T. R. Parkin & Son
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Thomas Randolph Parkin was born in 1873 in Sheffield, the son of Thomas, a Table Knife Hafter. By 1891 Thomas was working as a Table Knife Cutler and his brother Horace, aged 12, was also a Cutler. Ten years later Thomas was a Cutlery Manufacturer living at 66 Milton Street and employing 4 men at 56 Cambridge Street (Whites Directory).
The 1939 Register entry lists Thomas as a Table Knife Cutler, now a widower and retired. Thomas died in 1950, aged 76; no probate found.
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