Our Patrons Sheffield was once home to the National Centre for Popular Music, which was located in the avant-garde building which is now home to the HUBS - Sheffield Hallam Students’ Union’s HQ! John Walsh, who had worked as a shop assistant at Cockayne’s, opened his first store in 1875 and in 1899 opened his purpose-built store on High Street that was five storeys high, covered more than 3 acres and employed over 100 members of staff. The biggest concentration of the heavy steel and engineering industry was in Brightside and Attercliffe – the ‘East End’ of Sheffield. With a proud tradition of steelmaking – the world’s first martensitic stainless steel was invented here more than 100 years ago – Sheffield is home to our steel providers Outokumpu. Meanwhile Cole Bros (now John Lewis) was established at No. The steel factories of Sheffield were set to work making weapons and ammunition for the war. It lies about three miles north-east of the city centre and is currently the eighth largest shopping centre in the United Kingdom and is also the biggest in Yorkshire. The firm became famous for the production of processed peas (including ‘mushy peas’) and Cup-a-Soup. John Atkinson, who started the business, specialised in hosiery, ribbons and lace. The 2004 Barclays Bank Financial Planning study[5] revealed that, in 2003, the Sheffield district of Hallam was the highest ranking area outside London for overall wealth, the proportion of people earning over £60,000 a year standing at almost 12%. In addition, there was a constant supply of water from the River Don and access via the Sheffield & Rotherham Railway and its branch lines to the coking coal from local collieries, and to the pig iron from the Continent. Gin Distillers - Locksley Distilling Co. Ltd. The external material is 4mm thick, with a mirror polish on one side of the sculpture and a matte finish on the other. Jarvis Cocker, musician, lead singer of Pulp, Michael Palin, comedian, actor and travel presenter, Michael Vaughan, Captain of the England cricket team from 2003 to 2008. Insight Enterprises will invest £50m in a new European headquarters in the city resulting in 1700 jobs over the 2005-2008 period, while Boeing, through its collaboration with the University of Sheffield will be at the centre of an Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) on the edge of the city, home to a cluster of businesses in the advanced manufacturing sector. The links were made in Sheffield by Brown Bayley in 1930. (Although there is still an important industry making surgical instruments). The stainless steel 'wall' you first see when leaving Sheffield Train Station is called The Cutting Edge Sculpture. Bessemer had moved his Bessemer Steel Company to Sheffield to be at the heart of the industry. Sheffield, a city whose name will be forever linked with the steel industry and the invention of ‘stainless steel.’ It’s a city with a rich heritage, but like many post-industrial cities in the North, it is a city forging a new identity in an increasingly competitive world. #YENSelfie YEN News This industry used Sheffield's unique combination of local Iron, Coal and water power supplied by the local rivers. Learn how your comment data is processed. Although the unfavourable locational circumstances checked the production of commongrade steel in Sheffield, they did not check the development of the industry; they merely diverted development into new channels, namely the production of steels where the cost of manufacture and the value of the product far exceeded the cost of raw material assembly and distribution, and in whose making scrap could be extensively used. The largest employers are now all public sector: the two universities, NHS, and national and local government employees. The Sheffield Rules was a code of football used between 1857 and 1877. The city runs on recycled energy. Our workshop is based at Portland Works the birthplace of stainless steel manufacturing. This also made it a prime target for bombing raids, and the Sheffield Blitz left over 40,000 people homeless. The first one was Cockayne’s established in 1829 by Thomas Bagshawe Cockayne and his brother William. You can see one of the three converters left in the world at the Kelham Island Museum in Sheffield. A technique for silver plating was developed there, becoming known as the Sheffield plate. Please log in to comment. Join in the conversation at the 'Friends of Bailey of Sheffield' group. Its experience in steel production meant that it was to play a vital role in munitions and weapons manufacture.