Women workers such as the Buffer Girls and dolliers were for decades part of the city’s once-thriving cutlery industry, whereas the Women of Steel celebrated in the statue outside the City Hall stepped in to to help the war effort in 1914-18 and 1939-45.
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5. Picture Sheffield
Sheffield's Women of Steel sculpture by Martin Jennings, outside Sheffield City Hall in Barkers Pool, pictured on June 18, 2016. Ref no: a01798 Photo: Famous duo
6. Break time
Buffer girls at a mobile canteen in December 1940. Ref no: s01109 Photo: Picture Sheffield
7. A lifetime's skill
Beatrice France, the oldest buffer girl still working, pictured on April 16, 1976. Ref no: s42794 Photo: Picture Sheffield
8. Historic reenactment
The World Student Games opening ceremony at Don Valley Stadium on July 14, 1991. The opening ceremony included scenes from Sheffield's history. These women are dressed as buffer girls standing at their buffing wheels. Ref no: s24740 Photo: Picture Sheffield