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of Eye-Witness Works, Milton Street, Sheffield.
of Eye-Witness Works, Milton Street, Sheffield.


c1820 Company founded by John Taylor at a small workshop in St. Phillip's Road. For many years, business was known as "Eye Witness" Works, Milton Street, Sheffield, and they specialised in pen, pocket and sports-knives.<ref>[http://www.tyzack.net/chap16.pdf www.tyzack.net]</ref>
c1820 Company founded by [[John Taylor (1793-1854)|John Taylor]] at a small workshop in St. Phillip's Road. For many years, business was known as "Eye Witness" Works, Milton Street, Sheffield, and they specialised in pen, pocket and sports-knives.<ref>[http://www.tyzack.net/chap16.pdf www.tyzack.net]</ref>
 
1854 When John Taylor died the business passed to his daughter, who had married a Needham - the spring knife cutlers who lived next door to Taylor.<ref>[http://www.tyzack.net/chap16.pdf www.tyzack.net]</ref>


Business acquired by [[Thomas Brown Needham]]
Business acquired by [[Thomas Brown Needham]]


By 1876 the company joined forces with [[James Veall]], in Milton Street. <ref>[http://www.tyzack.net/chap16.pdf www.tyzack.net]</ref>
By 1876 the company joined forces with [[James Veall]], in Milton Street.<ref>[http://www.tyzack.net/chap16.pdf www.tyzack.net]</ref>
 
[[Walter Tyzack]] (grandson of William Tyzack, founder of [[W. Tyzack and Sons]]), was another partner who joined the business in 1879, and the business was to be then known as '''Needham, Veall and Tyzack'''<ref>[http://www.tyzack.net/chap16.pdf www.tyzack.net]</ref>
 
1854 When John Taylor died in 1854 the business passed to his daughter, who had married a Needham - the spring knife cutlers who lived next door to Taylor. Taylor’s grandson, [[Edwin Needham]], became a chairman of the company. <ref>[http://www.tyzack.net/chap16.pdf www.tyzack.net]</ref>


1879 [[Walter Tyzack]] joined and the company name became [[Needham, Veall and Tyzack]]
1879 [[Walter Tyzack]] (grandson of William Tyzack, founder of [[W. Tyzack and Sons]]), was another partner who joined the business in 1879, and the business was to be then known as [[Needham, Veall and Tyzack]]<ref>[http://www.tyzack.net/chap16.pdf www.tyzack.net]</ref>


1897 The company was registered on 27 November, to acquire the business of cutlery and electroplate manufacturers. <ref>The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908</ref> [[Walter Tyzack]] was chairman, [[James Veall]], [[William Cleverley Veall|William C. Veall]] and [[Edwin Needham]] were directors.<ref>[http://www.tyzack.net/chap16.pdf www.tyzack.net]</ref>
1897 The company was registered on 27 November, to acquire the business of cutlery and electroplate manufacturers. <ref>The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908</ref> [[Walter Tyzack]] was chairman, [[James Veall]], [[William Cleverley Veall|William C. Veall]] and [[Edwin Needham]] were directors.<ref>[http://www.tyzack.net/chap16.pdf www.tyzack.net]</ref>

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Dec 1921.
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of Eye-Witness Works, Milton Street, Sheffield.

c1820 Company founded by John Taylor at a small workshop in St. Phillip's Road. For many years, business was known as "Eye Witness" Works, Milton Street, Sheffield, and they specialised in pen, pocket and sports-knives.[1]

1854 When John Taylor died the business passed to his daughter, who had married a Needham - the spring knife cutlers who lived next door to Taylor.[2]

Business acquired by Thomas Brown Needham

By 1876 the company joined forces with James Veall, in Milton Street.[3]

1879 Walter Tyzack (grandson of William Tyzack, founder of W. Tyzack and Sons), was another partner who joined the business in 1879, and the business was to be then known as Needham, Veall and Tyzack[4]

1897 The company was registered on 27 November, to acquire the business of cutlery and electroplate manufacturers. [5] Walter Tyzack was chairman, James Veall, William C. Veall and Edwin Needham were directors.[6]

c1897 Business purchased Nixon and Winterbottom[7]

1902 Purchased the cutlery business of Joseph Haywood and Co of Glamorgan Works for the factory site only. [8]

1911 Nixon and Winterbottom were moved to Glamorgan Works and joined Michael Hunter and Co which was purchased around this time.[9]

Later, Needham, Veall & Tyzack took over Southern and Richardson. [10]

c1922 Amalgamated with other cutlery companies to form a company named Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers.[11]

1948 It acquired Saynor, Cooke and Ridal; and also ‘Wheatsheaf’ (Wheatley) and XL ALL (Parkin & Marshall). [12]

In 1965 the firm was styled as Taylor’s Eye Witness. Ten years later, it was absorbed and is now a division of Harrison Fisher and Co. [13]

Today it is still in the same location and is still Sheffield owned, trading again since 1965 as Taylor’s Eye-Witness. [14]


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