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SUMMARY:'The Sheffield Heavy Spring Trade 1829 – 2025' by John Austin
DESCRIPTION:Image Credit: TigerBWW\, Creative Commons (Wikipedia) \nJoining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there’s no need to register\nJoining us ON-Line – click this zoom link \nFor 150 years\, Sheffield dominated the domestic production of heavy springs for railway and\, later\, heavy road vehicles. It employed thousands of craft workers\, and engaged the attention of dozens of local companies\, large and small. It served markets across the world\, especially in India\, the colonies and dominions and South America\, as well as supplying over 70% of domestic demand. \nThe talk explains how Sheffield established a foothold in this sector\, how it came to achieve domination and the factors\, internal and external\, that led to its eventual demise.  In so doing\, it considers various aspects of the story\, social\, commercial and technical\, incorporating the perspective of makers\, workers and clients. \nAbout the Speaker\nJohn Austin
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/the-sheffield-heavy-spring-trade-1829-2025-by-john-austin/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Crowne Plaza Royal Victoria\, Victoria Station Road\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S4 7YE
CATEGORIES:Shed Talks (Newcomen Online),UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com
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SUMMARY:'The Early Years of Newton Chambers: A new look at an old Ironworks' by Phillip Riden
DESCRIPTION:Image Credit: Andrew Abbott\, Creative Commons Wikipedia \nJoining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there’s no need to register\nJoining us ON-Line – click this zoom link \nThis is a joint meeting with the South Yorkshire Industrial History Society \nThe company\, known for most of its life as Newton Chambers\, has the best-preserved records of any of the first generation of coke-fired ironworks anywhere in Britain. They have been used for short accounts of the company’s history for over a century\, but their wealth has never been fully exploited. \nThis talk\, based on several years’ work on the records\, will look afresh at the company between about 1790 and 1830\, concentrating especially on its products and on sales and marketing\, including the difficulties of distribution for an ironworks some distance from the nearest canal\, the challenge of establishing a presence in the London market\, working with other companies to regulate prices\, and striking a balance between offering extended credit and getting paid. \nMost of these problems will have a familiar ring to anyone who has worked in heavy industry in recent decades. \nAbout the Speaker\nPhillip Riden
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/the-early-years-of-newton-chambers-a-new-look-at-an-old-ironworks-by-phillip-riden/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Crowne Plaza Royal Victoria\, Victoria Station Road\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S4 7YE
CATEGORIES:Shed Talks (Newcomen Online),UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270222T183000
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SUMMARY:'Sheffield’s Two Unique Companies' by Christopher Jewitt
DESCRIPTION:Image Credit: Terry Robinson\, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons \nJoining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there’s no need to register\nJoining us ON-Line – click this zoom link \nThe Cutlers’ Company & Sheffield Assay Office \nChristopher Jewitt\, Chairman of Footprint Tools\, one of Sheffield’s last forges producing quality hand tools\, will trace the history\, development and present position of two companies which are unique in Sheffield. Both were established by their own Acts of Parliament: The Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire in 1624 and The Guardians of the Standard or Wrought Plate in 1773. \nWhy were Acts of Parliament used as the means by which they were created rather than Royal Charters\, as were Livery Companies and two of the other Assay Offices? Whilst there is no definitive answer recorded\, a number of possible ones will be put forward. \nAbout the Speaker\nChristopher Jewitt
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/sheffields-two-unique-companies-by-christopher-jewitt/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Crowne Plaza Royal Victoria\, Victoria Station Road\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S4 7YE
CATEGORIES:Shed Talks (Newcomen Online),UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com
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SUMMARY:'Tales of Tackling Troubled Times' by Dr Jenny Stephenson
DESCRIPTION:Photo Credit: \nJoining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there’s no need to register\nJoining us ON-Line – click this zoom link \nHow Two Cities & A Brave Little Village Dealt With Plague \nDr Jenny Stephenson makes a comparison between London and Venice in how they dealt with the plague (Black Death) pandemics of 1348 and 1665. The outcomes were very different. The selfless action of Eyam is studied and compared with pandemic principles of today. \nAbout the Speaker\nDr Jenny Stephenson
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/tales-of-tackling-troubled-times-by-dr-jenny-stephenson/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Crowne Plaza Royal Victoria\, Victoria Station Road\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S4 7YE
CATEGORIES:Shed Talks (Newcomen Online),UK - South Yorkshire Branch
ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270426T183000
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SUMMARY:'Securing a Safe Climate' by Julian Allwood
DESCRIPTION:Photo Credit: \nJoining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there’s no need to register\nJoining us ON-Line – click this zoom link \nWill Government-led Climate-tech be sufficient\, or do we need something else? \nClimate policy to date has largely prioritised technology innovation\, supported by government funding for both development and deployment.  This has led to exciting developments at lab scale\, but insufficient progress: global emissions are still rising. A detailed survey of ten major engineering projects in the UK shows that the timelines of the required deployment projects are long\, not just because of complex construction\, but because the processes of pre-construction (planning\, stakeholder dialogue\, regulatory compliance\, public funding\, contracting\, etc.) usually take more than twice as long as construction. \nMeanwhile\, the most recent advice of the Climate Change Committee to the government recommends a tenfold expansion of spending on “Net Zero”\, to exceed the current defence budget\, and politically this looks extremely unlikely.  As a result\, it is now virtually certain that government-led innovation and deployment will not be enough to make a safe climate. \nThe talk will review this evidence in detail\, in order to examine the consequences: if the government cannot act sufficiently forcefully\, for example to reverse growth in demand for flying\, then we need other agents of change\, including all of us personally and at work; if new technologies cannot remove the problem of emissions\, then we must instead use existing technologies differently\, creating a different and exciting opportunity for entrepreneurship and innovation; if public support for more radical policy change or more participative solutions is insufficient\, then we need to make the harms of unmitigated climate change more visible. \nAbout the Speaker\nJulian Allwood
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/securing-a-safe-climate-by-julian-allwood/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Crowne Plaza Royal Victoria\, Victoria Station Road\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S4 7YE
CATEGORIES:Shed Talks (Newcomen Online),UK - South Yorkshire Branch
ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com
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