Hadfields Steel Works

[castley]

Does anyone know anything about Hatfields Steel that used to stand on the sight of where Meadow Hall is now. I have been trying to find some information about it because my Grandad worked there and I just wanted to know exactly where it was and when it finished trading, also if there are any books on the subject?

 

the name is wrong it is hadfields and a very famouse name in steel making. they specialised in special steels and were noted for the quality. my father worked there from the late twenties until his death in 55.Hadfields did a lot of things as well as special steels but i`m not sure what.... general engineering I should think. I never knew how many worked there but have waited outside for my dad at clocking off time and it seemed that there were at the very least hundreds of men employed there at that time. Sad to see the site now, just another shopping centre, how long is it going to be before we lose all our manufacturing and can produce nowt for ourselves.

[e912]

Sad fact is that Meadowhell actually creates more income for the local economy and pays more in taxes than Hadfields ever did. Personally I would however prefer a steel works on the site (I sell replacement parts into various factories). Sheffield as an area also produces more tons of steel now than it did in its hey day (2005 statistic)

[Toastmaster]

Dunford hatfields was on weedon street just off attercliffe road. The main entrance into the site was directly opposite the TGI Fridays restaurant the main gate was about where the roundabout is between TGIs and the entrance to meadow hall. it was a masive site and there were small electric trucks to get about on. The back of the site ran down the lenght of the river near to the now oasis food hall.

The actual rolling mill was level with the wear on the river. I worked in the maintaince dept attached to the electric workshop. Our workshop was exactly where the outside playarea is behind the cinema.

[Toastmaster]

Dunford hatfields was on weedon street just off attercliffe road. The main entrance into the site was directly opposite the TGI Fridays restaurant the main gate was about where the roundabout is between TGIs and the entrance to meadow hall. it was a masive site and there were dozens of small electric trucks to get about on. The back of the site ran down the lenght of the river near to the now oasis food hall.

The actual rolling mill was level with the wear on the river. I worked in the maintaince dept attached to the electric workshop. Our workshop was exactly where the outside playarea is behind the cinema.

[IAN S]

I worked as an electrician in the melting shop in the early 70s.I remember a crane driver who was killed around that time, Health and Safety was not such a big issue then.I was actually sacked for being a naughty boy But Tony Parkin the engineer fixed me up wth a job at Brown Bayley's who Hadfields has just bought,

[Redfyre]

I wonder if there is anyone around who worked in the Sales R department at Hadfields in the mid-1950s. I recall that a smashing guy called Jack Bowles was the chief clerk in that department, and I worked for a time alongside a lad called Mike Williams. I believe that Mike died a few years ago after running a post office in Sheffield for many years.

[multiparvo1]

During the late 1950's I was Secretary to Mr.F.A.Bailey, Engineering Controller at Hadfields Ltd Vulcan Road. The names I remember are Harry Torry, Jack Hickling, Mr.Credland.

[biker]

East Hecla Works closed down not long after the national strike of 1980. There was quite a lot of bother on the picket lines at the time, as many private sector steel workers kept working. The site was cleared in the mid-eighties I think.

 

Hadfields also took over Brown Bayley's old works on Leeds Road, near the baths. My dad worked there for a bit in the seventies.

 

That factory remained derelict for some years, and was finally cleared for Don Valley Stadium. I have some pics of both factories somewhere.

 

Would you be kind enough to send pictures of Brown Bayleys to me at stuartb47@yahoo.com as I used to work there.Thanks

[biker]

Vulcan road is still there.It is one of the roads that leads into "Meadowhell".

When the firm was known as Dunford Hadfields, they took over Brown Bayley's which was situated on Worksop Road,Attercliffe. When they eventually closed down in 1981 the works were demolished and it is now the site of Don Valley Stadium. I worked there from 1966 to 1980.

 

What dept did you work in at Brown Bayleys?

[biker]

My dad worked for Arthur Lees for many years, he was a furnace man, I do have a coule of photos of him and his fellow workers taken in about 1960's/early 70's

He was called Bob Holmes but generally known as black bob!

Marion

 

Would you please send scans of the photos to stuartb47@yahoo.com as my late father in law worked on the furnaces there.Thanks