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Between River and Railway: Wardsend Cemetery last talk of the year

6 Oct 2025

Our speaker Hugh Waterhouse was formerly an archaeologist who once excavated a cemetery. He now stays above ground to explore Sheffield burial grounds, revealing their history and the lives of…

Joseph Rodger , Knife maker to the royalty,Wednesday 17th September

3 Sep 2025

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Wednesday 17th September in the Makerspace Stephen Cocker will be talking on the Joseph Rodgers Company. The mark of The Star and Maltese Cross is forever associated and they registered…

Wednesday, 16 July Women of Steel talk

30 Jun 2025

Events, Friends' News

We welcome author and journalist Michelle Rawlins who we can thank for capturing wartime stories of Sheffield women Date and time Wed, 16 Jul 2025 19:00 – 20:30 BST Location…

Friend of Portland Works Annual report

14 Jun 2025

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2024 DRAFT ANNUAL REPORT FOR AGM_SB update_with track changes accepted (4)

FINDING MY ROOTS

9 Jun 2025

Events, Friends' News, news letters

Wed, 18 Jun 2025, 19:00Simon Jones was born in 1974 and raised in Sheffield, where he still lives and works today. His father arrived from the Caribbean in 1955 as…

3 EXCELLENT SHEFFIELD CUTLERY MANUFACTURERS

27 Mar 2025

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Wednesday, April 16 · 7 – 9pm GMT+1. Doors at 6:45pm For our second lecture of the season, we are on “home territory,” learning more about Sheffield’s cutlery heritage through a…

Program of talks at Portland works

20 Mar 2025

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Please find below our varied program of talks at Portland works Tickets appear on Eventbrite three weeks before the event Wed 16 th April* Nick Duggan Three Sheffield Cutlery companies…

SIX YEARS OF PUTTING THE SHEAF BACK INTO SHEFFIELD (AND THE PORTER BROOK!)

19 Feb 2025

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SIX YEARS OF PUTTING THE SHEAF BACK INTO SHEFFIELD (AND THE PORTER BROOK!) Simon Ogden will tell us about the murky history of the two rivers and the work being…

‘It’s a vital part of Sheffield’s history’

20 Jan 2025

Makers, news letters

For 145 years, Sheffield’s red-brick Portland Works has been a focus for craftspeople in the city. The rambling complex of Victorian workshops, which opened in 1879, was once home to…

great to see us on look north

20 Jan 2025

Friends' News, History, Makers, news letters

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