Born in about 1820 in Nether Hallam, Charles Bradshaw appeared in a Sheffield directory (1849) as a spring knife manufacturer in Kenyon Alley, off Allen Street.  He lived in Walkley and the 1851 Census enumerated him as a master cutler, employing ten men.   He advertised in directories in 1856 and 1860 his pen, pocket, gardeners’, sportsman’s knives, besides Bowies and dirks.  In 1861, his workforce was a dozen men and four boys.  By 1863, Charles Bradshaw apparently moved from Kenyon Alley to Edgerton Street, then by 1868 to Headford Street.  However, at this point Bradshaw abandoned cutlery manufacture and became an agent for beer, wines, and spirits.  He died ‘unexpectedly’ on 13 October 1873, aged 53, at Orchard Place, Walkley Road.  He was buried in Ecclesall churchyard.