John Smith Bradshaw & Company
John Smith Bradshaw (1837-1887), who was born in Sheffield, was a razor maker in St Philip’s Road by 1861. He may have been the son of Vincent Bradshaw and his wife, Mary. John was brought up in the Radford Street area. In 1858, he married Elizabeth Ann Gee. In 1868, John Smith Bradshaw & Co was listed as a spring knife and razor manufacturer in Radford Street. He lived at St Philip’s Road until his death on 2 March 1887, aged 49. He was buried in the General Cemetery.