The owner of Homeric was my grandfather Wilhelm Morsbach. He had been in the trade in Germany and between wars set up in England because he liked the English and didn't like what was happening in Germany. He was interned for the duration of the Second World War and always spoke highly of the workers who kept the factory going during his absence. I was born and raised in Devon but as a child was taken to stay with my grandparents in Sheffield. The highlight of my stay was a visit to the factory in Chambers Lane. My grandfather had the key to the bubble gum machine and he would open it for me! I still use the manicure set I was given. Can I remember a slag heap and a milk factory behind Homeric or is my memory failing me. I remember everyone I met there being kind to me.
I'm 69 now so all those workers will be long gone.
