James Hallam & Son
This father and son team manufactured pen and pocket knives at 162 Edward Street and was first listed in a directory in 1837. In the Census (1841), James Snr. was living in Edward Street, with his wife, Mary, and an apprentice. He lived next door to the family of Mark Hallam, a thirty-year-old cutler, who was probably related. By 1845, the directory listing was simply ‘James Hallam’, spring knife and surgeon’s instrument manufacturer. Possibly the elder James Hallam had retired....
