Robert and belks silver smiths

[teuton]

where was this place in sheffield as i have got a tea pot with the tea still left in it but seriously where was it

[joanne5600]

was it on the end of paternoster row nr staples somewhere

[sheffsand]

i worked for roberts & belk, its actually where the jenner building is now opposite thompsons solicitors, near the sodding roundabout roadworks from hell!!!

[joanne5600]

my uncle worked there too

[sheffsand]

it changed from roberts & belk to C J Vander, then i left and went to viners

[joanne5600]

yes thats it - he moved to ecclesfield with them when they moved

[paul0726]

i worked there 80s 3 years:D

[sheffsand]

i was there then paul

[zakes]

Roberts and Belk Silver Smiths.

 

It was 1970 when I worked at Roberts and Belk on Furnival Street, just down the road from the neet clubs on Eyre Street. I left after a week because of safety reasons. I was given a task working on a machine without a safety guard. I valued my fingers. I remember working with a lad called Robert, a South African from Johannesburg? Another lad there was called David Brown. They’ll be in their early 60’s now.

 

The following week I started at another silversmithing company on West Street. Davidson’s. It was situated next door to the Saddle (Old) Tetley. It was better at Davidson’s and 10/- more a week.

[lazarus]

It was on the corner of Furnival Street and Arundel Street, it now belongs to the University as nearly all the buildings in Sheffield do.