Steel City Survivors

Sheffield refused to give up. These are its stories.Pre-order the standard edition of Steel City Survivors — £24.95. Launching Thursday 29 October 2026.UK delivery is £3.95 by Royal Mail Tracked 24, with free UK delivery on orders of £60 or more. Pre-orders will be dispatched following the launch on 29 October 2026.Discover the people behind Sheffield’s reinvention, in their own words.Profits from the book are supporting Roundabout charityLooking for something special?Choose the signed Collector’s Edition — £34.95, with an exclusive cover and a print run limited to 1,000 copies.For generations, three words told the world everything it needed to know about Sheffield. Made in Sheffield. Sheffield 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. Then, from the late 1970s onwards, the wheels came off. The furnaces cooled. Thousands of jobs disappeared. Entire communities were devastated as Sheffield's industrial heartland began to collapse. The city was facing an uncertain future. But Sheffield wasn't finished. It did what it had always done. It kept making things. Only now, they were very different things. Music. Films. Art. Sporting champions. New industries. New ideas. The Human League. ABC. Pulp. The Arctic Monkeys. Warp Films. The Full Monty. Meadowhall. The Crucible. A city that had once exported steel began exporting culture, creativity and attitude. And behind that extraordinary transformation were the people who made it happen. The people who helped reinvent Sheffield Inspired 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. From 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. Through their own words, discover the setbacks, struggles, unexpected opportunities and remarkable achievements that helped transform Sheffield over more than four turbulent decades. Featuring 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. Some became household names. Others quietly built businesses, created jobs, transformed neighbourhoods and helped shape the Sheffield we know today. Their stories are as varied as the city itself. But together, they tell a remarkable story of reinvention. A book with a purpose '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. The project has been generously funded by David.Profits from the book are supporting Roundabout charity Roundabout 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. By 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. The old Made in Sheffield stamp never really disappeared. It just found new things to put it on.