William Whiteley & Sons (Sheffield) Ltd
In a brief bicentenary history (Quality, December 1960), this company claimed a foundation date of 1760. However, it added that this was ‘modest’, because the business had originated much earlier with James Whiteley. The identification offered was the Freedom granted to William Whiteley (son of James, a scissors smith) in 1776. In the 1787 Directory of Sheffield, James Whiteley, was listed as a scissor smith at Gibraltar (trade mark ‘ULM’). A corporate mark ‘332&rsq....
