{"id":15487,"date":"2022-05-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/wdytya\/?post_type=purple_issue&p=15487"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:46:27","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T14:46:27","slug":"a-slice-of-yorkshire-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/wdytya\/2022\/05\/03\/a-slice-of-yorkshire-history\/","title":{"rendered":"A Slice Of Yorkshire History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

YOUR PROJECTS<\/h4>\n\n

A Slice Of Yorkshire History<\/span><\/h2>\n\n

Rosemary Collins <\/strong>finds out about a project uncovering the story of Sheffield\u2019s cutlers<\/p>\n\n

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Table knives from the collection <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Ask anyone what industry they associate with Sheffield in South Yorkshire and the most likely answer will be steel, particularly knife making. The Hawley Collection Trust aims to preserve the city\u2019s knife-making heritage with a collection of more than 100,000 items, which was started by Ken Hawley (1927\u20132014) and is held at Kelham Island Museum. Some of the most interesting items are knives with the name of the manufacturer on them.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThe older the knife is, going back to before the invention of stainless steel, you\u2019ll often also get a nice logo, sometimes the name of the factory, and sometimes a mark saying \u2018Made in Sheffield\u2019. So essentially there\u2019s a story of Sheffield written on that knife blade,\u201d says Nick Duggan, volunteer curator at the trust.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

In March 2019, the trust received a \u00a337,000 grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund for the \u2018Name on a Knife Blade\u2019 project, with the aim of creating a searchable database of the names and the cutlers behind them. The database is now available at hawleysheffieldknives.com<\/a>, <\/strong>with 1,200 names listed. The project\u2019s team of 15 volunteers created an entry for each knife maker. Author Geo rey Tweedale provided them with free access to his book <\/span>Directory <\/em>of <\/em>She <\/em>eld <\/em>Cutlery <\/em>Manufacturers <\/em>1740\u20132013, <\/em>published in 2013, and they used additional resources such as trade directories and newspapers.<\/p>\n\n

Nick also gave talks online about Sheffield\u2019s knife industry and its manufacturers, which are available at youtube.com\/c\/KenHawleyCollectionTrust\/videos<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Some of the entries are very concise, but others contain extensive information about a cutler or a manufacturer. For example, searching for \u2018Butcher\u2019 reveals a detailed entry for W &S Butcher Ltd, including information about the brothers who founded the company, William (1791\u20131870) and Samuel (1795\u20131869), and an old street map showing the location of the Butcher Works on Arundel Street.<\/p>\n\n

The entry is fascinating, including such details as the fact that, after a dispute with trade unions, William Butcher and his wife had a can of gunpowder tossed into their bedroom, and that Samuel travelled to New York as a merchant as early as 1823.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t know when I started on this project that some of these Sheffield cutlers were going over to America. Some of them might have made 10 journeys at a time when it was probably di cult to get from Sheffield to London, never mind from Sheffield to Philadelphia or New York or California.<\/p>\n\n

There\u2019re factories in Sheffield that are named the \u2018Washington Works\u2019 and \u2018Philadelphia Works\u2019 because the American market was so important.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n

The collection has its own gallery at Kelham Island Museum, where the trust has created a new permanent exhibition telling the story of the industry. Its plans for the future include adding manufacturers of pocket knives and penknives to the database, and creating 3D photographs of the objects in the collection. The database is available to search in the museum as well as online, and has already had 85,000 views.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cA few months ago I was in the gallery showing somebody how to search the database using the touchscreen interface. He pointed to a name and said, \u2018That\u2019s my grandad.\u2019 The project really has engaged with people and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

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Get Involved<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Hawley Tool Collection<\/span><\/strong>
hawleytoolcollection.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If a relation worked for a cutler or a Sheffield cutlery manufacturer, or you have photos, letters or table knives from a local firm, please get in touch with the project using the information on its website.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n

TELL YOUR STORY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Share your local history project with us and you could appear in the magazine! <\/strong>
Please write to us at the address on page 6 or email rosemary.collins@ourmedia.co.uk<\/a><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n

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Photo: THE HAWLEY COLLECTION TRUST<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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