James Walkland & Company
James Walkland (born apparently in 1821, the son of Thomas, a cutler, and Sarah) was first listed in the 1860 directory as a silver piercer and tool maker in Green Lane. He was living with his wife, Jane, and two sons (George and James) in St Philip’s Road. By 1868, he was working in Westbar (Yard 122) as a manufacturer of electro-plate and Britannia metal wares (spoons, forks, desserts, and fish carvers). By 1871, Walkland was living and working in Lambert Street. In the mid-1970s, he was....
