Sheffield's Old Factories & Workshops (Pics Resurrected)

[Jack Black]

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet

Situated to the South-West of Sheffield, adjacent to the River Sheaf, Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet has a history going back to at least the 13th century. It was an early site of steel production, and also a scythe-making works, owned by Joshua Tyzack. The buildings date from the 18th and 19th centuries. For the past 50 years, it has been a museum, open to the public.

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet | Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet

www.simt.co.uk

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

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Shepherd's Wheel

Sheffield is surrounded by steep hills, and down from those hills course rivers and streams, which were once harnessed to provide water-power. The rivers were once lined with grinding 'hulls' or 'wheels', with evidence of many of them still remaining. Best preserved of the small cutlery hulls is Shepherd's Wheel on the River Porter, which I previously wrote about in my 3-part series, The Dairy Maids of Porter Brook. Shepherd's Wheel is typical of the cutlery wheels once seen throughout the Sheffield area, with water diverted from the river by a weir, flowing through a 'goit' (a channel or mill-race), and into a dam (or mill pond). The water-wheel is an over-shot wheel, still working, which provides power to the two-roomed cutlery hull, before it flows back into the river.

 

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[herder]

Thanks Jack, for all the amazing pictures and information!!!

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks Jack, for all the amazing pictures and information!!!

Thanks pal, I've been ill for most of the past few months

 

[herder]

I often get lost in all the small details of each picture, and sure appreciate that you take the time to share with all of us.
Very sorry to hear that my friend. Advanced age doesn't always treat us the best does it.

 

[SteveC]

More great pictures ! Thanks Jack

 

[Jack Black]

I often get lost in all the small details of each picture, and sure appreciate that you take the time to share with all of us.
Very sorry to hear that my friend. Advanced age doesn't always treat us the best does it.

More great pictures ! Thanks Jack

Thank you very much fellers

 

[danno50]

Great pictures Jack.

 

[Jack Black]

Great pictures Jack.

Thank you my friend

 

[Johnnythefox]

Stan Shaw

Stan Shaw started work at George Ibberson during WW2, and later worked for a number of other Sheffield cutlery firms, including George Wostenholm. Eventually, he put up his own shingle, working from a small workshop in Garden Street, Sheffield. He sold his own knives, took commissions, and also continued to make knives for some of the remaining Sheffield cutlery firms. In his later years, he split his work between his workshop at home, and a workshop at Kelham Island Industrial Museum. There are several threads about Stan and his knives on Bladeforums, including this one. Like other old threads, it has sadly been stripped of many of its images

Stan Shaw at Ibberson's (in 1953 - behind Stan is his mentor Ted Osborne)

Stan's Garden Street Workshop:

Stan's Museum Workshop:

Love all that stuff especially the old tobacco tins,we all have some mine are from my Grandfather WW2 and my Godfather WW1.

 

[Johnnythefox]

Did you take the photos?

 

[mitch13]

Thanks Jack for sharing the knowledge

 

[Jack Black]

Love all that stuff especially the old tobacco tins,we all have some mine are from my Grandfather WW2 and my Godfather WW1.

They take on a real character don't they?

Did you take the photos?

Yes, I was lucky to spend a lot of time with Stan. I didn't like to take many photos, it wasn't like he was camera shy, but I didn't want it to get in the way of our friendship. On that day, we were going to go for lunch, and Stan was just getting washed up, so I took a few pics. Where his workshop is at the museum, there's a bunch of fake cobblestones, and it was very difficult for him to walk on them. He was terrified of slipping, and hurting himself. I had helped him across them to the toilet on the other side, but those cobbles are what did go for him in the end. He was that worried about slipping, he stopped drinking when he was at the museum, so he didn't have to go to the toilet. This caused him to become dehydrated, and he got a bladder infection, which led to him going into hospital. He recovered from the infection, but got sepsis. He beat that, but it was during the Covid lockdown, and they stuck him on a ward with the other 90 year olds, and no visitors. By the time he got out, he had lost all his spark, as his wife said. He died soon after

The split springs in one of the photos are Lobster springs, the pattern takes its name from the way the spring sits. There's also Stan's British Empire Medal stamp, that was the first time he used it

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks Jack for sharing the knowledge

Thank you

 

[Johnnythefox]

They take on a real character don't they?

Yes, I was lucky to spend a lot of time with Stan. I didn't like to take many photos, it wasn't like he was camera shy, but I didn't want it to get in the way of our friendship. On that day, we were going to go for lunch, and Stan was just getting washed up, so I took a few pics. Where his workshop is at the museum, there's a bunch of fake cobblestones, and it was very difficult for him to walk on them. He was terrified of slipping, and hurting himself. I had helped him across them to the toilet on the other side, but those cobbles are what did go for him in the end. He was that worried about slipping, he stopped drinking when he was at the museum, so he didn't have to go to the toilet. This caused him to become dehydrated, and he got a bladder infection, which led to him going into hospital. He recovered from the infection, but got sepsis. He beat that, but it was during the Covid lockdown, and they stuck him on a ward with the other 90 year olds, and no visitors. By the time he got out, he had lost all his spark, as his wife said. He died soon after

The split springs in one of the photos are Lobster springs, the pattern takes its name from the way the spring sits. There's also Stan's British Empire Medal stamp, that was the first time he used it

I hate cobbles as well.

 

[ed_is_dead]

They take on a real character don't they?

Yes, I was lucky to spend a lot of time with Stan. I didn't like to take many photos, it wasn't like he was camera shy, but I didn't want it to get in the way of our friendship. On that day, we were going to go for lunch, and Stan was just getting washed up, so I took a few pics. Where his workshop is at the museum, there's a bunch of fake cobblestones, and it was very difficult for him to walk on them. He was terrified of slipping, and hurting himself. I had helped him across them to the toilet on the other side, but those cobbles are what did go for him in the end. He was that worried about slipping, he stopped drinking when he was at the museum, so he didn't have to go to the toilet. This caused him to become dehydrated, and he got a bladder infection, which led to him going into hospital. He recovered from the infection, but got sepsis. He beat that, but it was during the Covid lockdown, and they stuck him on a ward with the other 90 year olds, and no visitors. By the time he got out, he had lost all his spark, as his wife said. He died soon after

The split springs in one of the photos are Lobster springs, the pattern takes its name from the way the spring sits. There's also Stan's British Empire Medal stamp, that was the first time he used it

That is so sad to read. Yet another collateral damage casualty of covid.

 

[Jack Black]

I hate cobbles as well.

There's quite a lot where I live, as well as old Yorkshire flagstones, they're treacherous when they're wet!