John Sanderson & Son (1929) Ltd
John William Sanderson (1861-1955) was born at Hackenthorpe, Derbyshire, the son of Charles (a ‘silver cutler’) and his wife, Patty. He followed his father’s trade. In the Census (1891), he was enumerated as a ‘manager (cutlery)’, but a year later apparently started his own business. His first venture as a silver cutlery and electro-plate manufacturer may have been alongside John Norton Roe. Sanderson & Roe was based at 34 & 36 Holly Street, but the partnership was dissolved by the mid-1....
