Thread: Joseph Rodgers Sheffield History Link-pic heavy!

I just found a wonderful website with the history of Joseph Rodgers, Sheffield. It has excellent detailed drawings of the works, showrooms, materials and family. I don't know if this link has been posted before, but if you are a fan of Joseph Rodgers razors and have not visited it, I hope you will be as delighted as I was. Here is the link and a couple of the many drawings. How I would have loved to have visited that showroom! Now I know what the tang stamp of "No. 6 Norfolk Street" represented.

Rodgers

Thanks for the pics. I really enjoy history and it is one of the reasons why i like using a straight and vintage razors. Very informative..

Originally Posted by Croaker

I just found a wonderful website with the history of Joseph Rodgers, Sheffield. It has excellent detailed drawings of the works, showrooms, materials and family. I don't know if this link has been posted before, but if you are a fan of Joseph Rodgers razors and have not visited it, I hope you will be as delighted as I was. Here is the link and a couple of the many drawings. How I would have loved to have visited that showroom! Now I know what the tang stamp of "No. 6 Norfolk Street" represented.

Rodgers

Thank you for posting this link and pics. I don't recall seeing this info posted in the past, but that doesn't mean much. I'm going to send a link to this thread home so I can peruse it in my leisure and absorb the history.

It's in the wiki in pdf form somewhere or on Manah's website, I made a copy on my hard-drive...somewhere around 30 pages. I printed it off for a friend who I have converted to straights...all it took was a Joseph Rogers straight! It's some great information though, full of some amazing pictures.

Originally Posted by shooter74743

It's in the wiki in pdf form somewhere or on Manah's website, I made a copy on my hard-drive...somewhere around 30 pages. I printed it off for a friend who I have converted to straights...all it took was a Joseph Rogers straight! It's some great information though, full of some amazing pictures.

You are correct. This article is posted on Manah's website, which I have not previously visited, but will again-great site! I found this article the hard way by Googling.

Scan of the full book is available from the Joseph Rodgers page in the wiki:
Rodgers, Joseph & Sons - Straight Razor Place Wiki

Great Pictures

I realize that the use of child labor was very prevalent in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but it is still startling to see how young the 36 men in the photo on page 20 were when the began working at the Rodgers company. Following is a breakdown of their approximate ages when they began working there:
9 years - 3
10 years - 5
11 years - 5
12 years - 6
13 years - 9
14 years - 5
15 years - 1
16 years - 1

Kids today don't know how good they have it.

Regards - Walt

Hello, Croaker:

This is wonderful stuff. Thanks for posting it.

Regards,

Obie

Originally Posted by Walt

I realize that the use of child labor was very prevalent in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but it is still startling to see how young the 36 men in the photo on page 20 were when the began working at the Rodgers company. Following is a breakdown of their approximate ages when they began working there:
9 years - 3
10 years - 5
11 years - 5
12 years - 6
13 years - 9
14 years - 5
15 years - 1
16 years - 1

Kids today don't know how good they have it.

Regards - Walt

Thanks for pointing this out Walt.
Oliver Twist in the flesh.
What a contrast it would have been, from such oppulent showrooms and elegant decor to the heat smoke and soot of the furnaces.
Hell on earth for children in those days.
An eternal embarassment for any country guilty of such exploitation.