When I went over to Wright's to pick up the ACL's the other week, John Maleham gave me a few treasures he had come across in the back of the cupboard that morning
(One has to wonder how many tons of wonderful information like this was binned, burned, or looted
) John Maleham ended up buying the A.Wright & Son and J.Howarth firms because he wanted to buy the building, which the retiring Mr Howarth owned, so Wright's own the Howarth marks (though they don't use them).
There are a couple of price lists from the 1930's, one for Howarth's, which was located on nearby Howard Street at the time, and one for Needham's, who were then at Portland Works, where Jack Black Knives were once located
I wonder what business went on between the two small firms. There are some other papers, which show that Howarth's were making knives for Joseph Rodgers & Son in the 1960's. Lambsfoot knives are selling for between 36 Shillings and 46 Shillings a dozen - or for as little as 3 Shillings a knife for a Stag Bone Lambsfoot. Three Shillings is 15 pence today, which might just buy you a single stick of chewing gum!
There are also some photos belonging to Wright's themselves