Perkington & Deakin
This partnership was active briefly in the late 1860s. It was listed in 1868 as a table blade maker in Canning Street / Division Street. The partners were John Perkington (1830-1905) and Walter Deakin (1820-1879). The former was the son of Joshua Perkington and his wife, Martha. He lived in Hodgson Street. Deakin may have been the son of George (a cutler) and his wife, Hannah. Walter Deakin was a cutler at Lee Croft in 1841. He became a table knife hafter, who lived at Green Street i....
