John Heiffor
Paradise Square, with its Georgian buildings, is now the address of solicitors and accountants. But the Square once housed manufacturers and merchants. One of them was John Heiffor, who according to an advertisement began trading in razors in 1798. He was baptised on 25 February 1780, the son of James Heiffor – a barber in Westbar Green – and his wife, Mary. James apparently died in 1792, leaving ‘Widow Heiffor’ as a hairdresser in Westbar. John was listed in Scotla....
