Norton Cutlery Society Ltd
This co-operative venture was registered in Sheffield in November 1916. In the local directory (1919), it was listed as a cutlery manufacturer, 51 Athol Road, Norton Woodseats.
It apparently had 160 members, who each had to hold at least one £1 share. Profit in 1919 was about £500. But in the following year, the Society appeared in court to answer a summons for failing to render an annual return (Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 11 August 1920).
In 1923, the Society filed for voluntary liquidation. The S....
