A Visit To Sheffield's Kelham Island Industrial Museum

[pmew]

Vivid memories of summers spent with my grandparents are flooding back. Thanks Jack.

Oh and I'll take a fish suppa wi scraps n musheh peas ta luv.

 

[meako]

scraps and mushy peas.
possibly the greatest chasm between whats good for you and whats bad for you ...like ...ever.

delicious ne'ertheless.

 

[scruffuk]

Jack, really great stuff. You continue to present us with such wonderful nuggets of our cutlery past :thumbup:

You are a good old chap. I hope to be able to visit there soon myself, so you can give us a personal guided tour


Back off topic though....mushy peas I have dubbed as Yorkshire Caviar (and have perhaps an equally as aquired taste and texture) and now I'm wishing I ordered 'em instead of curry sauce for lunch

They should be cooked with a ham shank though for extra flavour! This is the only similarity I shall draw with Peas Pudding though....which is a clarty abohrence.

YES Frank they are bland.....that's obiously why they invented Henderson's relish!

Minty mushy peas....on fish and chips?! That's just madness! Minty-farters are strictly the reserve for hot pork pies.

 

[wagglebee]

Amazing Jack!

 

[pertinux]

Here's a few bonus pics Duncan, but you'll be seeing them for yourself soon enough

"And while rumor has it that Duncan emerged here and there over the next decades-- worldwide "sightings," in fact-- he was never seen again.

Jack, you've just made your job as tour guide inestimably easier. After the first time through with Duncan, just drop 'im off there every day after!



~ P.

 

[kamagong]

I perused the pictures again. I think I'll have to do that a few more times to fully appreciate this thread.

So Mr. Stan Shaw is still working and making knives? That's great having a living, breathing link to the past. Tell him I'd like to order a X835, 452RS, X1492, and X1006 PEARL please.



- Christian

 

[pinnah]

I was all cool with the pictures until I saw the guy with the New Yankees cap. What's with that?

Seriously, unbelievable job Jack.

More seriously, Go Sox!

 

[ken erickson]

One of the best virtual tours on the "net"! Very enjoyable, entertaining and educational.
Thanks so much for taking the substantial amount of time to take/post these great pictures.

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks again for the very kind words

Jack, really great stuff. You continue to present us with such wonderful nuggets of our cutlery past :thumbup:

You are a good old chap. I hope to be able to visit there soon myself, so you can give us a personal guided tour

Thanks Thom, it'll be my pleasure. We should go while I can still remember where everything is!

"And while rumor has it that Duncan emerged here and there over the next decades-- worldwide "sightings," in fact-- he was never seen again.

Jack, you've just made your job as tour guide inestimably easier. After the first time through with Duncan, just drop 'im off there every day after!



~ P.

I perused the pictures again. I think I'll have to do that a few more times to fully appreciate this thread.

So Mr. Stan Shaw is still working and making knives? That's great having a living, breathing link to the past. Tell him I'd like to order a X835, 452RS, X1492, and X1006 PEARL please.



- Christian

He's still working a couple of day's a week Christian, and has a very full order book I'm told.

I was all cool with the pictures until I saw the guy with the New Yankees cap. What's with that?

Seriously, unbelievable job Jack.

More seriously, Go Sox!

Thanks pal I only included that guy to show scale with the bomb!

One of the best virtual tours on the "net"! Very enjoyable, entertaining and educational.
Thanks so much for taking the substantial amount of time to take/post these great pictures.

Thanks Ken, you were certainly one of the people I had in mind when I was taking the pics, particularly the ones of the knives and of Stan Shaw's work bench

 

[C_Becker]

Wow, absolutely fantastic ! I love seeing those brick buldings, the old machines, it all looks so solid and heavy with the rivets and all.
That oily smell in the air of such and old building is amazing, isn't it ?

Always makes me sad to see those monuments of our past go into ruins
To many here have already disappeared, so thanks alot for sharing your experience with us.

 

[Jack Black]

Wow, absolutely fantastic ! I love seeing those brick buldings, the old machines, it all looks so solid and heavy with the rivets and all.
That oily smell in the air of such and old building is amazing, isn't it ?

Always makes me sad to see those monuments of our past go into ruins
To many here have already disappeared, so thanks alot for sharing your experience with us.

Almost all the old factories in that area are gone now I'm afraid, but you still get the odd whiff of hot grease on old machinery in the air from time to time. As I came out of the museum I looked across the River Don and next to the fancy apartments and The Foundry climbing complex, I could still see welding taking place and hear steel being cut and drilled inside a factory that was certainly much older than me.

 

[grins000]

Thank you for taking your time to post this,,,wonderful stuff.

 

[chuko]

I truly enjoyed the tour and appreciate the effort it took to photo and post. I'll be back to look at this again.

Thanks, Charles

 

[knarfeng]

Redundant!
~ P.

Possibly, but YOU can say it and get away with it. Some folks have the knack for that.

I could send you a can if you'd like?

Ummm... No thank you. I'd never be able to consume the mass quantities of ale Meako says is necessary in order to enjoy them.

NO NO NO

You need to drink at least 8 pints of Peckinpahs Pumpwatter (a local Yorkshire beer) before you will appreciate the rich creamy texture and the subtle skin cleansing properties of Mushy peas.

Mercy! I think I could eat just about anything after imbibing 8 pints.

 

[knarfeng]

Redundant!
~ P.

Possibly, but YOU can say it and get away with it. Some folks have the knack for that.

I could send you a can if you'd like?

Ummm... No thank you. I'd never be able to consume the mass quantities of ale Meako says is necessary in order to enjoy them.

NO NO NO

You need to drink at least 8 pints of Peckinpahs Pumpwatter (a local Yorkshire beer) before you will appreciate the rich creamy texture and the subtle skin cleansing properties of Mushy peas.

Mercy! I think I could eat just about anything after imbibing 8 pints.

 

[hank_rearden]

much as i love knives and working with my hands in general, i got affected by that drawing of several grinders and sharpeners, in a crowded shop bending their backs from their stools, pressing their faces right beside the stones, grinding away the whole day. you really gotta love your work.

 

[C_Becker]

much as i love knives and working with my hands in general, i got affected by that drawing of several grinders and sharpeners, in a crowded shop bending their backs from their stools, pressing their faces right beside the stones, grinding away the whole day. you really gotta love your work.

For those guys back then it was more like, "if I don't work I'll starve to death in the gutter". I don't think welfare checks were invented yet
I'm really glad that we have it better today

 

[Jack Black]

Sadly, those old grinders, who turned out such beautiful and enduring work, were paid pennies, and died young, often not even reaching the age of 30, from inhaling the stone and steel dust.

 

[Campbellclanman]

Wow, people were so expendable in such ways in those days - terrible.
Man I cant wait to get there Jack, in a weakening moment I almost feel sorry for Sue getting so bored while we are looking at knives..
but anyway back to Sheffield knives..lol

Hey Sarah, I may disappear, but there may be - to the very lucky - who think they may have seen me at the local flea markets buying up all the old knives, and disappearing again, leaving Jacks shopping days very dull and boring.

 

[pistonsandgears]

Thanks for the virtual tour Jack, certainly a lot of history in that place, very interesting.