| Sheffield lies in the North of England,
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| | the war was a success, not only clearing
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| about 65 kilometers east of Manchester in
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| | the slums, but investing in
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| South Yorkshire. Chartered as the City of
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| | infrastructure and park areas to beautify
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| Sheffield in 1893 due to its origins in a
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| | the city, and roads to get people to work
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| field on the River Sheaf. The population
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| | at the steel mills. Sheffield was awash
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| tops a half million citizens now, with a
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| | with prosperity during the years
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| workforce over a million strong residing
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| | following World War II. Steel for
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| within an hours drive of the city.
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| | reconstruction was needed all over
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| Sheffields fortunes have long been shaped
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| | Europe, Russia, Japan, the South Pacific
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| by world events and external forces that
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| | and many other areas.
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| forced the residents of Sheffield to
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| | Rebuilding Industry in Germany, and Japan
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| adapt and innovate in order to survive.
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| | was a double edge sword, as the steel for
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| Sheffield Castle was built after the
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| | their rebuilding meant busy steel mills
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| Norman Conquest to oversee the local
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| | around the world. The end result was that
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| settlements in what is now the heart of
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| | as industry labored to keep up rebuilding
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| the city. The market that grew around the
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| | German and Japanese industry, it did not
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| Castle, in what is now Castle Square,
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| | keep up with the automation, and process
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| made Sheffield a market town just prior
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| | improvement systems that would soon drive
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| to 1300 A.D. Over the next century,
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| | many of them out of business, not
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| Sheffield became well known for the fine
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| | allowing them to compete against the
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| cutlery that was produced and sold there,
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| | factories they helped build.
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| and by 1600 the town was the known to be
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| | The late 1970s and 1980s saw Steel mills
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| the center of Cutler Production in all of
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| | that could not compete close down
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| England, earning a mention in Chaucers
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| | throwing thousands into unemployment. A
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| The Canterbury Tales.
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| | mid 80s miners strike did not help
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| Sheffield was on the cutting edge so to
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| | matters either, and the industrial
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| speak of cutlery technology in those
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| | backbone of Sheffield was snapped. Again
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| early years, and the invention and
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| | noted, not so much in literature, but in
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| improvement of several processes in the
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| | a movie, The Full Monty chronicled some
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| mid 1700s revolutionized metallurgy.
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| | young and not so young Sheffield
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| Crucible Steel and silver plating placed
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| | residents who were force to change
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| Sheffield squarely in the lead in
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| | occupations as when their long and
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| metallurgy in the world. Sheffield grew
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| | hopeless job searches were not panning
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| as an industrial center, and was a great
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| | out.
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| producer of steel until a recession from
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| | The movie itself was not only hilarious,
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| the loss of import markets at the end of
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| | but intriguing because the money brought
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| the 18th century. Conditions in the city
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| | into the cities economy when a movie is
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| deteriorated, and a cholera epidemic
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| | shot there is exactly the type of
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| killed over 400 people in 1832. The huge
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| | economic boost former industrial centers
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| amounts of wealth created by the large
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| | require when moving from a manufacturing
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| steel producers tended to stay at the top
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| | economy to a service economy. Other
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| of the hiarchy, while the unchecked
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| | movies with Sheffield roots were:
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| pollution, overcrowding, and disease made
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| | Threads, When Saturday Comes, F.I.S.T.,
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| its way to the masses.
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| | and Whatever Happened to Harold Smith.
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| The start of the industrial revolution
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| | Sheffield has also produced its share of
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| brought people back to the city over the
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| | entertainers. Actors like Sean Bean whos
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| next few decades, and clean drinking
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| | recent credits include, Patriot Games,
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| water was necessary to avoid the deadly
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| | National Treasure, and Flight Plan. David
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| diseases of 1832. New reservoirs built on
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| | Bell starred in Cross-eyed Waltz and
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| the outskirts of the city helped keep the
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| | Thomas Craig a former Sheffield Plummer
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| water supply disease free, but the
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| | with over 30 television credits on his
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| collapse of a dam wall at one site in
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| | resume.
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| 1864 caused the Great Sheffield Flood,
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| | Sheffield is also fertile ground for
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| which resulted in the deaths of 270
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| | musicians. Local acts that made it big
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| people and widespread damage to the city.
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| | include Pulp, The Artic Monkeys, Joe
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| The early 1900s saw Sheffield again noted
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| | Cocker, the Long Pigs, and
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| in literature as George Orwell called
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| | 65daysofstatic. Sheffield is also the
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| Sheffield the Ugliest town in the Old
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| | center of the Yorkshire Hip Hop and R&B
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| World in The Road to Wigan Pier written
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| | scenes. Talented local acts like NoXcuse
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| in 1937. The combination of quickly built
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| | and Hoodz Underground are local
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| slums to house the growing numbers of
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| | headliners and celebrities in and around
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| working people, and the pollution from
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| | Sheffield.
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| the factories they manned made Sheffield
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| | Sheffield still supports industry,
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| a less than attractive city. The
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| | including steel, mining, and cutlery, but
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| invention of stainless steel in 1913 by a
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| | its economy is diversifying the way many
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| Sheffield resident steel producer
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| | cities in the world are, trying to
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| bolstered the industry, but at the cost
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| | compete in a global economy. Sheffield
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| of the beauty of the city founded at the
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| | will not be mistaken for Hawaii as a
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| confluence of five rivers. The hills
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| | tourist spot anytime soon, but they seem
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| around the city vary from 10 to 500
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| | to be doing a lot of the right things to
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| meters above sea level forming a natural
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| | create a competitive economy for the
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| amphitheater. By the end of the 1930s a
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| | coming years. Often with industrial job
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| recession that paralleled The Great
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| | loss, poverty and blight soon follow, and
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| Depression in the U.S. had taken a toll
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| | the inherent rise in crime draws people
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| on all industrial areas, and Sheffield
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| | away from the cities center.
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| was no exception.
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| | Creativity, culture, tourism, sporting
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| That recession was soon over as European
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| | events, and service industries are ways
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| factories began gearing up for war.
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| | to avoid economic ruin for a city in
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| Sheffield quickly regained its spot as a
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| | transition. Sheffield has all that, as
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| world class steel producer, making
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| | well as great educational facilities that
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| weapons and ammunition for the coming
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| | support 45,000 university students. If
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| World War. The very same industry that
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| | used and marketed correctly that spells a
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| had made Sheffield prosperous during the
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| | bright future for the city of Sheffield.
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| good times, also made it perilous during
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| | The fact that Sheffield is one of the
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| the bad times. World War II made
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| | safest cities in the U.K. according to
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| Sheffield a vital weapons and munitions
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| | government statistics shows the typical
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| manufacturing center, which in turn made
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| | problems with economic transition have
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| it a target for Luftwaffe bombers. Three
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| | not affected the city. Manufacturing
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| nights of air attacks known as the
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| | provides only 14% of the jobs now, while
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| Sheffield Blitz, killed 660 and wounded
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| | service industry positions account for
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| another 1,500 residents. 40,000 others
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| | 82%. Far behind are Health Care, and
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| were left homeless by the air raids as
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| | technology sector jobs.
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| 3,000 homes were demolished and another
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| | Plenty of attractions including National
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| 3,000 severely damaged. All toll 78,000
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| | Park land within the city boundaries help
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| homes were damaged to some degree.
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| | keep the educated university students
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| After the war, Sheffield continued as a
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| | from bolting upon graduation. That in
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| major player in the steel industry.
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| | turn insures economic, and technological
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| Cutlery was still a big industry in
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| | improvements for years to come, helping
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| Sheffield. Over half of the worlds
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| | Sheffield to be at the forefront of
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| surgical blades are produced in Sheffield
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| | economic development for the future.
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| to this day. Rebuilding the city after
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