Joseph Allen & Sons Ltd
The enterprise was ‘puffed’ in The Industries of Sheffield (18881), which stated that it began in 1810 and employed about 100 workers. Manuscript sources tell a more prosaic tale. The founder was Joseph Allen (c.1829-1893), the son of a sickle maker, who had been born in Dronfield. By 1851, Joseph had moved to Sheffield and had been trained as a razor smith, but was working as a servant. In 1855, he married Miss Elizabeth Bingham. He worked as a razor smith in New Edward Street....
