“He went to sea & travelled the world as a young man then emigrated to Canada, came home to sell two family businesses, sold one & turned the other into a roof under which some of the few remaining cutlery craftsmen still work. Awarded an MBE in 2018 , later became Master of the Worshipful Company of Pewterers (2020), and serves as chair of the Work-wise Foundation. The archive presents him as one of the remaining custodians of Sheffield’s traditional manufacturing trades at a time when these skills are declining.”
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