James -
James Henry James & Co -
James J. U. James & Sons Ltd -
Jarvis James Jarvis -
Jarvis Thomas Jarvis -
Jenkins Charles E. Jenkins Ltd -
Jenkins Edwin Jenkins -
Jenkins G. Jenkins -
Jenkins Jenkins & Ringrose -
Jenkins Jenkins & Timm Ltd -
Jenkinson Marshall & Jenkinson -
Jepson Matthew & John Jepson -
Jepson Turner & Jepson -
Jervis John Jervis -
Jesmond Pearson & Jesmond -
Jessop Jessop & Smith Ltd -
Jessop Richard & William Jessop -
Jewel Jewel Blade Limited -
Jewel Jewel Razor Company Ltd -
Jewesson Richard Jewesson & Son -
Jewitt William Jewitt -
Jinkinson Thomas Jinkinson -
Johnson Ann Johnson & Sons -
Johnson Christopher Johnson (Cutlers) Ltd -
Johnson Edwin Johnson -
Johnson George Johnson & Son / Ann Johnson & Sons / George Johnson & Company -
Johnson Henry Johnson & Son -
Johnson James Johnson -
Johnson Johnson, Spencer & Company -
Johnson Matthew Johnson -
Johnson R. M. Johnson & Company -
Jollity Garrison Jollity -
Jonas Jonas & Carnall -
Jones John Jones & Company -
Jones Jones & Longbottom Ltd -
Jones Jones Brothers -
Jones Joseph Bullous Jones & Company / Jones Brothers -
Jordan A. J. Jordan -
Jordan Jordan Marsh & Company -
Jowitt George Jowitt & Sons Ltd -
Julian John Julian -
Justice Paris Justice -
Justice Thomas Justice & Sons Ltd
George Jowitt & Sons Ltd
George Jowitt (1866-1955) was born in Sheffield on 20 August 1866, the son of Henry (a pocket-blade forger at George Wostenholm) and his wife, Martha. George became a grinder and so joined a trade with an average life expectancy of no more than forty years. He began work aged nine, and after a boyhood of sometimes extreme poverty, by 1881 he was working for a mester and supplying blades to Joseph Rodgers & Sons in a rented workshop on Rodgers’ premises. He worked 53 hours a week for 6s 6d [3....
