Pryor is delighted to win this award for Innovation, which recognises the success of a robotic laser Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) marking system installed on Jaguar Land Rover production lines in 2014, which is now being adopted by automotive ...
The Heart of Steel is a monumental sculpture in Yorkshire with space to engrave 150,000 names. This is part of the wider Steel Man project, a future landmark which will overlook Sheffield. The Heart will eventually be included inside the 32-metre Ste ...
With perfect timing, 1849 came along during a golden age of innovation, industrial expansion and the founding of Edward Pryor and Son: Purveyors of Marking stamps to “Little Mester” workshops, already famous Cutlery Companies and the burgeoning engi ...
Where It All Started Our company has a remarkable history that spans an impressive 263 years, but unofficially longer than that. The story passed down through our family is that an ancestor of mine started manufacturing scissors in a picturesque lo ...
In 2003, Sheffield completed the building of its Winter Gardens which were the largest of its kind to be opened in the UK in the last 100 years. Sheffield City council invited HM Queen Elizabeth to open the gardens and wanted to give her a special gi ...
Whiteley’s had a very memorable day on in early February 2021 when the BBC came to film with from Will Kirk of BBC’s Repair Shop. The purpose of the visit was to film a segment for BBC1’s Morning Live highlighting endangered crafts. We are well verse ...
Did you know, we manufacture a wide range of left-handed scissors? We were recently approached to help with the return of the Birmingham Black Sabbath bench by supplying Black Sabbath star Tony Iommi with a pair of our left-handed scissors. The bench ...
This is an upholstery fabric loaned to us by Brita Hirsch who fell in love with it some years ago. It was woven by Abraham Moon, who have been manufacturing fabric in Guiseley, West Yorkshire since 1837. Almost as much of an impressive history as o ...
One day back in the early 90’s, at Old Whiteley’s, we received a package from a famous London jewellers. Inside was a pair of scissors belonging to the Queen which needed repairing. Not the first time we had worked on bespoke scissors for royalty, t ...