England
Things you probably didn't know about Sheffield
Steel city — and one of the greenest in England.
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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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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.
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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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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.
Our Sheffield collection is part of a growing local-history library — more cities and facts are being added.