Sheffield pictures celebrate work of city's Buffer Girls and Women of Steel
These pictures from the Sheffield Archives are a celebration of Sheffield’s Buffer Girls and women steelworkers.
By Julia Armstrong
Published 7th Jun 2021, 13:28 BST
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.
You can find these image on the Picture Sheffield website, www.picturesheffield.com. To order copies, use the reference number in the caption.
Members of the buffing department of Walker and Hall Ltd, silversmiths, at the Electro Works on the junction of Howard Street and Eyre Street, in 1910. Ref no: u08665 Photo: Picture Sheffield
Buffer girls at an unidentified factory, pictured on September 19, 1972 – the woman in front has her legs and feet wrapped in brown paper. Ref no: s42791 Photo: Picture Sheffield