This cutlery manufacturer was apparently founded after the Second World war. In 1948, Frank Nicholson & Son was listed at 70 Bowdon Street. The address sometimes appeared as Nikko Works – a name that Nicholson’s etched on its cutlery. It made (or marketed) stainless table knives and carving sets.  It continued to trade into the 1960s. In 1968, Frank Nicholson & Son was listed at Bowdon Street; and F. Nicholson & Son at Fitzwilliam Street (an adjacent road).  

Frank Nicholson was born in Sheffield in 1902 and was the son of William Nicholson, who is listed in the 1921 Census as a table knife cutler at Harrison Fisher & Co.  Frank appeared in the same census as living with his parents at 15 Clarke Square, Sharrow and is also shown as a table knife cutler working in Carver Street.  By 1939 he had married and was shown as living at 2 Downing Road, Greenhill.  This continued to be his home when he formed his own company afrer the war.  Little more is known of Frank beyond the information above.  He died in October 1970 aged 68 and is buried in Abbey Lane Cemetery.