Sheffield Leasing

Did You Know?

Sheffield is a city in the English county of South Yorkshire. In the city centre, the Millennium Gallery shows metalwork and art from Sheffield and around the world. It adjoins the Winter Garden, a large temperate glasshouse filled with plants. Kelham Island Museum covers the city’s industrial heritage.

Around a third of the Sheffield is actually inside the Peak District National Park – no other city in the UK has part of a National Park inside its boundaries.

Pet names are a highly popular commodity in Sheffield. In Derby it’s typically ‘duck’, in Bristol it’s ‘my lovely’ and in Sheffield we like all sorts. You hear ‘darlin’, ‘duck’, ‘me laddo’, ‘sweet’eart’ ‘me cocker’ ‘duck’ and many more.

In the years leading up to World War I, there was increasing demand for steel due to wartime arms production. However, erosion and rust on guns and rifles caused major problems. In 1915, a Sheffield man Harry Brearley, announced that he had invented a so-called "non-rusting" steel that did not stain however long it was used and whatever materials it came into contact with. It later became known as Stainless Steel.

What is Sheffield Most Famous For? Sheffield has gone from one of the industrial powerhouses of England to a rising star of the UK's arts and culture scene. Formerly famous for its stainless steel cutlery, the hollowed-out husks of its once mighty factories and foundries now contain galleries, theatres and museums.

The Sheffield is well known for its music scene, and has produced such acts as Pulp, Def Leppard, Bring Me The Horizon, Arctic Monkeys and The Human League.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the mastermind behind Sherlock Holmes, lived in Burngreave for a while when he was working as an assistant to Dr Charles Sydney Richardson on Spital Hill in 1878. While it’s not confirmed that he drew direct inspiration from his time in Sheffield for his writing, it’s likely to have at least shaped his outlook on life.

Henry Bessemer, born in 1813, made his fortune in Sheffield from his Bessemer process for steel. It was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron, bringing affordable metal cutlery to the masses.

This relish is an absolute favourite in Sheffield. Henry Henderson began manufacturing the sauce in the latter part of the 19th century. A condiment that can be used in many different ways, in pies, stews and casseroles, it offers a spicy tang similar to Worcestershire sauce.