Who can remember the old shops in town i can remember Rackhams, and BHS I used to go there for a pot of tea when wagging it from school wi me mate, also woolworths, and who can remember that shop at the side of the ABC, Schofields, we used to go in there waggin it, and put music on the jukebox, they had in the clothes department for nowt, it were fun at the time.
And who can forget Harringtons, Everybody in sheff must have bought summat from there.

Wilson Pecks, William Cann the music man, and another small music shop at the bottom of Carver St (But I can't remember the name) Maybe "Silverstones"???

One of my favourites was Redgates toy shop. I remember regularly going into Roger Gould's Toys at Banner Cross too. And Amazing Records on Cambridge Street.

How about Winston's on Snig Hill for a tasty shirt?
Wilson Pecks on London Road where you could listen to an entire album in your own booth before deciding whether to buy it or not?
Theatrical Supplies at the bottom of the Moor for red-face soap, whoopee cushions etc.
S&E at the bottom of Eccy Road for school blazers,,, err, I'll forget about that bit:( But the shop was quite impressive
Yes and Redgates for Airfix kits and a marvellous model railway section

I remember when Virgin Records was quite a small dingey shop at the bottom of the moor at the side of the Yorkshire Bank,that smelled of joss sticks and sold clothes as well as records.
Remember when Debenhams used to be called Pauldens too

who can forget sexy rexys ? cant remember the street it was on:loopy:

what about violet mays (record shop matilda st)

who can forget sexy rexys ? cant remember the street it was on

Ha ha. It was King Street.

:D

never across from woolys side door off the moor,i used to work at boots yrs gone by

a couple of shops I remember from the past are Peter Robinsons top of Snig Hill [old meeting place] Male boutique on Orchard street ,Lift up your skirts and Fly top of Charles street i think. How many went to John Temple to get a suit made?Can anyone remember the mens boutique upstairs at Austin Reed when it was at the end of Chapel Walk .Austins at the top of The Moor used to be a decent men's shop as was S.M.C. shirt shop on the Moor . Bradleys on fargate used to be a good record shop ! Can anybody remember the Roman Room coffee shop on Orchard street near The Sheffield Raincoat Store.

I can remember when Rackhams was Walsh's - a really posh shop.

Redgates- a fantastic toy shop just off the Moor.

Pauldens which became Debenhams.

Roberts - also down the Moor.

Cockaynes - where Argos stands now.

Sheffield used to be a much classier place. Now it looks just like any other city centre with shop afte shop just looking like those found in any other place.

what about pippy's? I loved the hippy/ rocker goth-y feel that their clothes had. (not to mention that their shop, at that time, was teh only place I knew that sold those huge rizzla papers!)

I can't, even now, get what my late mother meant, when I got "dolled-up" for a night out in town, as a teenager,
she used to say

"Thar looks like a right pippy-show!"

(i think it was probably a step up from "thar can get that s**t weshed of thi' face, thar looks like an OOre!")

aaahh, happy days!


PT (who also remembers roberts brothers, walshes, cockaynes/ schofields, and pauldens stores, and what about that huge department store on infirmary road, where wyndsors shoes is now, approx... Blanchards, with the whizzy tubes for the money and reciepts)

Bunny's on Castle Gate.

The place in the early 70s for crombie style coats, those natty little colour pocket hankies that you had to wear in the top pockets, and bunches of cherries to hang on the lapel! Also it was the best place for Ben Sherman shirts & Fred Perry jumpers

Originally posted by Plain Talker


I can't, even now, get what my late mother meant, when I got "dolled-up" for a night out in town, as a teenager,
she used to say

"Thar looks like a right pippy-show!"

(i think it was probably a step up from "thar can get that s**t weshed of thi' face, thar looks like an OOre!")

aaahh, happy days!




Oh PT I'm so glad somebody else's mum also uses that term. My mum still does and you are right it means - gawdy, OTT and common as muck. I wonder if it's just a Sheffieldism?

What about Tom Marsh's in the Castle market,they always sold good bacon and cheeses,and the castle nut bar where they always had nuts that no one had heard of as well as the usual stuff.

Can any one remember the department store that used to be where Mc Donalds is now on the moor . my grandma used to take me there, she liked to go to the bargain basement to look for cheap socks.. the staircase would have been just in front of the tills.

Hobbies model shop opposite the Peace gardens, bril, and Redgates toy shop doen the Moor, fantastic for lads of all ages!

I used to love redgates - special treat on a saturday afternoon if I had been well behaved all day following parents around shopping for boring stuff.

Used to love the lego and the pippa dolls. (a bit like sindy but smaller and better looking!)

Also used to love Detail, the bead shop - used to spend ages chosing beads to make earings which I would then sell at school to makes huge amounts of money...... Well, I used to make them and cart them around school, but never made enough to cover the cost of the beads..... shame, this time next year, could have been a millionaire!

on the moor there was marks and spencers next to atkinsons,there was a greenwoods opposite,boots chemist,and I think a saxones shoe shop.This was in the early 70s.Anyone remember Marks I worked there then,some of my friends still work at meadowhall now,30 years on!That I find incredible in these days.

Originally posted by little malc
Hobbies model shop opposite the Peace gardens, bril, and Redgates toy shop doen the Moor, fantastic for lads of all ages!

Beatties was the model shop, where Maplins is now.

When I was a kid I used to stand in Beatties watching the model trains go around the track which was high up on the wall. I was fascinated with the tunnel and how the trains disappeared and came out other side of the shop. :D

The few mentions there of Wilson Pecks brought back happy memories. I worked there for about a year in 1963/64 when they had the shop at the corner of Leopold St and Barkers Pool. I finished working there in early '64 when I went to live in Derbyshire.

I can remember Harraps Salve shop at the bottom of Howard Street just opposite the Howard Hotel.
What a shop this was, its walls was stacked with bundles of letters from all over the world singing the praises of their salve for the removal and treatment of corns, callouses and bunions.
Not only did the grateful users send letters, they also sent their corns and bunions to Harraps to prove how grateful they were for their salve which gave relief to their troublesome feet.
The corns and the bunions were then placed in the window for all to see, what better advert could they have? someones painfull corn removed and placed in the window. That was over fifty years ago, looking back now they looked just like pieces of pork scratchings on show.

I used to like pork scratchings !!!!!!!!!! on a more seirous note there was a barbers shop at the bottom of Howard Street called Ivans where the guy who owned it had one leg about six inches shorter than the other but he could cut hair.Also up there was the Sheffield Shop where you could buy any kind of cutlery that was made in Sheffield.

Originally posted by feederfil
a couple of shops I remember from the past are Peter Robinsons top of Snig Hill [old meeting place] Male boutique on Orchard street ,Lift up your skirts and Fly top of Charles street i think. How many went to John Temple to get a suit made?Can anyone remember the mens boutique upstairs at Austin Reed when it was at the end of Chapel Walk .Austins at the top of The Moor used to be a decent men's shop as was S.M.C. shirt shop on the Moor . Bradleys on fargate used to be a good record shop ! Can anybody remember the Roman Room coffee shop on Orchard street near The Sheffield Raincoat Store.

A shop on Church St used to sell lots of model railway stuff. Hornby Dublo. Was it Noel something? It was near the Leopold St roundabout or was it a crossroads then? Gordon Joel?

A shop on Church St used to sell lots of model railway stuff. Hornby Dublo. Was it Noel something? It was near the Leopold St roundabout or was it a crossroads then? Gordon Joel?


Quite right mikeG. L.Gordon Joel. Had a basement with model trains running round and also sold railway mags

Cann's music shop on Chapel Walk in the 60's?
Bird's sports shop on Leopold Street
Darlow's sports shop on West Street.
Archer's sports shop on Bramall Lane

Does anybody remember Winstons at the bottom of Snig Hill, bought my first drainpipe trousers from there.

McDonalds hairdressers at the top of Howerd Street, Old Mcdonald used to put an appearance in now and again wearing his ginger coloured wig, which was enough to put anyone off.

Then there was Lew Burgins hairdressers in the alley near the Dove and Rainbow pub.

The stamp & bookshop in the Old Market Hall. Ah! the smell of all those fresh flowers in there.

Davy's shop on Fargate with the aroma of freshly roasted coffee.

Cole Brothers with their popular lunchtime dinners at the sit at the bar feature.

These are some of the memories of old shops in sheffield.

The suit taylor on Corporation St, I forget his name but his suits were top class.

Happy Days!

Lift Up Your Skirts and Fly - boutique think was on Chapel Walk and think was owned by Roger Howe (Peter Stringfellows mate).
Also, the record shops were great - when you could go into a both before you bought but never did cos you couldn't afford it!.
C & A King Street - used to get loads in there - bough my first mini-skirt in there!- 1965!
Thise were the days!

Going back to 1947-8?? I was in the last year at school and I discovered Appelbaums; the bookshop; just up Division St from the Albert. Thing about Appelbaums was that they got all the latest American comics, horror comics and stuff. I think they arrived in England as ballast on ships coming into Liverpool. Anyhow Appelbaums got 'em, and I bought 'em. I was famous for about 5 minutes at school. Good people, the Applebaums, the old guy with his beret and cigar and his old lady with a cigarette hanging from the corner of her mouth, and hornrimmed glasses.

:love:
I remember Redgates toy shop. What a sight as a young lass!

There used to be a Hi-fi / tv shop on the moor that was swallowed up to make the McDonalds on the corner.
They used to sell Bang & Olufson gear, can't remember the name of the place for the life of me but when you went in they were always playing top quality sounding LP's like James Last & Bert Kaempfert's "Swinging Safari" to show off the equipment.

Think,
Think,
Think..............

No, still can't remember the name!

I remember Chelsea Girl as i would spend most Saturdays in there buying a new outfit for clubbing. It used to be on Fargate somewhere i think. Also Saxone shoe shop with its bargain basement.

There used to be a Hi-fi / tv shop on the moor that was swallowed up to make the McDonalds on the corner.
They used to sell Bang & Olufson gear, can't remember the name of the place for the life of me but when you went in they were always playing top quality sounding LP's like James Last & Bert Kaempfert's "Swinging Safari" to show off the equipment.

Think,
Think,
Think..............

No, still can't remember the name!

In 1965/6 I worked at Stern-Clyne at the corner of The Moor and Cumberland Street. If that is where McD's is now, your mystery is solved. We played Burt Kaempfert and James Last endlessly, but when asked for classical music we were clueless. We had a recording of Bach's Toccata & Fuge in D minor which usually impressed.
We sold a complete range of electronics, from individual resistors and capacitors right up to the top end hi-fi of the day - Leak, Quad, Celestion, Wharfedale etc.
One of our regular customers was the Mojo on Burngreave Road (Pete & Geoff Stringfellow) for whom we customised the best sound equipment at a time when no-one else considered that the quality mattered in that market.
I started as a junior salesman on £5 per week, and was soon elevated to senior salesman on £7 per week. In 1966, I was allowed to have the Saturday morning off to get married, but I had to return for the afternoon. Such a generous boss!

Yea Sexy Rexys and Chelsea Girl. Also Van Allens in fargate, the only place to go for Biba and Mary Quant!

Going back to 1947-8?? I was in the last year at school and I discovered Appelbaums; the bookshop; just up Division St from the Albert. Thing about Appelbaums was that they got all the latest American comics, horror comics and stuff. I think they arrived in England as ballast on ships coming into Liverpool. Anyhow Appelbaums got 'em, and I bought 'em. I was famous for about 5 minutes at school. Good people, the Applebaums, the old guy with his beret and cigar and his old lady with a cigarette hanging from the corner of her mouth, and hornrimmed glasses.
I remember Appelbaum's! A bit dark inside.
There was a shop higher up on Division Street that would cut wood and
metal to order while you waited. Always a queue on Saturday.
(Rabbit hutches, chicken wire, mice cages ...)
Haycock and Jarman (Tailors) Pinstone St.
A shop selling chemicals across the Peace Gardens.
Frank Bold, Stationers, Norfolk Street.
Singer Sewing Machine Co., The Moor.
A shop that sold air pistols and games on Leopold Street. I passed this
on the way to the buses up Glossop Road to school. Wasn't there a
book shop on Leopold St?
H.L.Brown (`The Jewellers'). Dad bought Mum's wedding ring here.

Redgates was paradise when you were 8 and into Sindy dolls. :)

Loved the Bead shop as a teen and Suggs sport across the road. Also the HMV on Leopold street. I could hang about there forever.
Wimpy and Chelsea Girl on Fargate.

Pippys which i was always a bit in awe of.

But the best shop in Sheffield who ruined a million 30 somethings feet

Rebina Shoes!

Anyone still have any?

In 1965/6 I worked at Stern-Clyne at the corner of The Moor and Cumberland Street. If that is where McD's is now, your mystery is solved. We played Burt Kaempfert and James Last endlessly, but when asked for classical music we were clueless. We had a recording of Bach's Toccata & Fuge in D minor which usually impressed.
We sold a complete range of electronics, from individual resistors and capacitors right up to the top end hi-fi of the day - Leak, Quad, Celestion, Wharfedale etc.
One of our regular customers was the Mojo on Burngreave Road (Pete & Geoff Stringfellow) for whom we customised the best sound equipment at a time when no-one else considered that the quality mattered in that market.
I started as a junior salesman on £5 per week, and was soon elevated to senior salesman on £7 per week. In 1966, I was allowed to have the Saturday morning off to get married, but I had to return for the afternoon. Such a generous boss!
the mojo was onpitsmoor rd formally a ballroom dancing school where i first learned ran by afamily named Dey

I remember Appelbaum's! A bit dark inside.
There was a shop higher up on Division Street that would cut wood and
metal to order while you waited. Always a queue on Saturday.
(Rabbit hutches, chicken wire, mice cages ...)
Haycock and Jarman (Tailors) Pinstone St.
A shop selling chemicals across the Peace Gardens.
Frank Bold, Stationers, Norfolk Street.
Singer Sewing Machine Co., The Moor.
A shop that sold air pistols and games on Leopold Street. I passed this
on the way to the buses up Glossop Road to school. Wasn't there a
book shop on Leopold St?
H.L.Brown (`The Jewellers'). Dad bought Mum's wedding ring here.
I bought my wifes engagement and wedding rings on the same day [ no it wernt ashotgun]

But the best shop in Sheffield who ruined a million 30 somethings feet

Rebina Shoes!

Anyone still have any?
I loved Rebina shoes, I had several pairs of winklepicker stilletos in various colours red, pink, black and i had a wicked pair of red rebina boots that i wore to death and some black ones with buckles on..i loved them..Don't have them now though mores the pity. There was a shop down high street and also a rebina stall in one of the markets but can't remember if Sheaf or Castle.

Igot a chopper bike from redgates in 1974.My sister kay worked there and got me dad a discount.:)

There used to be a Hi-fi / tv shop on the moor that was swallowed up to make the McDonalds on the corner.
They used to sell Bang & Olufson gear, can't remember the name of the place for the life of me but when you went in they were always playing top quality sounding LP's like James Last & Bert Kaempfert's "Swinging Safari" to show off the equipment.

Think,
Think,
Think..............

No, still can't remember the name!

IT WAS CALLED CURTIS,S - OWNED BY BILL CURTIS.

Sorry Arthur. I didn't realise that Burngreave Road and Pitsmoor Road retained their individual identity at the site of the Mojo club until I checked on Maps.Google.co.uk at maximum resolution.

Suzyoo, being an ex-pat, I don't know where McDonald's is on the Moor. It isn't listed on BT.com or Yell.com. Where is it, and therefore where was this mystery HiFi/TV shop? I thought the reference was to the Cumberland Street junction. (see post #35)
In the sixties, the Wimpey Bar, the Roman Room (Russian Tea!) and the Sidewalk were our meeting places. McD's hadn't been invented - well at least, not in England.

Thank You, Suzyoo!

(Headache fades away)

IT WAS CALLED CURTIS,S - OWNED BY BILL CURTIS.
A Bill Curtis lived near us in Crosspool in the early 50's. Could this be the same bloke? We got our first TV from him, a KB 12 ".

Redgates was paradise when you were 8 and into Sindy dolls. :)

Loved the Bead shop as a teen and Suggs sport across the road. Also the HMV on Leopold street. I could hang about there forever.
Wimpy and Chelsea Girl on Fargate.

Pippys which i was always a bit in awe of.

But the best shop in Sheffield who ruined a million 30 somethings feet

Rebina Shoes!

Anyone still have any?
i dont have any shoes left as they only lasted about 3 days before the heels were knackered, but they were so fab .you could always tell when someone had a new pair because of the bloody plasters on their heels!. remember the stall in the market that sold them too?

JEAN GENIE on Fargate, opposite the rival shop, WESTERN JEAN COMPANY. great jeans and T shirts.....

A Bill Curtis lived near us in Crosspool in the early 50's. Could this be the same bloke? We got our first TV from him, a KB 12 ".
YES a very nice chap,, the Curtis family lived near me when Bill was a lad,

A Bill Curtis lived near us in Crosspool in the early 50's. Could this be the same bloke? We got our first TV from him, a KB 12 ".
yes it was the same, I lived near his family when he was ayoung man, pal of my brothers.

Is there anyone out there who remembers the blacksmith's in Norfolk Street just before it ran into Fitzalan Sq.?

Would someone mention a few food stores. I recollect just after the war (the last one, not the 1914-18 one) going into a largish store and they had what was called, rather classy I thought at the time, a food hall. Anyhow what blew my mind was that they were selling CHOCOLATE COVERED ANTS!
Dont even think of asking!
I cant think of the name of the place. I can only think of Coles

Is there anyone out there who remembers the blacksmith's in Norfolk Street just before it ran into Fitzalan Sq.?


I think the blacksmiths was on Sycamore St

Suzyoo, being an ex-pat, I don't know where McDonald's is on the Moor. It isn't listed on BT.com or Yell.com. Where is it, and therefore where was this mystery HiFi/TV shop? I thought the reference was to the Cumberland Street junction. (see post #35)
In the sixties, the Wimpey Bar, the Roman Room (Russian Tea!) and the Sidewalk were our meeting places. McD's hadn't been invented - well at least, not in England.


The radio shop at the top of Cumberland St was J F Stone. There is a picture of it on Picturesheffield

The radio shop at the top of Cumberland St was J F Stone. There is a picture of it on Picturesheffield
According to the caption on PictureSheffield (S14790) J & F Stone's shop was demolished in the 1950s to make way for the redevelopment of Cumberland Street. The shop where I worked (Stern-Clyne) was in that redevelopment on the same corner and although its address was 125 The Moor, only the doorway and a couple of small windows faced that way, the larger display windows were on Cumberland Street. I found a picture on citikey.com of a later tenant (Nobles Amusements) in the same shop unit.

Bert Kaempfert didn't release Swinging Safari until 1962 and Red Roses until 1965, so it's likely that the hi-fi shop others are thinking of was Stern-Clyne where I worked in 1965/6. It certainly couldn't have been J & F Stone!

Marky Baby & Suzyoo : Was Curtis' shop at the top of the Moor - and is that where McD's is now? If so, I don't remember it, but I did used to drink a lot of Tennants Barley Wine in those days.

When I was a nipper - (mid to late 50's) I am sure I can remember a garage on Union Street - unless I am dreaming it was painted white and blue.

Was this the original Brook Shaws before it moved to Shalesmoor?

I remember when Virgin Records was quite a small dingey shop at the bottom of the moor at the side of the Yorkshire Bank,that smelled of joss sticks and sold clothes as well as records.
Remember when Debenhams used to be called Pauldens too
On this same row of shops was Lewis Leathers that sold bike gear. I bought my first leather jacket there with tassles on the arms and across the back. Jeez i looked cool !!!

used to get all my shoes from saxone as they did big sizes,also used to work at schofields and b.h.s on the moor late 70s

Think you are right re; sycamore st, I recall Wilkes Bros iron mongers being on the first corner up Norfolk st and Marsdens milk bar further on Change Alley and Mudfords the rope people further on Thorntons shop was on there too. Arthur.

Think you are right re; sycamore st, I recall Wilkes Bros iron mongers being on the first corner up Norfolk st and Marsdens milk bar further on Change Alley and Mudfords the rope people further on Thorntons shop was on there too. Arthur.
Have not read all the thread so someone may have already said this but Maces pet shop in the old market was brilliant, when it moved to the new Castle Market with the closing of the old market it was still good. As a kid you could cuddle the puppies , kittens and rabbits. And they had snakes and tarantula spiders and giant centipedes and axolotls and stuff. Excellent. Is it still there?

Have not read all the thread so someone may have already said this but Maces pet shop in the old market was brilliant, when it moved to the new Castle Market with the closing of the old market it was still good. As a kid you could cuddle the puppies , kittens and rabbits. And they had snakes and tarantula spiders and giant centipedes and axolotls and stuff. Excellent. Is it still there?

Same here, new on the site. Redgates was fantastic, my parents spent most of their money on me in there!! Always used to go to the markets, especially because the Royal Air Force Careers Information Office was there, and that's the job I wanted, and got!!

Can anyone remember "Milners on Charles St" it was a musical instrument sales and repair shop, I bought my first musical instrument there a "Hofner Colarama" electric Guitar and "Watkins" amplifier to suit..Best Years of my life.

Can anyone remember "Milners on Charles St" it was a musical instrument sales and repair shop, I bought my first musical instrument there a "Hofner Colarama" electric Guitar and "Watkins" amplifier to suit..Best Years of my life.

I remember a music shop just off the moor, was there for donkey's years, but seems to have shut down now. Next to the cinema where I saw Airplane as a 16 y/o :love:

There used to be a cinema above Pond Street (below where Roxy's used to be). Any help in the name? Been there a few times!!!

I remember Redgates toy shop when it was at the bottom of Ecclesall Rd. opposite the S.andE. Arcade (now roughly the site of Waitrose). Playfair shoe shop was next door. We would save our spending money and take the tram (proper one, double decker) there to buy pre-war Dinky toys until the stocks ran out.

Can anyone remember "Milners on Charles St" it was a musical instrument sales and repair shop, I bought my first musical instrument there a "Hofner Colarama" electric Guitar and "Watkins" amplifier to suit..Best Years of my life.


I got my first electric guitar from Milner's too-an Elgita Musima 707 (I got a Linear amp from Wiggy's some time later). I think we had to use Milner's 'cos my mum bought it for me for my birthday and did it on the old shopping cheque thing where you could only use certain shops.

Happy days.

I got my first electric guitar from Milner's too-an Elgita Musima 707 (I got a Linear amp from Wiggy's some time later). I think we had to use Milner's 'cos my mum bought it for me for my birthday and did it on the old shopping cheque thing where you could only use certain shops.

Happy days.
Does anybody remember Banners on Attercliffe, when we used to go there they still used those pneumatic tube thing like in 'Are You Being Served' to send your order up to the office.

The police box (Tardis) around the side of the Town Hall.

I think the blacksmiths was on Sycamore St
We are showing our age then!!!

Winston's on Snig Hill. Classy stuff there in the mid 50s. Always priced their stuff in £s and $s. Sharkskin shirts with cutaway collars and who remembers the famous 'Slim Jim' ties?

There used to be a cinema above Pond Street (below where Roxy's used to be). Any help in the name? Been there a few times!!!

i remember it as the cannon from around 85 onwards wish i knew what it was called before that
what i do remember is that 1 screen showed the hollywoodf stuff while the other screen showed the very tame soft porn type of film

Would that be the Cinecenta?

The police box (Tardis) around the side of the Town Hall.

Well that's OT I suppose if you think of it as a 'cop shop' :D

Still there BTW. I think it is the last in Sheffield.

Have not read all the thread so someone may have already said this but Maces pet shop in the old market was brilliant, when it moved to the new Castle Market with the closing of the old market it was still good. As a kid you could cuddle the puppies , kittens and rabbits. And they had snakes and tarantula spiders and giant centipedes and axolotls and stuff. Excellent. Is it still there?

Was that the one on the old Market Hall basement ? I can remember hens, ducks, rabbits, puppies and kittens etc. - but nothing exotic.

Wasn't that cinema called The Classic in Fitzalan Square?

Wasn't that cinema called The Classic in Fitzalan Square?

Hi,

Yes the cinema in the square was the Classic.

Before that, it was the News Theatre showing newsreels, travelogs from the US, cartoon etc. the show lasted about 2 hours and was continuous from, say lunch time until late evening. You could stay in and watch the show as many times as you wanted but once was usually enough.

Before that, (up to say 1950) it was called the Electra and showed regular films.

The other cinema mentioned earlier in other threads was on Pond Street, I think it was next to what used to be Top Rank. Never went there and can't remember the name.


The one on Flat Street, across from the old post office, was the Odeon. The Rank Organization started to build it before the war but all worked stopped in 1939. Construction resumed in the early 1950's and it opened in 1954. The first movie was Reach for the Sky, the story of Douglas Bader, staring Kenneth Moore.

There used to be a cinema above Pond Street (below where Roxy's used to be). Any help in the name? Been there a few times!!!
was it either "cine-centre or cineplex???

it was cinecenta or cine-centre.
the odeon has incorporated the screens of the cinecenta into the "mega-plex-y" thing on arundel Gate. they have something like seven different auditoria on three or four different levels.

PT

Oh dear, I remember Burton's the Fifty Shilling Tailor's, I think it was on the corner of King Street, I didn't realise I was so old.

What did Rackhams in Sheffield used to be called before it was Rackhams? In Skipton and Bradford they were called Brown Muffs - hard to believe nowadays but absolutely true.

What did Rackhams in Sheffield used to be called before it was Rackhams? In Skipton and Bradford they were called Brown Muffs - hard to believe nowadays but absolutely true.
:O
well! lol

Rackhams was Walshes Department Store in it's original incarnation. then it became Rackhams, then House of Fraser,then TJ's.

PT

There used to be a Hi-fi / tv shop on the moor that was swallowed up to make the McDonalds on the corner.
They used to sell Bang & Olufson gear, can't remember the name of the place for the life of me but when you went in they were always playing top quality sounding LP's like James Last & Bert Kaempfert's "Swinging Safari" to show off the equipment.

Think,
Think,
Think..............

No, still can't remember the name!

THE HI-FI shop was called curtises.
My parents rented a tv from them,then they passed all their buissness over to Wigfalls-another long gone company.

On this same row of shops was Lewis Leathers that sold bike gear. I bought my first leather jacket there with tassles on the arms and across the back. Jeez i looked cool !!!

Before Lewis leathers was situated next to the Yorkshire Bank where you remember it, they were further down the moor nearly at the bottom of London Road. That part of the moor hadn't been developed and there was a lone pub on one side of the road surrounded by a bomb site. Lewis Leathers were situated in a unit of prefab like single story temporary buildings on the other - about where the manpower building is now.

It was a real "Rocker" shop wher you could get studs for your Belt and to decorate your leathers. Lapel badges of all the bikes, Fanny Barnet, AJS, Trumph, Matchless, BSA etc, no Yamaha badges though:hihi:

Winston's on Snig Hill. Classy stuff there in the mid 50s. Always priced their stuff in £s and $s. Sharkskin shirts with cutaway collars and who remembers the famous 'Slim Jim' ties?
Yep,remember it well along with the starched collars that were detatchable,very uncomfortable.

I like Hornes at the top of King St. where the CO-OP is now.

Winston's on Snig Hill. Classy stuff there in the mid 50s. Always priced their stuff in £s and $s. Sharkskin shirts with cutaway collars and who remembers the famous 'Slim Jim' ties?

Yes, I remember 'Tiny' Winston and 'Slim Jim' ties.
'Tiny' was a big racecourse punter in the 50/60's. He'd think nothing of laying out £1000 to win £300 - and that was him done for the afternoon.
Some of the 'Slim Jims' were of a knitted variety. I had a navy blue, and a maroon one. The navy blue went well with the denim blue shirt and was secured by a 'gold' pin - made one look like a member of the police.

Can anyone remember going for their nurses uniform, caps, collars and armbands not forgetting collar studs to a place off High St.
We went upstairs where an old man sat in his domain like a spider in his web searching through his many drawers for the items we needed. Think the alleyway was called Aldine Court.

I too can remember the Blacksmith on Sycamore St, can remember seeing the sparks flying as I came home that way from school. At the bottom off Sycamore St was a sweet shop that occasionally had sweets for sale not very often though. Across from the sweetshop at the top of Pond Hill was a newsagent that sold American comics, Superman and Batman were a delight along with Dandy and Beano.
The Walshes family who owned the shop in high St, lived in a large house opposite King Edwards School, I used to see it from the upper deck of the 60 bus as I went to school, I was most impressed as it had a lake in front of the house.

Norfolk St had a tobbaconist that blended tobbaco to your own taste, think it also sold sweets.
hazel

Bunneys was one of the shops in the front of the old Norfolk Market Hall (where Wilkinson's is now).

There used to be a cinema above Pond Street (below where Roxy's used to be). Any help in the name? Been there a few times!!!

was'nt that the gaumont once saw desmond decker there before saturday matinee :cool:

was'nt that the gaumont once saw desmond decker there before saturday matinee :cool:

Was it the Odeon, the cinema the earlier poster was seeking? That was opposite the GPO but there may have been another on Arundle Gate? The Gaumont was in Barker's Pool near where the Early Learning Shop is, just below Cross Burgess Street.

Originally Posted by Mark H
There used to be a cinema above Pond Street (below where Roxy's used to be). Any help in the name? Been there a few times!!!

Mark - there were two under the Fiesta. The Penthouse and The Cinecentre, later renamed Cannon 1 & 2. When they were Penthouse and Cinecenter they showed 'soft porn' films of the day. They are now incorporated into The Odeon complex.

As a teenager I used to shop at Winston's, over the objections of my parents who didn't approve of their wares. They had a point. I used to buy black "drainpipe" trousers there with 14 inch cuffs. Teddy boy style. I don't know where they used to get their fabric from but the seats and knees of the trousers used to wear through in a few months. So I'd have to disagree with Anthony in describing the outfit as "classy," but it did cater to the fashions of the day and wasn't short of clientele. Anyone remember those luminous pink and green ankle socks they used to sell? I tried wearing them with my school uniform and well remember one teacher stopping in mid sentence to tell the class he'd have to put his sunglasses on bcause my socks were dazzling him. The school forbad me and others from wearing them.

THE HI-FI shop was called curtises.

I went to school with their son Michael Curtis in the 1950's - Nether Edge Grammar. He was in the year above me, which would make him about 69 now. For some reason, which eludes me, he was known as Turf Curtis.

Does anyone remember the name of the place that sold schooners of sherry from big wooden barrels?
It was on the street that ran from the Town Hall down to the Fiesta,sorry can't remember the name.

Does anyone remember the name of the place that sold schooners of sherry from big wooden barrels?
It was on the street that ran from the Town Hall down to the Fiesta,sorry can't remember the name.

Was that Hays, on the right-hand side going down Norfolk Street?

I remember going to Hornes cafe on the corner of kins st,next to C&A most saturday lunchtimes before we caught the bus to hillsborough to watch the Owls.(in the day when Jack Charlton was the manager,Bob Bolder was in goal and we had terry curran..DON'T get me started on this one-Thats for another thread.

Thanks Chairboy, it was of course Hays and it was in Norfolk st.

Anyone remember the shop on West St. that roasted coffee beans?
Think it may have been Pollards.

I seem to remember up past the Cutlers Hall on a corner was a pram shop They sold teddy bears too, in fact I still have mine that was bought from that shop must be 55years ago.

Anyone remember the shop on West St. that roasted coffee beans?
Think it may have been Pollards.

I agree, Pollards, on the corner of West Street/Fitzwilliam Street.

I seem to remember up past the Cutlers Hall on a corner was a pram shop They sold teddy bears too, in fact I still have mine that was bought from that shop must be 55years ago.

Can't remember the name but I recall it being on the corner of Orchard Lane/Church street.

If Redgates was down the Moor what was the great toy shop in Fitzallen Square, top side facing the the News Cinema? I spent hours throwing tantrums looking in the window,until I got what I wanted! Dreadful child.

Wilson Gumpet

Wilson Gumpet

Think you mean Wilson Gumpert - Fitzalan Square?

Quite correct as usual Chairboy. The spelling error was a typo.

Mike

I've just been thinking; there used to be a corking fruit and veg shop next door to Wilson Gumpert just after the war. In its window I had my first sight of numerous tropical fruits after the austerity of the 1940's.

Mike

Pollards on West St roasted and blended there own coffee and I worked at Leadbeater and Peters optical works,Convent Walk a few doors away from Pollards and during the summer months when we had all the windows open in our workshop and the preparation of the various coffee's was taking place the lovely aroma of roasting coffee beans used to permeate the atmosphere.gorgeous!

I used to smell Pollards coffee when walking into town from King Edward's school in the 60s - such a delicious smell; I've been a coffee drinker ever since. I also remember traditional ironmongers and hardware stores, which have almost died out now. There was Constantines - in a sort of shed just off Carver Street, which was very good for tools. Also Lingards on Langsett Road - you could get any kind of bolt, screw or whatever there, in brass, steel, chrome etc., to say nothing of garden tools (hung up outside), and hundreds of other lines. A sort of mini-B & Q except that the staff knew all about what they were selling and would give sound advice on what to buy and how to use it.

I've just been thinking; there used to be a corking fruit and veg shop next door to Wilson Gumpert just after the war.

That fruit & veg. shop was superb; I worked nearby in the early 1970s and my mum would give me a shopping list. In October 1970 they had FRESH walnuts - not cheap at 4s 6d a pound (the average then was 2s 6d for the usual dried Christmas-type walnuts) but they were delicious. I didn't see them again until a few years ago when they were on sale in the Continental market in Fargate.

If Redgates was down the Moor what was the great toy shop in Fitzallen Square, top side facing the the News Cinema? I spent hours throwing tantrums looking in the window,until I got what I wanted! Dreadful child.

Im pretty sure Hobbies was in the middle of the row of shops opposite the Classic Cinema in Fitzallan Square, before it moved up near the town hall.

If Redgates was down the Moor what was the great toy shop in Fitzallen Square, top side facing the the News Cinema? I spent hours throwing tantrums looking in the window,until I got what I wanted! Dreadful child.

Definitely Wilson Gumpert. Their shop was about halfway along the top side of the square; it must have closed in the 1960s. It was a very old-established business; the Gumpert family were of German origin and suffered from anti-German sentiment during both World Wars. Traugott Gumpert, born in Germany in 1904, died in Sheffield in August 1992.

I've just been thinking; there used to be a corking fruit and veg shop next door to Wilson Gumpert just after the war. In its window I had my first sight of numerous tropical fruits after the austerity of the 1940's.

Mike


Hiya Puffin , you were nearly right in naming the fruit and veg shop next to Wilson Gumpert , it was in fact called " Corkers " I remember shopping there with my mother and a few years later with my wife . It was top class fruit and veg .

David

Dead right - it was indeed Corkers. They moved from Fitzalan Square to Chapel Walk, and were there for 20 years or so.

"Jackson the Tailors" on the Moor and in Fargate. They were a subsidary of Burtons in the 1960/70's and had their Head Office in the north east.
The branch on the Moor was near to Alex Owen (I believe this was a T.V. electrical store) and the branch in Fargate was facing Boots (I think), it had a training room above the shop.

Duffems.

Hiya Puffin , you were nearly right in naming the fruit and veg shop next to Wilson Gumpert , it was in fact called " Corkers " I remember shopping there with my mother and a few years later with my wife . It was top class fruit and veg .

David

Hi David,

That was a Freudian slip, I had no idea it was called Corkers, I just used corking in place of superb. The second coincidence though, is that I mostly saw the shop when waiting for the bus to visit my grandparents in Wincobank - I notice you are located there.

Mike

Hi David,

That was a Freudian slip, I had no idea it was called Corkers, I just used corking in place of superb. The second coincidence though, is that I mostly saw the shop when waiting for the bus to visit my grandparents in Wincobank - I notice you are located there.

Mike

Hiya Mike, I realised that was what you had done , it was so nearly right it I had to reply to you that way, no offence was meant and I wasn't being pedantic.
David

This is a cracking thread to kick start the old grey matter, I will try and get this correct (Fargate, left hand side going up to Norfolk Row circa 1960)

Barclays Bank
Austin Reed
Richards ladies shop
Fargate Court
Alexandre The Tailor
Fargate House inc Lotus Shoes, an optician Scrivens I think, Tudor's newsagent, a basement that the Blood Transfusion Service used and Alfred Peters & Son hearing aid mechanics that Derek Dooley was apprenticed to (demolished early 60's, now part of M&S)
Marks & Spencer
A furniture shop (please help with name)
Thomas Cook
Wallis ladies shop
Hepworth tailors

This is a cracking thread to kick start the old grey matter, I will try and get this correct (Fargate, left hand side going up to Norfolk Row circa 1960)

Barclays Bank
Austin Reed
Richards ladies shop
Fargate Court
Alexandre The Tailor
Fargate House inc Lotus Shoes, an optician Scrivens I think, Tudor's newsagent, a basement that the Blood Transfusion Service used and Alfred Peters & Son hearing aid mechanics that Derek Dooley was apprenticed to (demolished early 60's, now part of M&S)
Marks & Spencer
A furniture shop (please help with name)
Thomas Cook
Wallis ladies shop
Hepworth tailors

Can't think of the name of that furniture shop for my life and I think it's the one I worked at, it had 3 flooors, every thing was sold on the HP back then, the whole top floor was bookeeping.

Hope someone can think of the name, there was one down the moor too, same company.

Can't think of the name of that furniture shop for my life and I think it's the one I worked at, it had 3 flooors, every thing was sold on the HP back then, the whole top floor was bookeeping.

Hope someone can think of the name, there was one down the moor too, same company.

Was it Proctors?

Was it Proctors?

YES! thats it :thumbsup:

This is a cracking thread to kick start the old grey matter, I will try and get this correct (Fargate, left hand side going up to Norfolk Row circa 1960)

Barclays Bank
Austin Reed
Richards ladies shop
Fargate Court
Alexandre The Tailor
Fargate House inc Lotus Shoes, an optician Scrivens I think, Tudor's newsagent, a basement that the Blood Transfusion Service used and Alfred Peters & Son hearing aid mechanics that Derek Dooley was apprenticed to (demolished early 60's, now part of M&S)
Marks & Spencer
A furniture shop (please help with name)
Thomas Cook
Wallis ladies shop
Hepworth tailors

...and down the other side you had...
H.L.Brown's..
Dean & Dawson travel agency..
Then an arched passageway that did a bit of a dog's leg halfway along before you arrived at a bookie's....
Below the arch was a dress shop (maybe?) with windows that were "inset" allowing shelter on rainy days!
Then you had...hmmmmmm....what else before you got to Coles Corner....?!

I think the "Golden Egg" restaurant was a few doors below Dean & Dawson. The bookie's was Mark Lane.

YES! thats it :thumbsup:

I'm pretty sure that it wasn't, however my 82 year old Mum who can't remember what day it is but can recall things that happened 75 years ago will no doubt be able to solve this one.

I will report back as and when I solve this.

I think the "Golden Egg" restaurant was a few doors below Dean & Dawson. The bookie's was Mark Lane.

The Golden Egg...correct.
Is it my imagination though, thinking that it was only upstairs from some other business below?

...and down the other side you had...
H.L.Brown's..
Dean & Dawson travel agency..
Then an arched passageway that did a bit of a dog's leg halfway along before you arrived at a bookie's....
Below the arch was a dress shop (maybe?) with windows that were "inset" allowing shelter on rainy days!
Then you had...hmmmmmm....what else before you got to Coles Corner....?!

Ladies shop was Joan Barrie, there was John Peters furniture shop, Jacksons the tailors and yes a Wimpey bar.

I think the "Golden Egg" restaurant was a few doors below Dean & Dawson. The bookie's was Mark Lane.

Mark Lane - that's a blast from the past but absolutely correct. "Bobby Jack" - the Town Hall bobby - used that bookies, mid 60's. They were bought out by Coral and as well as Fargate, had the Fitzalan Sq. shop, Bradway Road and the head office on Rockingham Gate. They were all clean, tidy and effficiently run shops, with staff always on the ball. The boardman at Rockingham gate was called Ray Cahm, very jovial and I later taught his grand-daughter, Sally, at High Storrs.

Revolution records on the Gallery, rock on

I'm pretty sure that it wasn't, however my 82 year old Mum who can't remember what day it is but can recall things that happened 75 years ago will no doubt be able to solve this one.

I will report back as and when I solve this.

crookesey, It was Woodhouses, the other one I was thinking of was Grahams......so tell yout Mom she can go back to sleep now :)

I'm pretty sure that it wasn't, however my 82 year old Mum who can't remember what day it is but can recall things that happened 75 years ago will no doubt be able to solve this one.

I will report back as and when I solve this.

I stand corrected. It was purely a guess at Proctors!!

I stand corrected. It was purely a guess at Proctors!!

Me too, what was Proctors anyhow, it rings a bell !

Me too, what was Proctors anyhow, it rings a bell !

Can't remember just know it was a large store on Fargate. Someone may be able to clarify this for us hopefully.

I just found my 1973 Kelly's Directory. At that time, "Proctors Limited, house furnishers" were on the west side of Fargate, at No 20/26, which I imagine must have been more-or-less opposite today's Marks & Spencer. "Ricky Outsizes Ltd" were next door at No 18 Fargate and "Ratners (Jewellers) Ltd" on the other side at No 28. At No 28/30 was Wimpy.

Can't remember just know it was a large store on Fargate. Someone may be able to clarify this for us hopefully.

I'm thinking Chemist or some kind of health food shop, :confused:

I'm thinking Chemist or some kind of health food shop, :confused:

It was a furniture shop ....Posh one too as I recall.:)

Does anyone remember "Archers" opposite the Court. They did childrens clothes and specialised in Bridal Wear.
Apart from working there in the early 60's I had all my bridesmaids dresses made by them....I can even remember the style number...it was 360...lemon and white.:hihi: wish my memory was as good when I go shopping without my shopping list these days.

It was a furniture shop ....Posh one too as I recall.:)

So it was a furniture shop, I must have worked there too :hihi:, I did work in many different cutlery factories also, W&H was the last one.

Real memmory stuff about Fargate! I recall a Halfords on the corner of Fargate / Norfolk Row, another branch was half way down the Moor. Offices above the Golden Egg / Wimpey were used by the Research & Intelligence Unit of Sheffield Council. At the bottom of Fargate / Church St as I recall was the EMGAS showroom / offices which became the AA shop from memmory?

Real memmory stuff about Fargate! I recall a Halfords on the corner of Fargate / Norfolk Row, another branch was half way down the Moor. Offices above the Golden Egg / Wimpey were used by the Research & Intelligence Unit of Sheffield Council. At the bottom of Fargate / Church St as I recall was the EMGAS showroom / offices which became the AA shop from memmory?

sorry beady, I'm 61 years old but I cannot for the life of me remember a branch of Halfords either on Fargate/Norfolk Row or halfway down the moor . What year are you remembering , how old are you . can you not remember " Coles Corner" rather than the EMGAS showrooms ?

There was definitely a branch of Halfords on the corner of Fargate and Norfolk Row. I remember buying new brake linings for my moped there in 1967. By 1971 they had moved to Fitzalan Square. Coles preceded the EMGAS showroom, in an older building, complete with a white-gloved policeman outside directing the traffic. There's a nice photo of Cole's Corner here, albeit from an earlier age: http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=s15601

There was definitely a branch of Halfords on the corner of Fargate and Norfolk Row. I remember buying new brake linings for my moped there in 1967. By 1971 they had moved to Fitzalan Square. Coles preceded the EMGAS showroom, in an older building, complete with a white-gloved policeman outside directing the traffic. There's a nice photo of Cole's Corner here, albeit from an earlier age: http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=s15601

Thanks for that hillsbro, I have the same photo of " Coles Corner " in a frame on the wall, my wife and I met for our first date in 1963 as most "youngens" did then. Wasn't the Halfords in Fitzalan Square next door to "Corkers" as mentioned earlier.
Slightly off topic and sorry to the op , congrats on your marriage to your "Lincolnshire Lass " and I hope you have a happy life together
deecee

Thanks, deecee, for your good wishes. I was still a big young for courtin' in 1963 (swotting for my GCE's at King Ted's) but I met my Lincolnshire Lass four years later. Our rather romantic reunion in 2005 appealed to the media, and Yorkshire TV's "Calendar" program covered the wedding in March! Sorry to have wandered off topic. Yes - Corker's was next to Halfords, and my 1973 Kelly's Directory also mentions Rentokil and the A.E.U. union offices nearby, with Hibbert's confectioners on the corner.

Halfords as Hillsbro notes was on the corner of Fargate / Norfolk Row around 1966/7 - so too was the branch on the Moor just below The Golden Dragon Chinese Restaurant. About halfway down on the left towards Fitzwilliam Gate. Does anyone remember Character Shoes just below Atkinson's and Milletts further down the Moor on the left? All around in the 60's

I used to smell Pollards coffee when walking into town from King Edward's school in the 60s - such a delicious smell; I've been a coffee drinker ever since. I also remember traditional ironmongers and hardware stores, which have almost died out now. There was Constantines - in a sort of shed just off Carver Street, which was very good for tools. Also Lingards on Langsett Road - you could get any kind of bolt, screw or whatever there, in brass, steel, chrome etc., to say nothing of garden tools (hung up outside), and hundreds of other lines. A sort of mini-B & Q except that the staff knew all about what they were selling and would give sound advice on what to buy and how to use it.

I remember both Constantines and Lingards. The Constantines Site became 2 pubs in one, back to back, IIRC. One was Dickens, I think. What was the other half called?

Another shop I remember from the same period was Kenyons on Division Street - on a corner about half way up on the left. It sold car spares. At the time I was in my early teens, and my older brothers had cars which were on their last legs and needed copious amounts of spares. At my age at the time, and with an interest in cars, Kenyons seemed like an alladins cave. It seemed to work like this - customer goes in with an unidentifiable bit of bent rusty metal. Shopkeeper says something like "Aye, a left-hand gnurdle sprocket from a 1954 Riley Rustbucket. I haven't got one of those but a splice shaft key from a 1942 Hoover washing machine is just the same". He then went to a shelf, took down a brown paper parcel and unwrapped a new one. He seemed to know everything and have everything. OK, I was a bit impressionable.

Re Pollards. They had the shop at the top of Fitzwilliam Street, which has gone. But what about the one near the back of Cole Brothers - Charles Street, maybe? Isn't that one still there. I don't get round that way much now, but it was still there a few years ago.

When I was a kid in the late 50s and early 60s, one of my main memories of town was being dragged around by my mum. We walked everywhere. We'd start by walking down the Moor to a shop that sold cheap meat. I can't remember exactly where it was - the whole layout's changed so much with the ring road and the Manpower building now being there. I remember that we walked past some single storey buildings, and through onto London Road - so I think the shop must have been where open ground is now on the dual carriageway bit just off the ring road, backing on to the last bit of Cemetary Road. We'd typically buy half shoulder of lamb (or mutton, I'm not sure) and breast of lamb. They must have been the cheapest cuts at the time. It must have been cheaper than anywhere else, to justify the walk, as I think that's all we bought down there. We'd then walk all the way back up to town and down to the markets, including the indoors one with plants, veg and seeds etc. I remember a big set of balance scales for weighing people. It ended with us walking up a flight of steps leading up to Fitzalan Square to catch the bus home. Those steps were a nightmare - it felt like the North Face of the Eiger to a tired kid weighed down with shopping.

I don't think that anyone's mentioned C&A

Not actually in town, but Banners. A really old fashioned department store. We lived at Walkley, but every so often we'd bus across to Attercliffe. I've no idea why.

Again not in town, a sort of department store, Bowaters on South Road. Old fashioned.

Like many others on here, I loved Redgates and Hobbies.

Violet Mays.

Woolies - as I kid I thought it was great. It had everything.

This is a cracking thread to kick start the old grey matter, I will try and get this correct (Fargate, left hand side going up to Norfolk Row circa 1960)

Barclays Bank
Austin Reed
Richards ladies shop
Fargate Court
Alexandre The Tailor
Fargate House inc Lotus Shoes, an optician Scrivens I think, Tudor's newsagent, a basement that the Blood Transfusion Service used and Alfred Peters & Son hearing aid mechanics that Derek Dooley was apprenticed to (demolished early 60's, now part of M&S)
Marks & Spencer
A furniture shop (please help with name)
Thomas Cook
Wallis ladies shop
Hepworth tailors

Hi,

I have not been paying attention to this Forum section for a while, so here goes:

I think the furniture shop on Fargate might have been Woodhouse's.

Before M&S in Fargate (they have only been there since the late 1940's- early 50's) there was Tuckwood's. Does anybody remember them? Well know, before the war, for its high class food. They were bought out by Atkinsons about 1946.

Atkinson sold the building in Fargate to, I think, M&S, but kept Tuckwood's Restaurant and moved it to Surrey Street. it was there quite a few years. The M&S you now see in Fargate is about the third version. This doesn't include the recently completed round of work, which are really renovations within the same buidling.

What is now part of the M&S building used to be the offices of the Sheffield Independent newspaper. The paper was long-gone by the time I was a kid but the building was still there. I think part of the old Independent building may have been used by the blood transfusion service

The entrance stood back from the street's regular property line and there were shops on either side. One of these was Etam's. Anybody remember them being there?

Somwhere around Barclay's Bank was another Men's outfitters called Hope Brothers (it may actually have been on High Street, not Fargate). Remember them?

Regards

The Blood Transfusion Service did use the downstairs part of what is now M & S, they had regular sessions there collecting blood I worked there from about 1956.
I shopped at Etams and very near to Etams on the same side was a shop that sold knitting wool I think called Hayfields. Just below was Saxone shoe shop

Across from the BTS was Robert Bros a good department Store.
( Once while I was working at Darnall day Nursery age 16 the matron sent me back to Roberts with her blow up bra that had sprung a leak.)
Whilst working at the BTS, we used to lunch at Hudsons on Surrey St and my friend had her Wedding Breakfast at Tuckwoods.

hazel

Has anyone mentioned Constantines the barbers on Nursery St. A real old fashioned barbers where my mother sent us lot.When we went in we would say a trim please & they would say "thi mothers bin in so its lot off".

I forgot to mention a certain shop on the ' Coronation Year ' [ 1953 ] thread elsewhere so I'll mention it on here : does anyone remember a ' Marshall and Snelgroves ' on Leopold St. ? I was always in awe of this shop as my elder sister had told me that it was the most expensive shop of its type in Sheffield. I think [ ! ] it was a ladies fashion shop [ or was it shoes ? ].

It was the sort of place that used to display just one of something in the centre of the window for effect. [ " No clutter in here modom. " ]. Again, if it was so expensive, it was in a good position, near the Grand Hotel, lying in wait for all the wealthy punters !

Beatties was the model shop, where Maplins is now.
That's right, I think Hobbies was on St. Paul's Parade, at the side of the Peace Gardens.

That's right, I think Hobbies was on St. Paul's Parade, at the side of the Peace Gardens.

There was another Hobbies shop at Shalesmoor (on the corner of Moorfields and Ebenezer Street). It was there from the mid-1950s to the 1980s, to my knowledge. I imagine the owner retired; he was a mine of information on anything to do with the more practical hobbies.

Re Pollards. They had the shop at the top of Fitzwilliam Street, which has gone. But what about the one near the back of Cole Brothers - Charles Street, maybe? Isn't that one still there. I don't get round that way much now, but it was still there a few years ago.

Pollards are still on Charles Street, albeit across the road from where they used to be, and they now have an excellent café as well as the retail shop.

I don't think that anyone's mentioned C&A. It had everything.

My goodness, I had forgotten - Coats & 'Ats...

I forgot to mention a certain shop on the ' Coronation Year ' [ 1953 ] thread elsewhere so I'll mention it on here : does anyone remember a ' Marshall and Snelgroves ' on Leopold St. ? I was always in awe of this shop as my elder sister had told me that it was the most expensive shop of its type in Sheffield. I think [ ! ] it was a ladies fashion shop [ or was it shoes ? ].

It was the sort of place that used to display just one of something in the centre of the window for effect. [ " No clutter in here modom. " ]. Again, if it was so expensive, it was in a good position, near the Grand Hotel, lying in wait for all the wealthy punters !

Hi

The Marshall and Snelgroves I remember was on Fargate, just up from Davy's (now W.H.Smiths). It was a high class ladies wear shop that served the "Carriage Trade". It survived WWII but didn't seem to do much after. I think it survived into the 1960 but then seemed to fade away.

One of the services provided by the shop was " home delivery", but with a difference. It wasn't somebody in a white van but agent/employees in uniform. I seem to think the uniform was maroon but I could be wrong. The one I recall was Mr. Lammerton, a gentleman originally from Cornwall.

Regards

Does anyone remember a small dress shop on Snig Hill circa 1964. They used to let you pay for things weekly (a bit like todays credit card but smaller interest!!!) Cant for the life of me remember the name. I bought a suit and thought I looked the bees knees! Saw a photo recently and I looked older then than I do now and I am approaching 60! Have not lived in Sheffield for years but know the whole row of shops were demolished.

I can remember Marshall and Snelgroves but cannot remember it being where Smiths is now.
Anne Lennards ladies clothes shop was the one I remember being there, with H L Browns next to it on the corner.
I remember trying on a dress in Anne Lennards when the shop assisstant came in the cubicle, (always when you were half undressed flinging the curtain back with a flourish so all the world could see you in your underwear) Said what a beautiful fit it was holding half the dressed bunched in her hand at the back.

Linda was the dress shop on Snig Hll also a lending Library as I went there in the early 50's to borrow books for about 2d aweek.

hazel

I can remember when Rackhams was Walsh's - a really posh shop.

Redgates- a fantastic toy shop just off the Moor.

Pauldens which became Debenhams.

Roberts - also down the Moor.

Cockaynes - where Argos stands now.

Sheffield used to be a much classier place. Now it looks just like any other city centre with shop afte shop just looking like those found in any other place.

I used to work at Walsh's in the offices, in the late 60's, it was really posh then and my auntie was a buyer at Pauldens and Debenhams. Town centre shopping was all we had then, and it was much better than today.

Hi,

I have not been paying attention to this Forum section for a while, so here goes:

I think the furniture shop on Fargate might have been Woodhouse's.

Before M&S in Fargate (they have only been there since the late 1940's- early 50's) there was Tuckwood's. Does anybody remember them? Well know, before the war, for its high class food. They were bought out by Atkinsons about 1946.

Atkinson sold the building in Fargate to, I think, M&S, but kept Tuckwood's Restaurant and moved it to Surrey Street. it was there quite a few years. The M&S you now see in Fargate is about the third version. This doesn't include the recently completed round of work, which are really renovations within the same buidling.

What is now part of the M&S building used to be the offices of the Sheffield Independent newspaper. The paper was long-gone by the time I was a kid but the building was still there. I think part of the old Independent building may have been used by the blood transfusion service

The entrance stood back from the street's regular property line and there were shops on either side. One of these was Etam's. Anybody remember them being there?

Somwhere around Barclay's Bank was another Men's outfitters called Hope Brothers (it may actually have been on High Street, not Fargate). Remember them?

Regards
Tuckwoods, that was the place they sold CHOCOLATE COVERED ANTS in tins.

I can remember Marshall and Snelgroves but cannot remember it being where Smiths is now.

Linda was the dress shop on Snig Hll also a lending Library as I went there in the early 50's to borrow books for about 2d aweek.

hazel

W.H.Smiths is now where Arthur Davy's shop/restaurants used to be. Marshall And Snelgroves was next door or next door-but-one.

Wasn't the library on Snig Hill called "Red Circle"? It was very popular in the 40's and into the 50's. People used to pop-in on their way to and from the buses at the Bridge Street terminus.

On the subject of shops at the top of Fargate e.g. Anne Lennard's, Dean and Dawson, H.L.Brown, etc. Does anyone remember Cantor's, the furniture store?

I grew up in the Wicker area in the 1940's/50's, so High Street and Fargate were just a 15 minute walk away. When I had nothing much to do, I usually went into town and when I did, I always looked in Cantor's window. It was always guaranteed to put a smile on my face.

Regards

Wasn't the library on Snig Hill called "Red Circle"?

Yes - it was the Red Circle Library. There was a sign outside "Reading - your cheapest pleasure!" I think books cost a penny a week to borrow.

Do you remember Greenwoods in the Wicker Falls? It wasn't a grand shop by any means, sold clothes, perhaps overall coats and stuff, nothing fancy. Back in the late 40's, just left school and getting fashion concious, so to speak, I'd take a pair of flannel trousers in there and have Mr Greenwood take the bottoms in to 15" from the most unfashionable 20inches.
That was way before you could buy them off the peg. I was a good customer of his, he'd look at me as if I were nuts.

Oh yes, and a Happy New Year to all.

Going back to 1947-8?? I was in the last year at school and I discovered Appelbaums; the bookshop; just up Division St from the Albert. Thing about Appelbaums was that they got all the latest American comics, horror comics and stuff. I think they arrived in England as ballast on ships coming into Liverpool. Anyhow Appelbaums got 'em, and I bought 'em. I was famous for about 5 minutes at school. Good people, the Applebaums, the old guy with his beret and cigar and his old lady with a cigarette hanging from the corner of her mouth, and hornrimmed glasses.


Just picked this up while surfing and reminiscing. My parents were friends with old 'Putti' Appelbaum and his aristocratic 'Mutti', who looked like the Old Lady in Babar. Putti was an Esperantist. They lived in Netheredge in a Tudorbethan semi, scented with Putti's cigars and filled with oil paintings of forbears and beautiful rugs. It was the most exotic place for a six-year old to visit (in 1950).

The one with the cigarette always on her lips was Oie (Rosie), their daughter. I loved her, and her rasping voice. She was quite bitter at having to work the shop while her academic brother was becoming a BigCheese in Middle Eastern archeology. I can still remember the smell of those Marvel comics.. and I got my first intro to Shakespeare there with a US comic of Macbeth. Brilliant!

A few years back I came to Sheffield and there was an Appelbaums - transformed into an academic bookshop - on Western Bank.. is it still there?

Texas , The Foodhall you are thinking of was called Tuckwoods and was where Marks and Spencer are now in Fargate. You could always smell coffee being ground there it was the nearest store to a deli. Behind the foodhall was a classy clothes store. opposite was Proctors furniture and farther down on the same side was Cole Bros.

How about these old shops...

C&A
Burtons (Haymarket branch)
BHS (Haymarket Branch)
Just Micro
Tandy
Redgates
Virgin Records (opposite NatWest near hole in road)
Rackhams
Quadrant Stationers
Benneton
Our Price
Sugg Sport
Bradleys Records
Fads
DER
Texas Homecare (Arundel Gate bottom)
Woolco (Haymarket)
Pippys
Bankrupt Clothing
Wimpy
John Collier
Saxone
Concept Man
Radio Rentals
Wigfalls
Curtess Shoes
Rumbelows
Decor8
Freeman Hardy Willis

and thats just the ones off the top of my head!

Can't remember just know it was a large store on Fargate. Someone may be able to clarify this for us hopefully.
wasn't it opposite the peace gardens,or was that another dept., store,Iknow they had a hairdressing dept.,

Babsy, The store opposite the peace gardens was Stewart & Stewart and they did have a very good hairdressing salon. Marshall & Snelgrove was on Leopold Street just before the Roundabout Bar at the Grand Hotel. Across the road was a small ladies dress shop which belonged to Cantors the furniture people when you had seen or bought what you wanted you could then walk through the shop and out through the furniture store on Fargate. Cantors was just above what was the American Soldiers NAFFI The Fleur de Lys. Opposite above what is now the Yorkshire Bank opposite where the Police Box stood which was mentioned earlier was the Albany Hotel which was also a favorite of the Yanks.

Just picked this up while surfing and reminiscing. My parents were friends with old 'Putti' Appelbaum and his aristocratic 'Mutti', who looked like the Old Lady in Babar. Putti was an Esperantist. They lived in Netheredge in a Tudorbethan semi, scented with Putti's cigars and filled with oil paintings of forbears and beautiful rugs. It was the most exotic place for a six-year old to visit (in 1950).

The one with the cigarette always on her lips was Oie (Rosie), their daughter. I loved her, and her rasping voice. She was quite bitter at having to work the shop while her academic brother was becoming a BigCheese in Middle Eastern archeology. I can still remember the smell of those Marvel comics.. and I got my first intro to Shakespeare there with a US comic of Macbeth. Brilliant!

A few years back I came to Sheffield and there was an Appelbaums - transformed into an academic bookshop - on Western Bank.. is it still there?
That is fascinating. It's good to know somebody remembers them. I loved the store, I've always been a bit bookish, even if I didn't understand what I was reading, and the Applebaums' had a surfeit of reading matter accommadating my ignorance. I also remember Putti would wear a beret sometimes, which added to the exotic 'feel' on entering the shop.

Babsy, The store opposite the peace gardens was Stewart & Stewart and they did have a very good hairdressing salon. Marshall & Snelgrove was on Leopold Street just before the Roundabout Bar at the Grand Hotel. Across the road was a small ladies dress shop which belonged to Cantors the furniture people when you had seen or bought what you wanted you could then walk through the shop and out through the furniture store on Fargate. Cantors was just above what was the American Soldiers NAFFI The Fleur de Lys. Opposite above what is now the Yorkshire Bank opposite where the Police Box stood which was mentioned earlier was the Albany Hotel which was also a favorite of the Yanks.

Rhonda,what a good memory you have, brought a lot of memories back of those shops,Stewart and Stewart used to have my hair done there.

Anybody remember HIPPS tailors shop near the top of the Moor, had a couple of suits made there, they were pretty good and not expensive at that time. If you were into Hi-Fi equipment, there was a great shop on Ecclesall Rd not too far past the S&E on the opposite side, I'm talking approx.1960, does anybody remember the name.

Was the hi-fi dealer Curtis?

Hi PUFFIN4 The HI-FI shop I'm talking about was a family business, they lived in the back so it was'nt a chainstore, that name is familiar though.

Hi Fleetwood,

I was at school with their son in the first half of the 1950's - Nether Edge Grammar.

Mike

Lambs,at the bottom of the moor. Also Liptons,and Meadow dairies, The Army stores on Union St.Fifty shilling tailors,Atkinsons. S&E Co-op arcade,Merrills toy shop on London Rd

Hi PUFFIN4 Did that son eventually have Hi-Fi and music store on London Rd. I was in the area a few years ago and was in that store and I think he said that his father used to have the business on Ecclesall Rd. Changing the subject I seem to recollect someone on a previous post mentioning that large building at the bottom of the Moor, cutting London Rd right off. I could'nt agree more. Many years ago when I first saw what I believe then was the Inland Revenue building, it was rather unnerving and disheartening and I had trouble finding my way around it trying to find London Rd. First of all I thought that part of the city was'nt there anymore. They definitly changed what I thought was a viable part of Sheffield forever.

Hi Fleetwood,

Sorry but I can't help you in these matters. I left Sheffield in 1959 and never really went back so my knowledge is restricted to what was in place before that date. The only large building at the bottom of The Moor that I can remember was the old Landsdowne Cinema which was used by Marks and Spencer immediately after the war and went on to become The Locarno Ballroom. My folks lived on the other side of the city (Richmond) so any visits that I made to them did not require me to drive through town.

Regards,
Mike

What was the name of the store next to Barney Goodmans? They sold gents shirts, ties, and stuff, somebody Reed, not Austin Reed they were near Boots Chemist. I bought my first tee shirt there about 1947. It was a ribbed thing, like a tan/orange, I didn't half look a dink. It was the only place you could buy spearpoint shirts later on (before Winstons got going).

Hi Texas,

It was Neville Reed. At school we teenagers used to refer to it familliarly as Nev's.

Mike

Heres a few listed here i can remember

Davies cafe on Waingate (very posh in its day with sliver service waitresses)

Woolworths on Waingate - old wooden floors -cooking doughnuts just inside the main door.

Schofileds
C & A
Canns music shop - Chapel Walk
Side walk Cafe - Chapel Walk
Wilson Peck Music shop
Caplins warehouse - in the wicker jsut at the side of teh wicker arches - this was run by two brothers who wore pin stripe suits and wore a carnation on the button hole of their jackets

Then there was the Cinemas

ABC in the Wicker (i think)
What was the one in Fitzalan Sq Called ??
Intake Pictures

Yeah, that's it Puffin4, Neville Reeds.
Another shop was the Shirt Manufacturing Company, opposite Hibberts on Norfolk St.
I made enquirys on prices for custom made shirts there one time and was surprised how moderate the prices were. Not much more than out of the box. So I had everybody trying to find out where I got my shirts.
Coral Water, 'sliver service' indeed. You've had my imagination working overtime.

I remember Burgons at the bottom of the Moor early fifties. They used to have a line of big silver biscuit tins in front of the counter. The big red bacon slicer used to fascinate me as a child. Robert Brothers I recall had creaky wooden floors

can anyone remember when challenge now somerfields was a cinema?

Yes ,,Manor cinema spent many happy hours there

Heres a few listed here i can remember

Davies cafe on Waingate (very posh in its day with sliver service waitresses)

Woolworths on Waingate - old wooden floors -cooking doughnuts just inside the main door.

Schofileds
C & A
Canns music shop - Chapel Walk
Side walk Cafe - Chapel Walk
Wilson Peck Music shop
Caplins warehouse - in the wicker jsut at the side of teh wicker arches - this was run by two brothers who wore pin stripe suits and wore a carnation on the button hole of their jackets

Rebina shoes on Fargate,

The Golden Egg Restaurant at the top of Fargate

Whiteheads Craft shop, on chapel walk (before it moved to London road)

Van Allen fashion shop next to Boots at the bottom of Fargate (well, High Street, if each had their own) where I used to buy my "Biba" brand make up.



Then there was the Cinemas

ABC in the Wicker (i think)
the ABC was next door to Schofields, on Angel Street, opposite "the Stores"

The cinema in the wicker was "Studio 5/6/7"


What was the one in Fitzalan Sq Called ??

The Electra Palace, the news cinema (I think), and then the Classic

Intake Pictures

The Rex Cinema, opposite the Royal Oak, corner of Hollinsend Road

Does anyone remember the big gap near the bottom of the Moor (presumably bomb damage) At the rear of the open space were some shops that may have been prefabs, one was a tailor Isidore Newman, can`t recall any others.

On this same row of shops was Lewis Leathers that sold bike gear. I bought my first leather jacket there with tassles on the arms and across the back. Jeez i looked cool !!!


Was this The Moors?

Walshes in High Street in the 1950's ( now T J Hughes) was the first store in
Sheffield to have escalators. Me and my friend used to pay our 1 penny bus fare to town just to ride on the escalators until we got chucked out.
Woolworths in Haymarket had a porter in a brown smock wheeling a trolley around restocking the counters. To let you know he was coming, he used to call out " mind your backs ! "

Have not read all the thread so someone may have already said this but Maces pet shop in the old market was brilliant, when it moved to the new Castle Market with the closing of the old market it was still good. As a kid you could cuddle the puppies , kittens and rabbits. And they had snakes and tarantula spiders and giant centipedes and axolotls and stuff. Excellent. Is it still there?

remember the miner bird that talked called "Henri"

Wilson Pecks, William Cann the music man, and another small music shop at the bottom of Carver St (But I can't remember the name) Maybe "Silverstones"???

Cann the Music man ...... It was Philip Cann, Not William.

Walshes,on the High Street (Rackhams,and lately T J Hughes) with the Coal Board shop next to it. My mum used to take me to a cafe up the street at the side which linked the High Street with Norfolk Street, (long before Arundel Gate was built) and we went to a cafe up there called the Carlton, with mullioned windows and coffee served in glass cups.

Peter Robinsons on the High Street

Lift Up Your Skirts and Fly, Sheffields first "proper" boutique, at the back of the Peace Gardens

Cockaynes on Angel Street, I remember being in there when Sheffield Wednesday was in the Cup Final,they announced each goal on the tannoy

S and E Co-op at the bottom of Ecclesall Road, where I was taken for my school uniform

I can remember Marshall and Snelgroves but cannot remember it being where Smiths is now.
Anne Lennards ladies clothes shop was the one I remember being there, with H L Browns next to it on the corner.
I remember trying on a dress in Anne Lennards when the shop assisstant came in the cubicle, (always when you were half undressed flinging the curtain back with a flourish so all the world could see you in your underwear) Said what a beautiful fit it was holding half the dressed bunched in her hand at the back.

Linda was the dress shop on Snig Hll also a lending Library as I went there in the early 50's to borrow books for about 2d aweek.

hazel

I bought my wedding dress from Ann Lennards in 1970!! They had a selection of dresses in the upstairs window

we went to a cafe up there called the Carlton, with mullioned windows and coffee served in glass

Was this Change Alley?

Walshes,on the High Street (Rackhams,and




lately T J Hughes) with the Coal Board shop next to it. My mum used to take me to a cafe up the street at the side which linked the High Street with Norfolk Street, (long before Arundel Gate was built) and we went to a cafe up there called the Carlton, with mullioned windows and coffee served in glass cups.

Peter Robinsons on the High Street

Lift Up Your Skirts and Fly, Sheffields first "proper" boutique, at the back of the Peace Gardens

Cockaynes on Angel Street, I remember being in there when Sheffield Wednesday was in the Cup Final,they announced each goal on the tannoy

S and E Co-op at the bottom of Ecclesall Road, where I was taken for my school uniform
Seem to remember the boutique at the back of the peace gardens was owned by Peter Stringfellow's brother .

No I think it was owned by a friend of the Stringfellows, called Roger Howe

My Saturdays would be something like this.
Catch the 73 bus from High Green to town (for a 2p fare).Visit Revolver records on the gallery,then Davies bakers in the upstairs section for a sausage roll and coffee..then to Tramps,on to a shoe shop in High Street,near the Blue Bell pub,cant remember the shop name,but it was a trendy place..through the "ole in t roowad" to Showboat amusement arcade, (any skinheads remember that?) in Pond Street.
Then catch a footy special to Hillsborough,and home for tea time (cos mi mum would worry). Love it !!!!!

Remember Dainties sweet shops on King Street,west street and Fitzalan Square in the early 60's

Shop name was Rabina,i remember now

Anybody old enough to remember Milletts down the Moor, back when they sold genuine Army surplus. They used to get those American combat jackets all washed out and repaired. All us kids wanted one of those. When collecting badges was the big fad that was one of the favorit places to go. Now all the Milletts shops I see just sell camping and walking gear.

When was the cup final you remember? I thought Cockayne's was blitzed, in which case you have a very good memory indeed! Did Cockayne's occupy the building I remember as Schofield's before Schofield's moved in?
Does anyone remember the Clarke's Shoe Shop on Norfolk Row that had the automatic foot measurer? Scary as a kid. I'm sure you could buy odd-numbered pairs of shoes there. Obviously that was before we discovered Rebina Shoes a decade later!

Walshes,on the High Street (Rackhams,and lately T J Hughes) with the Coal Board shop next to it. My mum used to take me to a cafe up the street at the side which linked the High Street with Norfolk Street, (long before Arundel Gate was built) and we went to a cafe up there called the Carlton, with mullioned windows and coffee served in glass cups.

Peter Robinsons on the High Street

Lift Up Your Skirts and Fly, Sheffields first "proper" boutique, at the back of the Peace Gardens

Cockaynes on Angel Street, I remember being in there when Sheffield Wednesday was in the Cup Final,they announced each goal on the tannoy

S and E Co-op at the bottom of Ecclesall Road, where I was taken for my school uniform

My Saturdays would be something like this.
Catch the 73 bus from High Green to town (for a 2p fare).Visit Revolver records on the gallery,then Davies bakers in the upstairs section for a sausage roll and coffee..then to Tramps,on to a shoe shop in High Street,near the Blue Bell pub,cant remember the shop name,but it was a trendy place..through the "ole in t roowad" to Showboat amusement arcade, (any skinheads remember that?) in Pond Street.
Then catch a footy special to Hillsborough,and home for tea time (cos mi mum would worry). Love it !!!!!

(My Bold)

The shoe shop on high street by the Old Blue Bell was Stylo. (do you remember the Stylo Bargain Basement, next door? You could buy a partly faded pair of shoes -usually ex-window display- for a pound or two, and dye them for next to nothing)

On the opposite side of the street, where the building societies are, now, was Saxones, which had the "tall and small" department upstairs. You could get ladies shoes, in a size 1, 2, or 3, and in 8's 9's and 10's. Being an 8 or 8 1/2 you can imagine, until Evans opened their shoe section, I spent a lot of time in there.

When was the cup final you remember? I thought Cockayne's was blitzed, in which case you have a very good memory indeed! Did Cockayne's occupy the building I remember as Schofield's before Schofield's moved in?
Does anyone remember the Clarke's Shoe Shop on Norfolk Row that had the automatic foot measurer? Scary as a kid. I'm sure you could buy odd-numbered pairs of shoes there. Obviously that was before we discovered Rebina Shoes a decade later!

I remember one shop, which had the X-ray measure for children. Looking back, that was a bit worrying:- I wonder what sort of radiation levels we (And more to the point, the assistants!) were subjected to. I believe the X-ray machines were withdrawn due to health and safety reasons.

I remember one shop, which had the X-ray measure for children. Looking back, that was a bit worrying:- I wonder what sort of radiation levels we (And more to the point, the assistants!) were subjected to. I believe the X-ray machines were withdrawn due to health and safety reasons.

you mentioned van allen earlier , you bought your biba make up from denise , she know works at the make up place in crystal peaks , can you also remember tobias shoes in van allen ?. tina who worked in saxone moved to van allen to run tobias shoes ,
mrs charleworth was manager of van allen ,I knew all the girls from there and ended up marrying one .

thanks for your non reply plain talker,

When was the cup final you remember? I thought Cockayne's was blitzed, in which case you have a very good memory indeed! Did Cockayne's occupy the building I remember as Schofield's before Schofield's moved in?
Does anyone remember the Clarke's Shoe Shop on Norfolk Row that had the automatic foot measurer? Scary as a kid. I'm sure you could buy odd-numbered pairs of shoes there. Obviously that was before we discovered Rebina Shoes a decade later!

No It was def Cockaynes around 1966 I think. I used to go to the cafe on the top floor for a coke, and me and my friends thought we were really grown up if we were allowed to stay in town for our tea. We went to the restaurant, next to the cafe, with waitress service, and had sausage and chips lol

Redgates, used to take my son (now 31) into there every time I went to town and he would always end up with a toy. Also seem to remember a Wigfalls Store in Fitzallen Square or am I wrong?

Feederfil, I remember the Roman Rooms, used to work there on the weekends for some extra cash, was only 17 at the time, the spaghetti bollognaise was to die for!

Is there anyone out there who remembers the blacksmith's in Norfolk Street just before it ran into Fitzalan Sq.?

I remember The Elephant on the corner of Norfolk Street and Fitzalan Square, directy opposite what was then The Odeon.

Actually, I think it was Philip Cann the music man in Dixon Lane. My parents bought their first telly from him.

What about Suggs sports, Wilson & Gumpert toys & sports in Fitzallan Sq.

Actually I think it was Phillip Cann the music man

Also seem to remember a Wigfalls Store in Fitzallen Square or am I wrong?

Yes - there was a Wigfall's in Fitzalan Square; it rather spectacularly went up in smoke one day in 1984 - nobody was injured.

Did anyone else have a "Wiggies gaspipe" This was a cycle sold by Wigfalls with their name "Wigfalls Royal" on it. It's nickname was because it was really heavy but much cheaper than the well known bikes like Carlton or Raleigh. Also, I bet there are lots of people out there who got their first T V on rental from "Wiggies".

Yes - I had a "wiggies gaspipe". The bike went to the scrapheap long ago, but here's the badge: http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/twigmore/WigfallsRoyal.jpg

Did anyone else have a "Wiggies gaspipe" This was a cycle sold by Wigfalls with their name "Wigfalls Royal" on it. It's nickname was because it was really heavy but much cheaper than the well known bikes like Carlton or Raleigh. Also, I bet there are lots of people out there who got their first T V on rental from "Wiggies".

My parents got their washing machine (English Electric!) their Vac (Hoover, naturally, back then) and the Living room carpets from Wigfalls back in the 1960s.

Yes - many people bought domestic appliances from Wiggies, often "on t' weekly". You could also rent TVs and various "white goods". My parents rented a small English Electric fridge from them in 1961. After a few years it had been effectively paid for and Mr Foyle, our local Wiggies man in Hillsborough, said that they would just need to pay a shilling a week "insurance". Then eventually Mr Foyle retired, Wiggies forgot about the fridge and then the firm closed down - but the fridge kept going. And it must have been well made as it's still going strong after 37 years!

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you mentioned van allen earlier , you bought your biba make up from denise , she know works at the make up place in crystal peaks , can you also remember tobias shoes in van allen ?. tina who worked in saxone moved to van allen to run tobias shoes ,
mrs charleworth was manager of van allen ,I knew all the girls from there and ended up marrying one .



any chance of a reply ?, we might know each other .

Yes - I had a "wiggies gaspipe". The bike went to the scrapheap long ago, but here's the badge: http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/twigmore/WigfallsRoyal.jpg

Thanks for that very interesting picture of the bike badge.
I never knew they were actually made in Sheffield

How about these old shops...

C&A
Burtons (Haymarket branch)
BHS (Haymarket Branch)
Just Micro
Tandy
Redgates
Virgin Records (opposite NatWest near hole in road)
Rackhams
Quadrant Stationers
Benneton
Our Price
Sugg Sport
Bradleys Records
Fads
DER
Texas Homecare (Arundel Gate bottom)
Woolco (Haymarket)
Pippys
Bankrupt Clothing
Wimpy
John Collier
Saxone
Concept Man
Radio Rentals
Wigfalls
Curtess Shoes
Rumbelows
Decor8
Freeman Hardy Willis

and thats just the ones off the top of my head!
Was there a Benneton on The Moor?

Might have already been mentioned as I didn't go through all 11 pages on this thread. But, didn't there used to be Wimpy bar at the top of Pinston St opposite the Town Hall that served hamburgers with a fried egg inside them?

anyone remember bubbles great for loons and scoop neck t shirts, round the corner from the nelson pub. also quadrant stationers on the moor where redgates used to be, used to sell posters and records downstairs.bet no one remembers my great grandads watchmakers shop bottom of london rd/ boston st .

what about think it was prestos just off moor supermarket no carrier bags only recycled brown paper bags

I remember Redgates.....ashamed to say I got caught nicking in there when I was 13....idiot.
Then another time me and my mate went in Debenhams and on the top floor they had a mock house on the top floor with furniture in...we would lay down in the beds and pretend we were asleep when people walked through. One night we hid under the beds and waited for the store to close...but we got caught by a guard.

I was not a good boy....not violent just mischevious. Not like kids these days.

Just micro....I lived there...back in the days of the Commodore 64. Always wanted an Amiga but couldn't afford it.

I know thats its not in town but who can remember banners down attercliffe when you paid they used to put your money in a capsule which travelled down a shoot.You always tried to have the correct money as it seemed to take forever to get your change back.

What about Timpsoms shoes and stylo freeman hardy willis,all shoe shops

There was an audio-visual specialist showroom/shop somewhere at the bottom of the Moor way.not your usual hi-fi shop, this was highly visual too..it sold 16mm sound film projectors and stuff....what was that and where was it.....I went in 1979 and that is all I can remember......

What about roger sherwood hair salon, used to be above the tandy shop.polly of picadilly clothes shop on high street, and then when we finished shopping in town we used to go to the berni (Behind orchard square)

What about roger sherwood hair salon, used to be above the tandy shop.polly of picadilly clothes shop on high street, and then when we finished shopping in town we used to go to the berni (Behind orchard square)

Paula Tankard and Melanie Cranage were stylists at Sherwoods.

seen sexy rexy mentioned in the star where was it.

seen sexy rexy mentioned in the star where was it.

Try this link f2690

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/sheffield/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8257000/8257184.stm

I remember 'Tandy' & the lower entrance to 'Y.E.B.' in the Hole In The Road. A.B.C. cinema (now big Argos) Odean cinema that was near the old foot bridge that went over Pond Street to the escalator, They was a cinema on the Wicker (carrabean shop now). Harringtons in Castle Market. Old bus station at the bottom of Snig Hill. Sheaf Valley Baths (3 diving boards). Paddleing at Rivelin. Millhouses Lido. McDonalds at top of The Moor near the old under pass. Angel Fountaine (now grass verge across from Howard Hotel) Jubilee Fountaine (was top of Fargte under Sheffield wheel). Cossack pub, Barrow boys pub near P.O. sorting office. Nelson Mandela Building. The list is endless.....

does anyone remember the shoe market on a friday morning where you had to search for a matching pair, unless you were lucky and they had an elastic band around them..the was the "golden egg" coffee/cafe on fargate and the great little shoe shop on chapel walk where you went if you could afford a fantastic pair of fashionable going out shoes, was it called revena or something like that..

does anyone remember the shoe market on a friday morning where you had to search for a matching pair, unless you were lucky and they had an elastic band around them..the was the "golden egg" coffee/cafe on fargate and the great little shoe shop on chapel walk where you went if you could afford a fantastic pair of fashionable going out shoes, was it called revena or something like that..

Rebina..........

does anybody remember the roman room closing down overnight everything was just left it was though they had just walked out in the middle of cooking the food very strange

I can remember when Rackhams was Walsh's - a really posh shop....Roberts - also down the Moor....The original Roberts shop was at Moorhead. I recently found this postcard (http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/twigmore/Moorhead.jpg), undated but perhaps WW1 period, with a view looking towards Pinstone Street from Moorhead. The large building on the left is "T. & J. Roberts". On the corner of the building is a TJR monogram and the words "MOOR HEAD 1882". This 1920s advertisement (http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/twigmore/Roberts.jpg) boasts of "A Sheffield Shopping Emporium". The building was destroyed in the Blitz, and Roberts' new store opened further down the Moor.

Most of the buildings visible in the postcard view are long gone. On the right can be seen the old Nelson Hotel and Queen Victoria's statue. In the centre is St Paul's church (http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/zoom.pl?picture=http://www.picturesheffield.com/jpgh/s04436.jpg), which was demolished in a 1930s act of vandalism..:(

...........re Friday morning shoe market, there is something similar in Chesterfield on Thursdays.

Sorry if they've already been mentioned, ... Lewis Leathers bottom of Moor.. Colvins Pinstone Street, Revolution record shop on gallery , Jeffs Curios Division Street and Grays Motorcycles on West Street

...........re Friday morning shoe market, there is something similar in Chesterfield on Thursdays.

Yes, the shoe market, they sold shoes like mad :hihi:

.... Jeffs Curios Division Street and Grays Motorcycles on West StreetYes, Jeff's Curios - I'd almost forgotten. Next door to Johnny Fantham's barber shop; I often looked in the window. Some of us ex-bikers (me, 1971 (http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/twigmore/Family/Starfire.jpg)) are old enough to remember Gray's when they were still in Bridge Street...:(

Am I being over nostalgic, as the city centre of the 50's, 60's and 70's appeared to me to be a lot more interesting than the current one?

I suppose that the city centre changed considerably from say 1920 to 1970, but from my recollections of the latter and from what my grandparents told me about the former, it did have good standards in both eras, unlike the current day.

Might I suggest that anyone who is interested has a look at the Sheffield Library Service's pictures section, it brought back a lot of good memories for me.

does anyone remember the shoe market on a friday morning where you had to search for a matching pair, unless you were lucky and they had an elastic band around them..the was the "golden egg" coffee/cafe on fargate and the great little shoe shop on chapel walk where you went if you could afford a fantastic pair of fashionable going out shoes, was it called revena or something like that..

I thought it was Ravells.

Woolworths in the Haymarket opened in 1962, only 5 days after the infamous February gale.Question is how did it escape being damaged by that gale?

In 1955, a furniture store called Bevans opened on Pinstone St. Anyone remember that one? The Lyon Family appeared for the opening.

Just looking at some old newspapers.

Anyone remember the HORSE MEAT shop on Hereford st next to the music shop also the TRIPE shop on London rd just up from Hill st where the chippy is now also sold hot pies.

Pauldens a dept store on the moor ?

Anyone remember the HORSE MEAT shop on Hereford st next to the music shop also the TRIPE shop on London rd just up from Hill st where the chippy is now also sold hot pies.
Yes I can remember the horse meat shop, and as I recall it was on the opposite side of the road to the music shop.
It can be seen here (http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?action=zoom&keywords=Ref_No_increment;MATCHES;%28^|%20+%29s171 24%28$|%20+%29&continueUrl=ZnJvbnRlbmQucGhwPyZrZXl3b3Jkcz1hbGwlM0 JNQVRDSEVTJTNCJTI4JTVFJTdDKyUyQiUyOUhlcmVmb3JkX1N0 cmVldCUyOCUyNCU3QyslMkIlMjkmYWN0aW9uPXNlYXJjaA==), between Maces pet shop and Marsdens bakery.

Yes I can remember the horse meat shop, and as I recall it was on the opposite side of the road to the music shop.
It can be seen here (http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?action=zoom&keywords=Ref_No_increment;MATCHES;%28^|%20+%29s171 24%28$|%20+%29&continueUrl=ZnJvbnRlbmQucGhwPyZrZXl3b3Jkcz1hbGwlM0 JNQVRDSEVTJTNCJTI4JTVFJTdDKyUyQiUyOUhlcmVmb3JkX1N0 cmVldCUyOCUyNCU3QyslMkIlMjkmYWN0aW9uPXNlYXJjaA==), between Maces pet shop and Marsden's bakery.

Thanks for the fantastic photo must be my brain cell can you tell me if at any time the music shop crossed over i have it in my mind that at some time it was next to the Horse Meat shop i also remember a SWAP SHOP on the opposite side of the rd further up towards South st near the derelict Carpenters arms pub and the chippy around the corner :huh: .

not sure if its been mentioned:

Sylvesters on leopold/surrey street?

my dad used to take me in there and i would stand gawping at all the old wooden shelves stocked with tobacco. the smell was amazing!!

Yes - I always used to buy my dad's "Latakia blend" tobacco there, and if I was feeling flush I'd treat myself to a pack of Wills' Passing Clouds (http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.langhamherbs.co.uk/compostimages/img00032.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.langhamherbs.co.uk/compost.aspx%3Fsid%3D32&usg=__LttbzDm7hf6nFmBjeZfJ9jpBx20=&h=347&w=388&sz=25&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=Q-9rijckB9UZlM:&tbnh=158&tbnw=177&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522passing%2Bclouds%2522%2Bcigarett es%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1249%26bih%3D764%26t bs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=359&ei=yUkHTZq8CMLNhAfFs9juBw&oei=yUkHTZq8CMLNhAfFs9juBw&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=27&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0&tx=83&ty=49). Sam Sylvester's shop has its own thread here (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4174)..:)

thanks hilsbro,

i used to go in for the black (russian?) and the coloured cocktail (sobrani?) cigs, thinking i looked dead cool at parties lol!!

Oh yes - the Sobranie (http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/36/Sobranie_Black_Russian_cigarettes.jpg&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sobranie_Black_Russian_cigarettes.jpg&usg=__qK5KOuPKEcsIyS4gkMmL7gyOf9A=&h=1544&w=2179&sz=1383&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=konmAXdhcBJy-M:&tbnh=142&tbnw=183&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522black%2Brussian%2522%2Bcigarette s%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26biw%3D1268%26bih%3 D764%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=62&ei=11EHTfmxIYmLhQfFrvGCDA&oei=11EHTfmxIYmLhQfFrvGCDA&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:0&tx=79&ty=74) or Black Russian (http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cigarettes-ez-store.com/images/big_cigarettes/sobranie-black.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.cigarettes-ez-store.com/sobranie/sobranie-black-russian.html&usg=__ZSwU1GXGChcxbCu7ZuKrNDDQEiM=&h=200&w=154&sz=15&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=vaa51YB_HEqZRM:&tbnh=142&tbnw=107&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522black%2Brussian%2522%2Bcigarette s%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26biw%3D1268%26bih%3 D764%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=250&ei=11EHTfmxIYmLhQfFrvGCDA&oei=11EHTfmxIYmLhQfFrvGCDA&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0&tx=79&ty=100) cigarettes. I also used to casually produce a packet of them, just as if they were my regular smoke... I actually smoked B & H until - thank goodness - I managed to give it up. But I sitll have the occasional cigar, and my mind sees through the smoke to old Sam Sylvester behind the counter of his shop... By the way, the word "sobranie" in Russian means "gentleman's club". Just thought you might like to know..:)

I also used to casually produce a packet of them, just as if they were my regular smoke.

love it!!:hihi:

Walsh's where I first went on an escalator, Hobbies near the town hall, and Redgates on The Moor. I also liked the bakery department in the Co-op at the junction of London Road and Eccleshall Rd, where I could usually beg for some coconut scraps left over from wen they made cakes. Zing Va, the Chinese restaurant on the Moor with the first neon sign I ever saw.

Walsh's where I first went on an escalator, Hobbies near the town hall, and Redgates on The Moor. I also liked the bakery department in the Co-op at the junction of London Road and Eccleshall Rd, where I could usually beg for some coconut scraps left over from wen they made cakes. Zing Va, the Chinese restaurant on the Moor with the first neon sign I ever saw.

We used to go to a Chinese restaurant opposite the side door of Woolworths. Was it the Golden Dragon? They used to do a special lunch menu which we used to go for as a treat on the last day of school holidays. I think it was three courses,spring roll,something like beef chow mein and ice cream. How exotic is that? Can anyone remember how much that would have been in the early 70's?

Walsh's where I first went on an escalator, Hobbies near the town hall, and Redgates on The Moor. I also liked the bakery department in the Co-op at the junction of London Road and Eccleshall Rd, where I could usually beg for some coconut scraps left over from wen they made cakes. Zing Va, the Chinese restaurant on the Moor with the first neon sign I ever saw.Yes, Walsh's had the first escalators in Sheffield - here's a photo (http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/zoom.pl?picture=http://www.picturesheffield.com/jpgh/s00864.jpg). The Co-Op at the bottom of Ecclesall Road was in the "Arcade" (http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/zoom.pl?picture=http://www.picturesheffield.com/jpgh/s10536.jpg) building - it was a crime to demolish it. Their toy department was very good, and often cheaper than Redgates.