Friday, June 28, 2019

Lizzie the Elephant, Sheffield’s WWI Industrial Mascot

Sheffield's Mascot was an ElephantDuring the First World War, the sheer number of steel produced in Sheffield was crucial to the military industrial machine. As such, scrap metal collecting was commonplace in Sheffield. One wartime icon of Sheffield would come from the steel industry named Lizzie the Indian Elephant!

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