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by William Whiteley Behind The ScenesHistory

White’s Sheffield District Directories

White’s Sheffield District Directory is a historical directory that provides information about the city of Sheffield and its surrounding districts. Directories like these were common in the 19th and early 20th centuries and served as valuable resour ...

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the-festival-of-britain-1951
by Sally Ward EventsHistoryIndustry

The Festival Of Britain 1951

The Festival of Britain  took place just six years after World War Two ended, and was held so that people could celebrate  Britain and give the population a boost by everyone being able to see how British manufacturing had recovered and what great th ...

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the-tale-of-the-vintage-scissors
by Sally Ward Behind The ScenesHistory

The Tale of the Vintage Scissors

A customer bought some old, but unused 8” scissors of ours from e-bay and immediately sent a question to us about how old we thought they were. As I have been at  Whiteley’s for so long, I recognised them and took them down to Andrew, our longest sta ...

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