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Fork filing, Lewis, Rose and Co. Ltd., cutlery manufacturers, Debesco Works, Bowling Green Street

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Ref No:	s42929
Title:	Fork filing, Lewis, Rose and Co. Ltd., cutlery manufacturers, Debesco Works, Bowling Green Street
Location:	Sheffield_Netherthorpe
Date:	1957/03
Date Period:	1940-1959
Photographer:	Central Office of Information
Copyright::	Crown
Notes:	During production fork prongs are joined by a narrow strip of metal which is filed off before the final grinding and polishing processes. Here on a rotating wheel an operator files the prong tips of New English style forks.
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