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Steel Workers

For many of the families that first moved onto the estates in north Sheffield, the main breadwinner worked in the steel or engineering industries. The estates were designed as a dormitory suburb for these workers.

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Harold Cocker at Osbourns - select to see a larger image

Image reproduced by kind permission of Agnes Cocker.

Harold Cocker with a group of steel workers at Osbourns on Penistone Road in 1920. You can see the sweat towels around their necks.

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