my nan was told me that old boxer "bomber gragham" owned a clothes shop in the castle market, and used to sit outside it on a chair talking to the people

can anyone confirm this? or heard of it?

yeah i remember this as a little lad, dont think it was a clothes shop tho? I thought his dad owned the shop

it wasnt a clothes shop it was a jewellers, i know this cos he pierced my ears when i was about 12 years old.

oh right, I only recall it as a clothes shop as my nan only went their for clothes and food, and the place she pointed out was not the big food hall

thanks all :)

My nan allways used to say thats bomber grahams shop, just as we went in the market hall. I think it was on the left hand side just as you entered the market?

My nan allways used to say thats bomber grahams shop, just as we went in the market hall. I think it was on the left hand side just as you entered the market?

do you mean the music stall that sells cd's as you walk in the middle ground floor?

Indeed it was a jewellers, back in the mid 80's, called Arnold And Grahams.It used to be next door to the chemist and Maces pet shop opposite the shoe shop near the open air tattin' stalls on Castle Gate.
I believe it is now in the Castle Market downstairs and the two women that run it, also used to work in the original shop.
(If I remember correctly, these ladies, or it might have been Brendan Ingle) had a curtain stall in the old Sheaf Market.
I may be wrong (I probably am, but i remember when I was on my YTS back in the eighties, my placement was Bradshaws Fruit and Veg shop in Fitzalan Sq, and Mr Bradshaw (RIP) had quite a few properties and sometimes he'd send me down to the stall to fetch curtains for the houses and I remember speaking to Mr Ingle on numerous occasions whilst I was there.)
Maybe someone can confirm or correct this for me in case I am wrong!

He had a stall just before you went onto the sheaf Market on the left. I can't remember what they sold be every week with my dad we would look in when passing to see if he was there.

The jewellery stall belonging to Bomber Graham was near the Park Square Roundabout entrance, on the "back" wall of the old Sheaf Market, next to Turner's tool stall.

As I understand it, there are two stalls/ shops, now. One is downstairs in the Castle Market, near the glassed lift, (the one "jesus" mentions above) and I believe the jewellers on the outside of Castle Market, near the Lloyds Chemist also belongs to him.

I don't remember Brendan Ingle having a stall in the market, back in 1980/ 81/ 82 he worked for a YOPS scheme as a tutor/ supervisor based at the building which became "SCCAU", "Sheffield Co-ordinating Centre Against Unemployment" in latter years (Not sure what it is used for now).

Brendan is a smashing, unassuming chap.

thanks for all the info everyone, I rememberd her telling me when I was about 10, my new hobby at the moment is trying to find celebs/sportsman that owns/owned buisnesses in sheffield

anyone know anymore?

He was working in Virgin Gym when I last saw him

Bomber Graham had a jewellers on the top back wall in the sheaf market. He pierced my daughters ears about 1983.

Bomber Graham had a jewellers on the top back wall in the sheaf market. He pierced my daughters ears about 1983.

It was called Bomber & Graham, Graham being Graham Longden who now owns the jewellers next to the chemist. It was some sort of joint venture between them, hence the name.