{"product_id":"steel-city-survivors-collectors-edition","title":"Steel City Survivors - Collector's Edition","description":"\u003ch3\u003eFor generations, three words told the world everything it needed to know about Sheffield.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade in Sheffield.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSheffield knew what it was good at. Its factories employed generations of the same families, its industries supplied the world and its people had every reason to believe the good times would last forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen, from the late 1970s onwards, the wheels came off.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe furnaces cooled. Thousands of jobs disappeared. Entire communities were devastated as Sheffield's industrial heartland began to collapse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe city was facing an uncertain future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut Sheffield wasn't finished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt did what it had always done. It kept making things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnly now, they were very different things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMusic. Films. Art. Sporting champions. New industries. New ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Human League. ABC. Pulp. The Arctic Monkeys. Warp Films. The Full Monty. Meadowhall. The Crucible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA city that had once exported steel began exporting culture, creativity and attitude.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd behind that extraordinary transformation were the people who made it happen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe people who helped reinvent Sheffield\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by Geoffrey Beattie's landmark 1986 book 'Survivors of Steel City', author and social historian Neil Anderson has spent more than a year interviewing some of the most remarkable people Sheffield has produced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom internationally acclaimed musicians, artists and sporting champions to pioneering entrepreneurs, business leaders and the people who helped rebuild the city, 'Steel City Survivors' brings together their extraordinary stories in one landmark publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough their own words, discover the setbacks, struggles, unexpected opportunities and remarkable achievements that helped transform Sheffield over more than four turbulent decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing interviews with Richard Hawley, Pete McKee, Nick Banks, Johnny Nelson, Kevin McCabe and many more, this richly illustrated book celebrates the people who refused to accept that Sheffield's greatest days were behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome became household names. Others quietly built businesses, created jobs, transformed neighbourhoods and helped shape the Sheffield we know today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheir stories are as varied as the city itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut together, they tell a remarkable story of reinvention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA book with a purpose\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Steel City Survivors' began with a conversation between Neil Anderson and Sheffield businessman David Slater at The Library, the former Attercliffe public library that David helped bring back to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe project has been generously funded by David, with all profits from the book going to Roundabout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoundabout supports young people in South Yorkshire who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, helping them find somewhere safe to live and build more secure futures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy purchasing this book, you are not only helping preserve an extraordinary chapter of Sheffield's history. You are also helping a new generation of young people find their own way forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe old Made in Sheffield stamp never really disappeared.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt just found new things to put it on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e** This is a pre-order - the book is launched on Thursday, October 29th **\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dirty Stop Outs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58776790335862,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0414\/7884\/8666\/files\/Screenshot2026-09-20104010.png?v=1789897237","url":"https:\/\/dirtystopouts.com\/products\/steel-city-survivors-collectors-edition","provider":"Dirty Stop Outs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}