Lee & Crookes Ltd
According to an advertisement in International Cutler (1953), Lee & Crookes had been established for over seventy years. It can be traced to Charles Lee (1846-1913), who was an ivory cutter. His son was Charles Albert Lee, who was born in 1878. In 1919, ‘Charles Lee’ (under Albert) was listed as an ivory cutter at 144 Eyre Street. At 150 Eyre Street was a bone haft and scale cutter operated by George Crookes. After his death in 1924, his son, George William Crookes (born in 1894....
