Benjamin Birks ( -1906)
Obituary 1906 [1]
Mr. Benjamin Birks, of Harrison Road, Hillsborough, Sheffield, died on Tuesday, aged 50 years.
Mr. Birks, who had been seriously ill for some time, was well-known in the steel trade. Beginning life as a tilter at the age of ten, he served his apprenticeship at the Globe Steel Works subsequently going to the Toledo Steel Works of Jno. Hy. Andrew and Co. There he had he management of the tilting for close upon thirty years.
In 1885, the Cutlers' Company held an industrial exhibition, at which Mr. Birks obtained tho first prize and a gold medal for excellence of workmanship in his craft.
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