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W J. W. -
W W. & H. -
W W. W. Cutlery Ltd -
Wade Wade & Butcher -
Wade Wade, Wingfield & Rowbotham -
Wafer Wafer Razor Company Ltd -
Wain John Wain & Company Ltd -
Wainwright Alfred Wainwight & Son -
Wainwright Alfred Wainwright Ltd -
Wainwright B. Wainwright & Company -
Wainwright Wainwright & Staniland -
Wainwright William Wainwright -
Waite Waite & Simpson -
Wakefield A. & S. Wakefield -
Walburn T. Walburn -
Walch James Walker Walch -
Walker C. P. Walker & Company Ltd -
Walker Eaton Walker & Company -
Walker James Walker Ltd -
Walker O. Walker & Sons -
Walker Walker & Company (Sheffield) Ltd -
Walker Walker & Hall Ltd -
Walker Walker Steel Works Ltd -
Walker Walter Walker & Company -
Walkland James Walkland & Company -
Wall Chapman, Wall & Co Ltd -
Wall Wall, Kay & Sons Ltd -
Wallace A. Wallace -
Wallis Collings & Wallis -
Wallis Gray, Wallis & Company -
Walliss W. H. Walliss -
Walsh Doris Walsh -
Walsh John Walsh Ltd -
Walsh Walsh, Lovett & Company Ltd -
Walters John Walters & Company -
Walton Richard Walton -
Walton Walton Brothers (Sheffield) Ltd -
Walton William Walton (Sheffield) Ltd -
Warburton Warburton -
Ward Alfred Ward -
Ward Broomhead & Ward -
Ward Charles F. Ward -
Ward Eyre, Ward & Company -
Ward Frederick Ward & Company -
Ward George Ward -
Ward J. Ward & Company -
Ward John Ward -
Ward John Ward -
Ward Oakes, Tompkin & Ward -
Ward Payne Ward & Sons -
Ward Thomas Asline Ward -
Ward Thomas Ward -
Ward Thomas Ward & Sons Ltd -
Ward Ward & Morton -
Ward William J. Ward -
Wardrobe Wardrobe & Pearce / H. R. Pearce & Son Ltd -
Waring Waring & Gillow -
Warner E. Warner & Company Ltd -
Warner Joseph Sims Warner -
Warranted Warranted Sheffield Cutlery -
Warren Warren Brothers (Sheffield) Ltd -
Warrington George Warrington -
Warriss Warriss & Company (Sheffield) Ltd -
Washington Joseph Washington -
Wasnidge William Wasnidge -
Wastinage Bradbury & Wastinage -
Water Godfrey Water -
Waterhouse George Waterhouse & Company -
Waterhouse Jeremiah Waterhouse -
Waterhouse John William Waterhouse -
Waterhouse Waterhouse, Hatfield & Company -
Watkinson John Watkinson -
Watkinson Jonathan Watkinson -
Watson George Watson -
Watson John Watson, Pass & Company / John Watson & Son -
Watson Linley & Watson -
Watson Watson & Gillott -
Watson William Watson & Company -
Watts George Watts -
Watts John Watts (Sheffield & London) Ltd -
Watts S. & J. Watts, Manchester -
Webb Mappin & Webb Ltd -
Webb Webb, Schofield & Company -
Webber Webber & Hill -
Webster Benjamin Luke Webster / John Glossop Webster -
Webster Fentem, Webster & Danby -
Webster George W. Webster -
Webster John Webster -
Webster Oliver and Webster -
Webster Owen & Webster -
Webster Steer & Webster -
Webster W. Webster -
Webster Webster, Robinson & Sutton -
Webster William Webster -
Webster William Webster & Son -
weekly The Weekly Telegraph -
Weldun Weldun -
Wells Charles Wells -
Wells John Wells -
Wells Marrian & Wells -
Wells Richard Wells -
Wells Sarah Wells & Sons -
Wells Wells & Company -
Wentworth The Wentworth Plate Co Ltd -
Westa James Westa -
Westby John Westby & Company -
Westby Joseph Westby & Company Ltd -
Westran William Westran -
Wever Eadon, Kibble, & Wever [Weaver] -
Whaley George Whaley -
Wheatcroft Luke Wheatcroft -
Wheatley W. Wheatley & Co -
Wheatley Walter Wheatley -
Wheatley Wheatley -
Wheatley Wheatley Brothers Ltd -
Wheeldon John Wheeldon & Co Ltd -
Whitaker G. H. Whitaker & Company -
Whitaker George Whitaker & Son -
White Hammond & White -
White Matthew White -
White Nicholson & White -
White Timothy Whites & Taylors Ltd -
White Walter White & Son -
White White, Henderson & Company -
White William White -
Whiteaway Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co Ltd -
Whitehead Whitehead Brothers -
Whiteley Hardy & Whiteley -
Whiteley James Turner Whiteley -
Whiteley Tricket, Haslehurst, Whiteley, & Pryor -
Whiteley William Whiteley & Sons (Sheffield) Ltd -
Whitelock Tucker, Fenton, Machon & Whitelock -
Whittington Joseph Whittington -
Whittles William Whittles & Sons -
Whitworth Joseph Whitworth -
Whitworth William Whitworth -
Wigfall John Wigfall & Company -
Wigfall Thomas Wigfall -
Wigfull Fry & Wigfull Ltd -
Wigfull Lee & Wigfull (Sheffield) Ltd -
Wiggin J. & J. Wiggin Ltd -
Wigham Oates, Colley & Wigham / Oates & Colley -
Wild Benjamin and Ebenezer Wild -
Wild Carr, Wild & Co Ltd -
Wild Charles Wild -
Wild Hiram Wild Ltd -
Wild James P. Wild -
Wild James Wild & Son / William Wild -
Wild John Wild -
Wild Jonathan Wild -
Wild Mark Wild -
Wild W. Wild & Sons (Cutlers) Ltd -
Wild William Wild -
Wild William Wild -
Wild William Wild -
Wilderness Wilderness -
Wilding Robert F. Wilding & Co -
Wilkin George Wilkin -
Wilkins John Wilkins / Harry Wilkins -
Wilkins WIlkins & Son -
Wilkinson Benjamin Wilkinson -
Wilkinson Brittain, Wilkinson & Brownell -
Wilkinson Henry Dawson Wilkinson -
Wilkinson Henry Wilkinson -
Wilkinson Henry Wilkinson -
Wilkinson Henry Wilkinson & Company Ltd -
Wilkinson Jonathan Wilkinson / Hannah Wilkinson -
Wilkinson Thomas Wilkinson & Son -
Wilkinson Walter Wilkinson & Son -
Wilkinson Wilkinson Roberts & Co -
Wilkinson Wilkinson Sword Company Ltd -
Wilkinson Wilkinson, Drabble & Mylius -
Wilkinson William Wilkinson & Sons Ltd -
Will Will & Son -
Willey William Willey & Sons -
Willgoose H. Willgoose & Company -
Williams Alfred Williams -
Williams Lindsay Williams -
Williamson Albert Williamson -
Williamson Benjamin Williamson -
Williamson Charles Williamson & Sons -
Williamson John Williamson -
Williamson S. Williamson & Sons -
Williamson Walter Williamson -
Williamson Williamson Bros -
Willis Mark Willis & Son Ltd -
Willis Willis & Horrabin -
Willoughby Thomas Willoughby -
Wilson Albert Wilson & Son -
Wilson Bentley & Wilson -
Wilson Crowther & Wilson -
Wilson Herbert Wilson -
Wilson James Wilson & Son (Ironmongers) Ltd -
Wilson John Wilson -
Wilson John Wilson (Sheffield) Ltd -
Wilson Joseph Foster Wilson -
Wilson Joseph Wilson -
Wilson L. Wilson -
Wilson Petfield, Harrison & Wilson -
Wilson Stephenson & Wilson Ltd -
Wilson T. C. Wilson & Company -
Wilson T. H. Wilson & Company Ltd -
Wilson Thomas Wilson (Sheffield) Ltd -
Wilson Travis, Wilson & Company Ltd -
Wilson Wilson & Company -
Wilson Wilson & Davis -
Wilson Wilson & Frith -
Wilson Wilson & Pitt -
Wilson Wilson & Southern -
Wilson Wilson Swift -
Wilson Wilson, Hawksworth, Ellison & Company -
Windle Windle -
Winfield A. & W. Winfield -
Wing George Wing -
Wingaard Carl J. Wingaard & Company -
Wingfield Henry Wingfield -
Wingfield Marples, Wingfield & Wilkins Ltd -
Wingfield Wingfield, Rowbotham & Company -
Winks Benjamin Winks & Sons -
Winks Pearson & Winks -
Winter James Winter -
Winter John Winter & Company -
Winter R. Winter & Son -
Winter Thorpe & Winter -
Winterbottom John Winterbottom -
Winterbottom Nixon & Winterbottom Ltd -
Winterbottom Samuel Winterbottom -
Wish George Wish & Company Ltd -
Witheford William Arthur Witheford -
Withers Benjamin & Joseph Withers -
Withers Birks, Withers & Sykes -
Wolstenholme J. A. Wolstenholme -
Wolstenholme Joseph Wolstenholme -
Wolstenholme W. Wolstenholme & Son -
Wolstenholme William Wolstenholme / W. B. Wolstenholme Ltd -
Womersley Frank Womersley -
Wood Benjamin Wood & Son -
Wood Charles Henry Wood -
Wood Edwin P. Wood Ltd -
Wood Frank Wood (1928) Ltd -
Wood George A. Wood -
Wood George Wood & Son -
Wood George Wood & Sons -
Wood H. Wood & Company -
Wood Pritchard & Wood -
Wood Wood & Atkinson -
Woodcock Thomas Woodcock -
Woodcock Woodcock & Company -
Woodcock Woodcock & Hardy -
Woodhead George Woodhead & Sons -
Woodhead Greaves, Woodhead & Hodgson -
Woodhouse James Woodhouse -
Woofindin George Woofindin -
Woolhouse John Woolhouse -
Woolhouse Joseph Woolhouse -
Woolhouse Joseph Woolhouse -
Woolhouse Samuel Woolhouse -
Woolhouse William Henry Woolhouse -
Woollen John Woollen -
World World Commodities Ltd -
Worrall Bingley, Worrall & Company -
Worth B. Worth & Sons -
Wortley John Wortley & Son -
Wostenholm George Wostenholm & Son Ltd -
Wostenholm Henry Wostenholm -
Wostenholm Joseph Wostenholm & Sons Ltd -
Wostenholm Martin Wostenholm & Son -
Wosternholm Wosternholm -
Wragg David Davy Wragg -
Wragg Eric Wragg -
Wragg George Wragg -
Wragg John Wragg & Son -
Wragg John Wragg & Sons -
Wragg John Wragg & Sons -
Wragg Joseph Wragg -
Wragg Samuel C. Wragg -
Wragg Thorpe, Wragg & Company -
Wragg William Henry Wragg -
Wragg William Wragg & Sons -
Wragg Wragg Brothers -
Wragg Wragg, Long & Company -
Wraggs Wraggs -
Wreaks Charles Wreaks -
Wreaks Graveley & Wreaks -
Wreaks Hawksley, Wreaks & Company -
Wreaks John Wreaks -
Wright A. Wright & Son Ltd -
Wright Axe & Wright Ltd -
Wright Ernest Wright & Son Ltd -
Wright George Wright -
Wright J. R. Wright -
Wright John Wright and Son -
Wright S. Wright & Company (Cutlers) Ltd -
Wright W. Wright Silverware (Sheffield) Limited -
Wright William, John & Robert Wright -
Wright Wright & Co -
Wright Wright Brothers (Cutlery) Ltd -
Wyatt Carnall & Wyatt -
Wyatt W. Wyatt & Sons -
Wynn William Wynn -
Wynnel Wynnel Cutlery
George Watts
A short biography of George Watts (1918-1985) appeared in Valerie Answer, Sheffield’s Traditional Craftsman (1980). He was the last hand forger of knives in Sheffield. He was born at Beet Street in back-to-back housing, which had a forge in the yard. George began working at the forge, under its owner Billy Hunter, when he was aged 12. He was taught hardening and tempering and began making blades two years later. When he left school in about 1932, unemployment was rife. George wanted ....
