John Sowden & Sons Ltd
John William Sowden was born at Leeds in 1889. He was the son of John Longbottom Sowden (a millwright) and his wife, Alice. By 1911, the family lived at 8 Bankfield Road, Malin Bridge, with father and son working as fitters in a forge. By 1922, John William was listed in a directory as a draper. His cutlery enterprise was launched by 1924 at Tenter Street Works. In the mid-1920s, Sowden registered the business as a private limited company, relocated to St Thomas Street, a....
