Hand-Made Steel Handmade Steel 1949

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Attercliffe, Sheffield, Yorkshire.

Various shots of George Goodwin making pots for handmade steel melting. He works alone, wearing only shorts and a vest. He makes the containers from special mixture of clay. It is skilled work and George has been doing in for 40 years.

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44912
Sort Number:
NP 234
Time in/Out:
01:31:47:00 / 01:33:47:00
Canister:
NP 234
Film ID:
1371.20
Issue Date:
03/07/1949

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  • This is my Grandad and just how I remembered him. I have spent lots of hours when I was little watching him at the Abbeydale industrial hamlet making the pots.

    karenjbailey 29th Dec 2012
  • It is a very proud moment to find television footage of my Grandad George. Goodwin He certainly worked hard during his life time and as I remember he was a very gentle man.
    Kerry Cowen (nee Goodwin)

    scoobydo0 12th Feb 2013
  • I can always remember going to see grandad at the Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet treading the clay and making the Crucible Pots. He was a really hard worker and a really kind man. I have recently purchased this footage so that I can show his great grandchildren and one day his great great grandchildren. Casey (Goodwin)

    Goodwin 12th Feb 2013

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