Hunt for missing 2ft scissors goes on

A SOUTH Yorkshire cutlery firm is still on the lookout for a giant set of scissors that vanished into thin air.

Taylor’s Eye Witness mounted an appeal a month ago to track down what may well have been Sheffield’s biggest pair of cutters, made in the 1970s at the company’s historic factory on Milton Street in the city centre.

The instruments, which are thought to be about two feet long, were often loaned out, and it is believed they were simply not returned after being used for a special occasion.

The manufacturer had forgotten about them, but realised they were lost when a picture of former Yorkshire and England cricketer Geoffrey Boycott snipping a ribbon with the scissors,

inset, was found during an office move to new premises off the Parkway.

The plea went national however nobody has come forward as yet. “There’s no news, I’m afraid,” said Joanne Chapman, who runs Taylor’s social media accounts from the Famous Sheffield Shop on Ecclesall Road.

But the attention the appeal received was encouraging, she added. “We’ve not given up hope just

yet.” It is thought the picture of the Yorkshire cricket legend was possibly taken in the 1980s. Staff at Taylor’s have been sorting through old documents during the move from Milton Street, the firm’s home of more than 150 years. Ms Chapman previously urged people to ‘check their drawers and cupboards’ for the scissors. It is hoped they could be put on display, or loaned out again. She added: “We don’t know that much about them. “We don’t know who the last person was that they went to but they never came back. “They’re not something you can just put in your top pocket.”