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I can't remember if I ever turned anything up on Batty, but they were probably a retailer rather than a manufacturer, and possibly not in Sheffield
Great minds and all that!!I can find Batt in more than one book but no Batty!! Maybe a retailer???
That's what I love about this site!! With a meeting of minds, all can be accomplished!!
If you look online, there's a whole series of Sheffield Trade Directories, which can be downloaded for free, in PDF formNot to mention, another reference website to bookmark!
LOL!Great minds and all that!!
I think having 'Sheffield Made' as part of their tang stamp is probably a giveaway that they were elsewhere Such a Sheffield expression
Google lol,but then another place says they were retailers and were located in ManchesterWhere did you find this, Robert???
As an aside, one of my grandfathers grew up on Solly Street, which historically, was called Pea Croft, with the whole area being known as 'The Crofts'. There were so many cutlers living there, it was also known as 'Cutler's Hill'. In the early 20th century, it was a rough place, an immigrant area populated mainly by people who came over from Ireland and Italy, and Jews from Eastern Europe. 'Razor Gangs' fought for territory, and robbed workers on their way home with their wages, traditionally paid out on Thursday evening in Sheffield. One of the first police 'gang buster' squads was formed, employing brutal tactics, and ambushing one of the gangs in 'The Red House' pub there. A hundred years before, Hallam and Crookes, hit-men employed by the militant Saw Grinder's Union, escaped through an alley-way to Pea Croft, after shooting a Blackleg in 'The Old Crown' pub, on Scotland Street. Scotland Street also had what is believed to be the world's first vegetarian cafe, run by sandal-wearing Edward Carpenter, as well as an Anarchist 'den' set up by an Irishman called John Creaghe, who later fought in the Mexican Revolution. When Stan Shaw put up his shingle, it was on Cutler's Hill, and most of the Sheffield cutlery production is still carried out there
