:help:Did anyone work at Hyram Wild on Herries road (cutlery) in the early days as I have some photo's of workers possibly late sixty's or seventy's and would like some info please.

I drove past HW's last week for the first time in years and was sad to see it gone
I went on a couple of their works trips in the 70s, as my mate's brother (Manx) worked there and got us some tickets.
I remember a coach outing to Nottingham (I think) where we took part in a pub games night...I seem to recall getting very drunk!

:help:Did anyone work at Hyram Wild on Herries road (cutlery) in the early days as I have some photo's of workers possibly late sixty's or seventy's and would like some info please.

I worked there in 76 to 77 my uncle was a gaffer his name was ken started off stamping cutlery now that was a boring job finished up working on machines polishing silver service {kings pattern}

I worked at Hiram Wilds during the late 80`s My dad worked there for years his name is Ken Littlewood

I worked there in 76 to 77 my uncle was a gaffer his name was ken started off stamping cutlery now that was a boring job finished up working on machines polishing silver service {kings pattern}

hello Carl never realised you`d worked at Hiram Wilds.

Hi,

my dad, and one of his brothers worked at Hiram Wild in the 60's/70's and 80's, my dad is Alan Carr, his brother is Ern.

Amanda

I remember visiting the Hiram Wild factory shops on Solly Street and Herries Road. Sad to say, they are no longer there. Hiram Wild's name lives on under the guise of J & C Products who are based at 9, cupola. However, when I last checked everything was made to order.

I think that Hiram Wilds until recently belonged to an old guy who lived in Todwick called Harry Flowers.... Harry moved to live near his daughter in Chesterfield several years ago and he was in his mid 80's then so not even sure he will still be alive but I remember him telling me that HW's would have to go as there was no one in his family to carry it on?

:help:Did anyone work at Hyram Wild on Herries road (cutlery) in the early days as I have some photo's of workers possibly late sixty's or seventy's and would like some info please.

:thumbsup:Hey! my sister worked at Hyram Wilde nick named little Linda also
my brother worked there for a short while with her Mark, but Linda worked there
for a few years, and I think Dennis White and Eileen were there also

I didn't work at Hiram Wild but called on them as an engineering supplier almost on a weekly basis. Supplied bearings and transmission products for quite a few years to the maintenance staff.
Don't remember the engineer's name, an oldish chap, it will come to me eventually but he eventually retired and Dennis Spooner took over.
I'm going back a few years but remember Dennis as a very decent chap.

I think that Hiram Wilds until recently belonged to an old guy who lived in Todwick called Harry Flowers.... Harry moved to live near his daughter in Chesterfield several years ago and he was in his mid 80's then so not even sure he will still be alive but I remember him telling me that HW's would have to go as there was no one in his family to carry it on?

Harry Flowers, thats a name from the past, he owned several cutlery firms.

IIRC he owned the last blade forge in Sheffield... Jessops on Sydney Street.

A lady called nellie worked there .she lived of wordsworth road .daughter called lind??/

I worked at Hiram's in the late 70's. I remember Ernest Carr, Barry Campbell, John O'shaunessy, Johnny Barton, Dave Hammond Len, - whose surname I can't recall, Bernie Kimpton and Pete Hadley, who was married to my Aunt Shirley. I recall an elderly lady named Aggie who had to walk with a frame and often couln't make the toilet in time. She used to walk down the corridor with her bloomers hanging because they were full of S---. The working conditions were appaling.

:help:Did anyone work at Hyram Wild on Herries road (cutlery) in the early days as I have some photo's of workers possibly late sixty's or seventy's and would like some info please.

my sister used to work there in 82-83 ish, lesley dyson and here mate christine moore.

nellie mcbride in early 70s ,,

Dear Tyward, One of my cousins-in-law worked at Hiram Wild, Herries Road. She gave me a some beautiful silver cutlery from there. She may have some photos. She's retired now and I don't know how long she worked there....during the 70s/80s period. Her name was Mary Baldwin and I can contact her if you want.

My nan used to work at Hiram Wild till well into her 70's - Elsie Foster - if anyone remembers her - long time ago though. She eventually retired in the mid 80's. My grandad used to play in their tenpin bowling team and they won lots of trophies - Jack Foster.

Would be very interested to see any old photos to see if she is on any.

I worked at Hiram's in the late 70's. I remember Ernest Carr, Barry Campbell, John O'shaunessy, Johnny Barton, Dave Hammond Len, - whose surname I can't recall, Bernie Kimpton and Pete Hadley, who was married to my Aunt Shirley. I recall an elderly lady named Aggie who had to walk with a frame and often couln't make the toilet in time. She used to walk down the corridor with her bloomers hanging because they were full of S---. The working conditions were appaling.

my dad worked at hiram wilds his name was len he was a grinder i think and i worked for hiram wilds but i worked at the other side of the road at latham and owens

Tina Morris is another ex worker from the office

I think that Hiram Wilds until recently belonged to an old guy who lived in Todwick called Harry Flowers.... Harry moved to live near his daughter in Chesterfield several years ago and he was in his mid 80's then so not even sure he will still be alive but I remember him telling me that HW's would have to go as there was no one in his family to carry it on?

Nah - David Hartley's dad bought Hiram's for him from John Wild... Last one of the family to own it - David ended up running what was left of the company into the ground... The death throes were horrible to see, and left many people who had worked there for all or most of their lives out of work...

Anyone on here work there in the last days???

I recently bought some "Hiram Wild" branded cutlery from J & C Products custom made to order which suggests that there's still some manufacturing activity despite it not being the medium to large scale employer Hiram Wild was!

My sister(Mandy Woods) worked there in the early 80s.She used to always come home with black hands n face.lol.

I recently bought some "Hiram Wild" branded cutlery from J & C Products custom made to order which suggests that there's still some manufacturing activity despite it not being the medium to large scale employer Hiram Wild was!

Nah, looks like Jason and Craig Coleman (who both worked at Hiram's whilst the Hartley's were busy driving it into the ground) have rights over the name, and can still use it when getting them stamped from somewhere like Nickel Blanks...

Hi Thank for everybody's feedback i am trying to find an a3 scanner so to put all the photo's on line .
photo's of hyrum wild women packing cutlery ect about 10 in all

Nah, looks like Jason and Craig Coleman (who both worked at Hiram's whilst the Hartley's were busy driving it into the ground) have rights over the name, and can still use it when getting them stamped from somewhere like Nickel Blanks...

Their registered office is at the Cupola. I presumed that they manufactured to order there. So Hiram Wild is just a name these days? Would they be stamped at Carrs? Does anyone know if anyone still produces Sheffield cutlery for schools, hospitals, airlines, armed forces, Government - national and local, etc. ?

J & C still manufacture at their premises a full range of stamped blades / spoon & fork stubs (i have visited and seen the equipment). When it comes to "traditional sheffield cutlery", like any other company in the industry they will have to purchase the blanks from what is now Carrs. They must have acquired the Hiram Wild name to put on the cutlery.

I worked at Hiram's in the late 70's. I remember Ernest Carr, Barry Campbell, John O'shaunessy, Johnny Barton, Dave Hammond Len, - whose surname I can't recall, Bernie Kimpton and Pete Hadley, who was married to my Aunt Shirley. I recall an elderly lady named Aggie who had to walk with a frame and often couln't make the toilet in time. She used to walk down the corridor with her bloomers hanging because they were full of S---. The working conditions were appaling.

i remember bernie kimpton i used to work with his mum and knew the rest of the family anyone got any info of where they are now

Cupola? Is this the Cupola on Middlewood Road?

Their registered office is at the Cupola. I presumed that they manufactured to order there. So Hiram Wild is just a name these days? Would they be stamped at Carrs? Does anyone know if anyone still produces Sheffield cutlery for schools, hospitals, airlines, armed forces, Government - national and local, etc. ?

I know that Peter took the MOD contract with him to Arthur Price (Deeley's) after Hiram's shut - maybe they do the hospitals too? Airline cutlery orders stopped as soon as 9/11 happened - airlines don't use metal cutlery anymore, never understood what the connection was, but in someones head one was made! Have you seen Cupola? It's just a shed type thing - god knows what they're up to in there. Re etching, that could be done anywhere - etching machines aren't big...

Cupola? Is this the Cupola on Middlewood Road?

No, there is a tiny street called Cupola at the back of Corporation st... Just a alley with a couple of little sheds on it...

Both my mum and gran worked there ages ago, im 41 years old and they worked there while I was at school. Mums name is Cynthia Fox she worked in the offices and my grans name was Emily Poole, she worked in the kitchen thing near the offices.

If you need anymore info just let me know :)

For the record it is Hiram Wild lol

As a customer I went to collect my goods, they have all the equipment to produce the blades from the raw material (steel coils), pressing, serrating equipment and polishing also the etching equipment, I also so other equipment which looked like glazing wheels different type polishing machines etc.

It may be a small operation but I guess that is how they keep the costs in control and stay in business which I am thankfull for.

I must also say that the standard of the products from J & C is much higher than what I got when it was Hiram Wild.

I also see that AC UK gives a similar comment under one of the other topics "Hiram Wild are still cutting it". This was posted back in Nov 06.

As a customer I went to collect my goods, they have all the equipment to produce the blades from the raw material (steel coils), pressing, serrating equipment and polishing also the etching equipment, I also so other equipment which looked like glazing wheels different type polishing machines etc.

It may be a small operation but I guess that is how they keep the costs in control and stay in business which I am thankfull for.

I must also say that the standard of the products from J & C is much higher than what I got when it was Hiram Wild.

I also see that AC UK gives a similar comment under one of the other topics "Hiram Wild are still cutting it". This was posted back in Nov 06.

So they are basically operating a little mesters? That's quite nice actually - when I knew them at Hiram's I wouldn't have thought that either of them would have had it in them - this is a nice suprise! I had been told by others who worked with them at Hiram's that they had set up a import business, so are they finishing foreign cutlery? Same as David Mellor? Or are they polishing Sheffield blanks? Just that the foreign cutlery tends to have a better finsh than Sheffield stuff, as the machines haven't been updated since the 40's/50's in Sheff, whereas the far east has new kit that works better! Sad but true!

"I had been told by others who worked with them at Hiram's that they had set up a import business, so are they finishing foreign cutlery?"

Looking at their brochures, it appears that they're operating a "mixed economy" - some Sheffield made and some cheaper imported stuff.

http://www.hiramwild.com

"I had been told by others who worked with them at Hiram's that they had set up a import business, so are they finishing foreign cutlery?"

Looking at their brochures, it appears that they're operating a "mixed economy" - some Sheffield made and some cheaper imported stuff.

http://www.hiramwild.com

Bizarrely, that is the original Hiram Wild website, with just the postal address changed??? Obviously some of the wording could do with being changed, since they won't be the largest provider of sheffield flatware from Cupola, will they? Not with Deeley's still in the picture, and I'm not sure if a few of the other old guard might might still be around... It was the biggest when they had Herries Rd and Petre Street though...

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