Does anyone remember the name of a shoe shop which was on Fargate in the 80's, it was around the same time as the Wham era.It had a glass floor with a train running underneath it. Knowone I know can remember the name and its driving us potty.

of Fargate was it?

I can remember Barratts and the Bargain Basement which was next to another shop.

The shop was roughly somewhere inbetween River island clothing, although that may have still been Chelsea Girl at the time and what is now HSBC bank.

was it saxonne..or freeman,hardy,willis..

No, sorry. It was only open for maybe a couple of years and everyone used to shop at Rebinas before it opened .They had nice shoes but a bit pricey

I remember an expensive shoe shop round about there-it was RAVEL. Don't remember a train though.

Sorry it was,nt Ravel either. I dont even think it belonged to a chain. We're sure it had a glass and metal floor with toy train running underneath it

Was it Russell and Bromley by any chance?

No it wasnt that either, like I said its driving us all potty

think it was called shucz(not sure on spelling)its now in orchard square...

No ,Schu was on fargate before moving to orchard square but this was before then though the shop in question could have been where Schu was situated

It was the same shop, and I *think* it was the first incarnation of Schu.

Nobody seems to think it was that.

It wasn't Rebina was it?

no it definatley wasnt Rebinas

was it called stylo's they had a shop on fargate or it could have been timpsons !

I think it was Schuh. Which opened on fargate, until it got a better unit in orchard square.
A friend of mine's dad was involved with the shop fitting around the train set.

By the way Schuh is German for Shoe

THANX FOR YOUR REPLIES BUT IT WASNT EITHER ALL MY CLAN CAN REMEMBER BOTH OF THESE SHOPS. WHEN THIS SHOP FIRST OPENED IT WAS REALLY NOVEL IT'S FLOOR WAS PARTLY GLASS AND IT HAD A TRAIN RUNNING UNDERNEATH IT . THE TIME WAS AROUND EARLY TO MID EIGHTIES, WHAM ERA. NOT SURE WETHER JEANERY WAS NEXT DOOR OR WETHER IT BECAME THIS SHOP. THE SHOE SHOP WAS'NT PART OF A CHAIN AND IT WASNT OPEN THAT LONG.

I'm sure before Schuh was there it was a Clarkes.

Originally posted by muddycoffee
I think it was Schuh. Which opened on fargate, until it got a better unit in orchard square.
A friend of mine's dad was involved with the shop fitting around the train set.


I too believed it was Schuh, before it became a chain. I remember being surprised to see one open in Liverpool, because I thought it was a Sheffield independant store.

There is one in every major shopping centre now, but in the eighties it was a very specialist shop. Pricey, but very individual (hang on, that's what they still do!)

I'm a boots addict, by the way. Shoe shops are my obsession.

Okay, having read this (http://www.schuhstore.co.uk/about/company.html) it wasn't what we know as Schuh now, but I still believe that the shop was called Schuh. After all, it's a bit of an obvious name for a shoe shop. Hardly a coincidence.

There's a shoe shop in this pic (http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nimo118.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/img/CGS59YorksBank40_jpeg.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nimo118.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Site/New%2520Photos%2520Page.htm&h=64&w=100&sz=3&tbnid=j2zCPU2bQZ4J:&tbnh=49&tbnw=76&start=39&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsheffield%2Bfargate%2B%26start%3D20%2 6hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26newwindow%3D1%26sa%3DN) but it's earlier than you were asking about

rebina was at the back of the dove n rainbow wasn't it

I worked for then British Shoe Corporation around 1984, this comprised of Saxone, Dolcis, FHW, Curtess, Manfield and one or two others.

I was based at Saxone which was situated in the building on Fargate that now is the Halifax Bank.

To answer everyone's question: Dolcis was on Fargate on the right-hand side near the top as you walked up.

Just before the entrance to Orchard Square

Originally posted by Sam Miguel
I worked for then British Shoe Corporation around 1984, this comprised of Saxone, Dolcis, FHW, Curtess, Manfield and one or two others.



I had a Sat/holiday job at FHW but that was mid 70's.

You cannot remember shoe shops from the 80s.
think of us poor B****'s who are trying to remember things from the 40s and 50s and 60s

Originally posted by sweetdexter
You cannot remember shoe shops from the 80s.
think of us poor B****'s who are trying to remember things from the 40s and 50s and 60s Like where you put your keys? :hihi:

Sorry, was that in poor taste?

On Fargate , just about where the Orange shop now is now , there was a shoe shop called Peter Lord .

Saxone was actually on High Street , where the Halifax is .

Originally posted by wickedwitch
Does anyone remember the name of a shoe shop which was on Fargate in the 80's, it was around the same time as the Wham era.It had a glass floor with a train running underneath it. Knowone I know can remember the name and its driving us potty.

Are you sure it was a shoe shop, not a choo-choo shop?!

Sorry.

Originally posted by Strix
Like where you put your keys? :hihi:

Sorry, was that in poor taste?

Asking where he put his tongue would have been in worse taste! :hihi:

K x

The shoe shop with the train was called B.L.F.A. which stood for Basic Leisure Flash Action probably the stranegest named shoe shop ever and second only to the big size specialist SASQUACH AND SONS..I applied for a job there when i was about 16/17.

If its any use I worked at Peter Lords Shoe Shop in Fargate for about a year in 1972.

there was a shoe shop called tobias shoes in van allen

I too believed it was Schuh, before it became a chain. I remember being surprised to see one open in Liverpool, because I thought it was a Sheffield independant store.

There is one in every major shopping centre now, but in the eighties it was a very specialist shop. Pricey, but very individual (hang on, that's what they still do!)

I'm a boots addict, by the way. Shoe shops are my obsession.

It was definately Ravel! My company managed the premises at the time and they were the last occupant before it became an Anne Summers outlet.
The premise was owned by Clarkes and had formally been their shop.

there was a dolcis then ravel at the top of fargate at the bottom was saxone and timsons way back in 80s. I am sure it was in dolci Rebiina was in old market then moved to high street.

I can remember Dr. Scholl's but I'm sure this isn't what you have in mind!:D

It was either dolcis or ravel i am more certain it was Dolcis .

was it Lilley & Skinner, cheslea girl was on king street back of C & A

I thought it was Saxone.that was somewhere near where Halifax is now.

I remember the shop you mean, in fact I went to the opening of it. It was opened by an actor from Brookside, who I was in love with at the time but who's name escapes me now.

I thought it was Schuh, but could be wrong.

I remember the shop you mean, in fact I went to the opening of it. It was opened by one of the actors from Brookside, who I was in love with at the time but who's name escapes me now.

I thought it was Schu, but could be wrong.

I tell you all, the last time it was a shoe shop was around the turn of the decade 1980's -90's and it was Ravels at the time. I went in when it was vacant and that was the livery displayed within. It's also on the property management register as such

Was there a shoe shop called Jaegers in Fargate, manageress Marjorie Elwood, friend of my parents? The shop probably closed about 35 years ago when she retired.

I tell you all, the last time it was a shoe shop was around the turn of the decade 1980's -90's and it was Ravels at the time. I went in when it was vacant and that was the livery displayed within. It's also on the property management register as such

No it definitly wasn't ravels.

The actor was David Easter though, I've just remembered.

Hiya I remember this shop - just down from chelsea girlit definitely wasn't Schuh. It was around 1987 and used to sell Doc Martin boots and shoes, It had a toy train running round a track and a hologram of Siouxie Sioux in the floor, it was a great shop but it was only there for a year or so. Sorry, don't remember the name though.

PS I do realise this is an old thread!!

There was a shoe shop on Fargate called Sasha,they also had a type of party plan outlet which my friend did part time for extra cash.

Does anyone remember the name of a shoe shop which was on Fargate in the 80's, it was around the same time as the Wham era.It had a glass floor with a train running underneath it. Knowone I know can remember the name and its driving us potty.

Just bringing this forward as it is the thread about shoe shop with train hope this helps.:thumbsup:

some old shops were , dolcis, saxone, trueform, stylo,lilly and skinner, russel bromley,

Does anyone remember the name of a shoe shop which was on Fargate in the 80's, it was around the same time as the Wham era.It had a glass floor with a train running underneath it. Knowone I know can remember the name and its driving us potty.

How about Bata?

Bata was there around that time - i'm not sure if it was a chain or not though.

no it definatley wasnt Rebinas

i remember the shop you mean but alas not its name.
anybody remember van-allen where macdonalds is now on high street/

there was a dolcis then ravel at the top of fargate at the bottom was saxone and timsons way back in 80s. I am sure it was in dolci Rebiina was in old market then moved to high street.

rebina in both castle market and in the little alley off high street

I worked at a shoe shop in the early 60s, It was called Peter Lords,they sold & fitted clarks shoes,but i dont remember a train under a glass floor.

I think it may have been called Dolcie's

I worked at dolcis as well,they did not have a glass floor with a train running underneath.

Is this thread seriously still going 7 years on ??? lol

No, sorry. It was only open for maybe a couple of years and everyone used to shop at Rebinas before it opened .They had nice shoes but a bit pricey
HI YOU WICKED WITCH. Was the shop DOLCIS WICKED ARFER MO

HI YOU WICKED WITCH. Was the shop DOLCIS WICKED ARFER MO

Yes Arfur, I'm sure it was Dolcis

Was it Lotus, on the ground floor of Fargate House, located between Alexandre The Tailors (now H Samuel) and M&S? There was also Tudors newsagents, there is a photo of it in Sheffield Library Pictures.

when you have all sorted out what shop it is, can anyone recall how much on average you would pay for a pair of ladies shoes, circa 1973? Nice shoes, that is.

Is this thread seriously still going 7 years on ??? lol
It will possibly go on forever as nobody appears to have the correct answer.

The shoe shop with the train was called B.L.F.A. which stood for Basic Leisure Flash Action probably the stranegest named shoe shop ever and second only to the big size specialist SASQUACH AND SONS..I applied for a job there when i was about 16/17.

Oh I don't know, Fanny Farts was a pretty wierd name for a shoe shop.

PS yes I do realise I'm responding to a post made ove five years ago.

Oh I don't know, Fanny Farts was a pretty wierd name for a shoe shop.

PS yes I do realise I'm responding to a post made ove five years ago.

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If I recall while waiting for the school bus to De La Salle

Lennnards Dolcis and Stylo were all on high Street between the Crazy Daizy and High Court which was the location of Rebina.

Saxone was facing in Saxone House now the Halifax

I think Bata was on Pinstone Steet and Ravel on fargate