brian1941 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 hi i worked there think i was about 17 im well ive retired now if i remember right it was german company i remember my gran was not happy about me being there don t think i stayed very long but i seem to remember going to pub at dinner times ---------- hi ya girl, i use to work at homoric in chambers lane in the 60s, very stricked firm, well it was german owners, could have known yer now retired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitas Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 My Father work at Ibbersons in the 70s and 80s. Think the works managers name was George Hale. Harry who was deaf and dumb worked there I think with his wife. Stan Shaw the well known pen knife craftsman also had his workshop there. Think Fanny was the canteen lady. Used to meet my Dad for a couple of pints at lunchtime in the Prince of Wales in Trafalgar street which no longer exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleegirl Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 ---------- hi ya girl, i use to work at homoric in chambers lane in the 60s, very stricked firm, well it was german owners, could have known yer now retired. hi im afraid i don t remember any names only that i used to walk to work with a few people we used to walk down jahnnson sreet as i live carbrook but i remamber ablonde girl used to walk with us who was planning her wedding and remember i and a lot of the workers went to her wedding and a good was had by all love j Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie Rage Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 I worked as a polisher in an ice skate factory in 1974 - somewhere near Bramall Lane I think. I only lasted a couple of days. It was like walking back in time to the Victorian age. I remember standing in a queue at the end of the day waiting to 'get weshed' at a big old sink in the yard. Not the worse job I ever had but close! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janner Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 I know this is sacrilege but recently having bought two Sheffield made pen knives I have to say they do not hold an edge like Swiss Army knives. Has anyone else noticed this terrible state of affairs.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 i worked at latham and owens witch belonged to hiram wilds and also worked at grants on eyre st , but the people i would like to see most is the ones i used to work with at rutland cutlery in the 70s when we had the blackouts. i would like to say do you remember me saying [ settle down now]. yea an i got u the job t c we had some great laughs matey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickRoan Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I was a grinder/buffer at Hopkinsons, at the back of London road in the early 70s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black eyes Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 remember a pal of mine working for A Wright and son paternoster row Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hussain2010 Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Hiya, i would like to hear from old contacts people who worked or their faily members worked at the george ibberson from 1969 to 1980s, becaause worked there i knew alot of staff then especailly George Hale , he was a great man any info on him plz contact me my freinds were i wish to make contact with them or their familes etc: Mr George Hale- my manager best person great man Mr Underwood_ Manager Gr8 man Mr Walton Mr Dennis Cheetham Mr Keith Moorby and mrs Elaine Moorby Mr Jim or James Mr Frank charlesworth and George Mr Peter King Bob or Rob Cheetham Mr Harry Oxley and Mrs Oxley K sampson V sampson Earnest Jeff or Geff Derek Dawson Frances Mable Julie Sue Liz Kath Mr Peter Biggin and many more please get in touch Mr Hussain (Bash) Mr George Hale gave me this nickname he wa s a gr8 person !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertDSmith Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Dear Janner of Plymouth, "has anyone noticed this sad state of affairs?". I'm affraid I have spent a lifetime observing it ! Four generations at least of my mother's family were spring knife cutlers and my working life was spent buying and selling them. I was in and out of the Sheffield works every week for 45 years and maybe I should write a book ! In the 1980s when it began to dawn on the Sheffield, stuck -in their-old-ways makers, that the Swiss knew a thing or two about knives, Denis Slater (god rest his soul) went to visit the Victorinox factory at Swytz to see if he could learn anything. They were pleased to show him round their wood yard but no way was he alowed to enter the workshops in case he picked up their secrets ! For the past 20 years I have carried a slim engine turned Victorinox knife in my pocket and I use it several times each day. I have dozens of Sheffield knives as you might expect but none of them comes close !! Sheffield cutlery is a fascinating story but I suspect no different to textiles, shoes, ships or motorbikes. Bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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