Cutlery workers

[lazarus]

I have family members that worked at Sipples and Taylor eye witness

Tony Dylla, Graham Lee, Polly Lee, Margaret Moor, Maureen Thomlinson. Elsie Woolhouse, And at Tayor eye witness

Albert & Tommy Thackeray, Some of the above went to work at George Butlers including my Dad Mum Auntie Granddad Great Uncle

 

My Granddad Retired from George Butlers in about 1991 ish and he has been mentioned in this thread quite a few times. Glad to know his name still lives on, since he has now left us.

 

I knew your Grandad very well I worked with Tony for over twenty years, as I did with Graham and his Son plus Mick.I also lived just a few yards away from Tony on the Valley.

I knew of Tony when he worked at Sippels, It was very sad when he past away both my wife and myself went to his Funeral. Such a lovely bloke

[baz48]

Prior to doing my National Service in 1956 Iworked at Lee & Wigfull John St

as a holloware stamper It was owned by Sippells and George Cunningham

artist was diesinker there We all called him George Craftypig and he was a

really funny and entertaining talker A silversmith made a ring for me,and George

engraved my initials on it

[godfire]

please could anyone help me try to trace a distant realative who i think may have worked at the factory his name was denham henry although he may have used varients in this. He was a coloured chap who i know married a muriel wooton in 1962 in sheffield i would appreciate any information thankyou

 

ps please could anyone tell me if there is anyway i could trace a record of the workers names

[closer 88]

Thanks for your post Lazrath. Are you still in contact with any of the people from Sipples? Why didn't you like working there. My interest in the place is that I work for an organisation that would like to set up a heritage centre in the building and we would like to make contact with the people that used to work there. Wonder if you can help? i really would like to know what the factory was like. Thanks again.

 

My sister worked at siples in the early 50s, I cant remember how long she worked there before she got married in 1955. She is now in her 70s.

[godfire]

trying to trace someone who worked in cutlers in early 60s any help on how to do this greatly appreciated

thanks

[denlin]

trying to trace someone who worked in cutlers in early 60s any help on how to do this greatly appreciated

thanks

 

Maybe if you gave us a name it would help:D

[godfire]

muriel wootton

[awoodworm]

Well my goodness me, where to start. Well for a start I am am Emmaus companion, and as such I live in the Sipelia works. For the last 5 weeks since I arrived from Rome Italy, having become homeless as a result of illness, I have worked in and the same areas where some of you have worked in years past. I fell in love with this building with it's elegant sweep, 3 stories high along the canal, it's inner court yard divided by the arch bearing the date in the head stone 1873. I have repainted it and now it is white with the carving in black. I have a workshop here where after sorting it all out I have started to take old oak pre war solid bookshelves and tables and give them a new life in the shabby chic style. I have taken many photographs, including some in the upper floors which are not used, and above all I have wanted to talk to those who worked here and record there stories before it was too late. I agree with Robert D Smith, here is an important part of Britain's History. It is true that the subject is given no place at the otherwise excellent Kelham Island Museum, and indeed elsewhere and in print it is mentioned almost as a foot note to the big impressive side of the iron and later steel industry. As luck would have it I spent my youth in Yorkshire but left not to return until now 41 years later. There is so much more to tell you, like I have found a serving spoon made here in the 60's just today. I have been looking for you on the net, and in one place here you all are. I can tell you that I am in contact with the archivists at the Star, and conservationists at all the museums. I would like you to contact me because I will write the story of what happened here. I will include the fascinating fact that it was Germans escaping the last depression who came here and took this industry and built it up over 30 years, that conditions and pay were so bad and the Japanese were invited to learn how to take it all away after the war. I hope some of you will now start to contact me and make this possible, it is the 100th anniversary of the invention of stainless steel this year. The cutlers and little mesters deserve to have their story told.

I am on Facebook as Andy Hudson and look for Emmaus references there. All the pictures I have taken are there and tell a better story than I can in words for the time being. I wish you all well.

 

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PS I don't know who flossie is but Emmaus got their charity and I'm very glad they did.