Needham, Veall & Tyzack Ltd
This business apparently began in 1828 when John Taylor (c.1792-1854) opened a small workshop in St Philip’s Road, Brookhill. He specialised in pen, pocket, and sportsman’s knives and was granted the striking ‘Eye Witness’ mark in 1838. It featured the Eye of Providence – the all-seeing eye. In 1841, John Taylor was listed for the first time in a local directory. But he died at his residence in St Philip’s Road on 9 January 1854, aged, 61, and was buried in Portobel....
