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Herbert Reginald Beecroft 'under the hammer' during the Second World War at Edgar Allen and Company Limited, Tinsley

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Ref No:	a03710
Title:	Herbert Reginald Beecroft 'under the hammer' during the Second World War at Edgar Allen and Company Limited, Tinsley
Location:	Sheffield_Meadowhall
Date Period:	1940-1959
Notes:	Pictured on the left, holding the steel bar with the tongs under the drop hammer, is Herbert Reginald Beecroft. He was also a member of the Home Guard during the Second World War. He later married a 'Woman of Steel' - D. M. Beecroft, a female overhead crane driver who also worked at Edgar Allen's. Photograph donated as part of the 'Women of Steel' campaign. Sheffield City Archives ref. CA964 (application no. 780).
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