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Things you probably didn't know about Sheffield

Steel city — and one of the greenest in England.

  1. 1913 — fact 1 of 4

    Stainless steel was invented here

    In 1913, Harry Brearley of Brown-Firth laboratories created a rustless steel for cutlery — and an industry was born.

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  2. Fact 2 of 4

    More trees per person than almost any European city

    Sheffield is famously green, with around 2.5 million trees — more per resident than any other city in Europe by many counts.

  3. 1977 — fact 3 of 4

    The home of snooker

    The World Snooker Championship has been played at the Crucible Theatre every year since 1977.

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  4. 1885 — fact 4 of 4

    Henderson’s Relish

    Sheffield’s own spicy sauce has been made in the city since the 1880s and is stubbornly unavailable anywhere else.

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