Albert Edward Swinden
Albert Edward Swinden (1879-1965)), known as ‘Ted’, was the son of George (c.1836-1915) and his wife, Martha. The Swindens came from Norton. George was a pocket-blade forger (‘the ace of them’, according to Ted), who in 1887 began his own business with his other son, George Arthur Swinden (1869-1945), who worked at Joseph Rodgers & Sons. George Swinden & Son was based at Egerton Street. The father invested £200 in the business, but it was soon insolvent with....
