Thomas Turner
A razor smith, Thomas Turner first appeared in a Sheffield directory in 1854 in Milton Street. By 1859, he was working in Thomas Street, Little Sheffield, and the next year took out an advertisement in the trade directory, which described him as a ‘Manufacturer of Every Description of Razors. All Warranted’. He sold ‘Good and cheap razors, suitable for country trade, American or German’ (Sheffield Independent, 12 February 1859). His business was last listed in 1871.....
