Our company was established in 1923 by a man named Thomas Flinn. Sheffield was, in those times (and for many years) a city where the majority of people were employed by something related to the steel industry and it’s by products.My initial link to t ...
Thomas Wilkinson and Old Factories
Whiteley’s began its story in the countryside, powering its forging and grinding from a giant waterwheel that turned in a forging dam. Then came the Industrial Revolution and the exciting new power of steam. Whiteley’s moved into town – freed from ...

