as a small child living on attercliffe i have strong memories of being taken down 2 banners with my mom 4 my school uniform i remember how itchy and uncomfortable these clothes were but that was all she could afford ialso rember wanting some platform shoes levi staypress trousers and a starjumper i got none of them 2 me banners always seemed packed and bustling shame 2 see how its demise has continued over the last 20 years

I can remember Christmas shopping at Banners in the 1950s, the entire length of Attercliffe Common was alive and bustling, I think Banners was one of the first department stores in Sheffield, I was always fascinated when our money was put in a little brass cylinder, which then whisked off with a hiss of compressed air, then it would arrive back with the change in it. How times have changed.

There was another shop in Sheffield. where money was put into a container thing, and a chain was pulled like an old toilet flush and a catapult device would fire the container down a wire..as a little kid a was amazed to see these objects flying about above my head..I remember a glass fronted box/office up in the air where all these money containers went and returned....But I can't remember what this store was called...can anyone help?.

My Missus re'cons it was "Woolworths" but not sure.

Specsavers( at least the one at Crystal Peaks) operate this compressed air system if you fancy a nostalgia trip.

Yes, Banners. I have fond memories of this shop too. it was so old-fashioned, but reassuringly so.

Whenever I see a repeat of 'Are You Being Served' it always reminds me of Banners!

i loved banners at christmas,blanchards on infirmary road and laceys on west bar had shoots for money too:D

There was a store at the bottom of the Moor that later became a club, I think. (Locarno?) I remember there was a sloping floor. It had the compressed air thing.
Used to get my Whitsuntide clothes from Banners, they were the only place my mam could use the clothing coupons during the war.

Old Timer

Do you remember the wooden escalator's, they had a sort of a rocking and clanking motion to them.

The store with the sloping floor would have been Marks and Spencers. They moved in the 1940's to what had originally been the Landsdowne picture house, after their store suffered bomb damage during the Sheffield blitz.

It would'nt be until 1954 that the building re-opened as the Locarno ballroom.

(Taken from The Images of Sheffield book)

I believe the old wooden escalator fitted in Banners was one of the first in the country and was quite an innovation when it was installed.

Maybe someone out there, knows more about it?

hi old timer,
I think the shop you mentioned would have been the Sheffield & Ecclesall Co op which was based at the Arcade, pretty much at tha bottom of the moor, and the cash system was made by a company called "Lamson", and at its heyday was supposed to have been the biggest system outside london, I was employed there as the instore engineer, our many branches had the wire system, just known as "Cash carriers",
hope this helps,
Ernie

Originally posted by PopT
I believe the old wooden escalator fitted in Banners was one of the first in the country and was quite an innovation when it was installed.

Maybe someone out there, knows more about it?

It was the first store in the country to have an escalator fitted.

My auntie used to work there. I'll have to ask her when I see her

my husband worked in banners from being 17 and coming back from aust. he worked there untill it closed in 1980,is there anyone who remembers what it was like working at banners , going to the annual dinner and dance,annie fletcher eddie and brian on the furniture dept.

do you remember the sales banners had ?

when i met my husband i knew of banners as my mum had gone on banners open nights,i couldnt believe the sales though they had summer,end of summer,back to school and many more but i cant remember them all.

nice to hear from ex employers

I remember Banners although was only little lad, have got somewhere a Banners coin for about 3d I think it is will try and look it out.
Can tell you about the compressed air money tubes that if you are running cables in a dark roof space using only a torch you will s... youself when it whistles past your ear
Did you know that a similiar idea is used for samples between hospitals?

I used to like the toy section in the within the Banners establishment as a kid.

Tim Buck, George Binns on Cambridge st. had this system. I used to work there as a girl and had to retreive the the money in the tubes when they came down the shoot
Vera

Some of my friends used to have plastic coins called "Banners Tanners", which could be spent in the shop. There were pennies, tanners, shillings, and I seem to remember two-bob bits.

What was the purpose of these?

One of my earliest memories (and scariest) was when my mum took me to Banners at Attercliffe, I think I was about 5 years old. One minute I was holding her hand the next, her hand had dissapeared and I couldn't see her. I remember feeling really scared and I started crying. All I could see was giant people around me. Next minute I knew she was there again. Very bizarre!

Banners down attercliffe was one of the few shops that took traders cheques,not cheques as we know now but the ones money lenders gave, for a colossal cash return, I think the idea went something like this, you ask for a cheque for say £5.00 you then pay it back at 50p a week for 20 weeks, now if that wasn't bad enough, if you only spent say £3.00, Banners had there own money, so they gave you £2.00 back in there money, so you had to spend that there as well.

When it was Whitsuntide, my mum would always take me o Banners to get my new clothes.It was really something to look forward to and I always got something special.

It wasnt the same when the Department store closed .Is there still a travel agent there on the bottom floor?

I remember everytime my mum took me there I always pestered her for a new toy. :D

My mam left me in my pram outside the side door of Banners, did the shopping and then caught the tram back to Darnall at the bottom of Staniforth Road. Good job she went back for me !!!

On the road next door to Banners there used to be a fruit & veggie barrow with a bloke called Arnold, looked a bit like reject Spiv - anyone remember him?

Regarding the wooden escalators...

Ive heard from two different sources that:
a) Banners had wooden escalators and were the first store in Sheffield to have them

and

b) Cockaynes had wooden escalators and were the first store in Sheffield to have them

I vaguely remember being on a wooden escalator but cant remember where, but I know it wasnt Banners cos we didnt go there.

Anybody a little bit older than me would be able to clarify who had the first escalator and if they both had wooden ones?

I remember Banners on Firvale in the 50's. Quite a big shop to a little lad, but the Attercliffe one was much bigger. They both had the cash carriers as I remember. If we needed to go farther afield than Firvale or Page Hall we always went to Attercliffe rather than town.

banners was a kids heaven except the basement where mam dragged us round the food bit i always got my sneakers from there probably b cause they were cheap my favourite shop down there tho was rossingtons i think it was onthe corner of worksop rd opposite the church where all my relatives got married and i spent hours and hours wiv my gran in gillies bingo or was it talk lf the town the one next to the carlton anyway just realised i could ramble on all day about down there better shut up whilst i can

my husband worked in banners from being 17 and coming back from aust. he worked there untill it closed in 1980,is there anyone who remembers what it was like working at banners , going to the annual dinner and dance,annie fletcher eddie and brian on the furniture dept.

do you remember the sales banners had ?

when i met my husband i knew of banners as my mum had gone on banners open nights,i couldnt believe the sales though they had summer,end of summer,back to school and many more but i cant remember them all.

nice to hear from ex employers

i worked there from 1970 to 1972 i cant remember any names as such but a little prod i may remember i worked on menswear which was on the same floor as furniture would be great if anyone can remember me Glenn Tomlinson

Regarding the wooden escalators...

Ive heard from two different sources that:
a) Banners had wooden escalators and were the first store in Sheffield to have them

and

b) Cockaynes had wooden escalators and were the first store in Sheffield to have them

I vaguely remember being on a wooden escalator but cant remember where, but I know it wasnt Banners cos we didnt go there.

Anybody a little bit older than me would be able to clarify who had the first escalator and if they both had wooden ones?

I'm pretty certain that Banners were the first in the UK ( or was it Outside London?) to have escalators.

I remember a glass fronted box/office up in the air where all these money containers went and returned....But I can't remember what this store was called...can anyone help?.

The general grocers at the bottom of Grammar St/Langsett Rd also had this compressed air system, I just can't remember the name of them at this moment, dont think it was the Co-op, or was it Burgins?

On the road next door to Banners there used to be a fruit & veggie barrow with a bloke called Arnold, looked a bit like reject Spiv - anyone remember him?

I remember Arnold he used to shine the apples with his coat sleeve, the road was Baltic road and the cart was at the bottom of the road, remember the bakery on Baltic road?

i remember going to the hairdressers across the road from banners with my nan ( can't remember the name now)then we would go into banners to do her grocery shopping. I used to love going in banners and she always bought me some sweets when we went shopping. The thing i don't remember was ever going upstairs in banners :)

i remember going to the hairdressers across the road from banners with my nan ( can't remember the name now)

I think it was Betty's Salon (?).:)

I remember Arnold he used to shine the apples with his coat sleeve, the road was Baltic road and the cart was at the bottom of the road, remember the bakery on Baltic road?
think it was called baltic bakery ?

I remember my Mum buying me my first sheepkin coat from Banners.

I used to love to go upstairs , travelling on the lift - my mother used to make all our dresses and suits , she was one of the first to get an electric singer sewing machine and upstairs in banners was all the material for dresses/curtains. the woman behind the counter used to whiz the material through a machine attached to the counter to measure the yards (metres to the younger ones!) , then pressed a level which cut the material, she would then slice the scissors through it. used to fascinate me all the time, then off the money would go in the canisters, with all the different materials, cottons and accessories in little drawers on the wall behind. the old tv comedy 'are you being served' reminded me of banners. I used to play with mum's banners checks little pieces of plastic that had value at banners only

I remember my Mum buying me my first sheepkin coat from Banners.

I remember buying a sheepskin coat in banners! about 1975 ish.

Cockaynes had the Vaccuum tubes for money. In the heart of the system was a big lump which looked like a cross between a church organ and a telephone exchange with dozens of tubes connected together.
The sales ticket and money went into a slot in the side of a sort of brass bullet which was twisted to block the slot. There was a ring of felt at each end to seal the bullet in the tube. The shop assistant, removed the cap on the vaccuum tube and the bullet was fired.

I remember buying a sheepskin coat in banners! about 1975 ish.

Be about the same time :thumbsup:

On the road next door to Banners there used to be a fruit & veggie barrow with a bloke called Arnold, looked a bit like reject Spiv - anyone remember him?

I know one of the Bullymores had a fruit & veg borrow for ages outside Banners.

i remember gettin my uniform for school from banners there wer always old fashioned clothes bt wen i started secondary school birmingham bags wer out and i ad a skirt does anyone remember them ? big square pockets on the sides they wer first brought out as trousers i thought i looked rite good avin a birmingham bag skirt

I know one of the Bullymores had a fruit & veg borrow for ages outside Banners.

we lived in the same yard as mr bullimore on shirland lane :thumbsup:

we lived in the same yard as mr bullimore on shirland lane :thumbsup:

Was there a post office on Shirland lane ?

Was there a post office on Shirland lane ?

i don't remember one, we lived just before you got to Chippingham st going up so there may have been one further up over the bridge. we lived across from Hewitts shop on the corner of Shirland lane and Chippingham st

Was there a post office on Shirland lane ?
think it was up the side of banners can't remember the rd.

i don't remember one, we lived just before you got to Chippingham st going up so there may have been one further up over the bridge. we lived across from Hewitts shop on the corner of Shirland lane and Chippingham st

I forgot all about the corner shop till you reminded me, I must have been in there thousands of times on my way home from school (huntsmans gardens) Do you remember the chip shop on there, my auntie used to own it Margaret and Eric Holland ?

Hi Timbuck - was the other shop you were thinking about a Co-op? We had a Co-op near where I lived as a child and they had this type of cash collection which whizzed to a glass cubicle to the cashier. Yes it was fascinating!

Hi Saxon- my sister-in-law was cashier at Banners. Her name was Hilary Cooper (nee Linley). Does your aunt remember her? Her parents had a fish & chip shop just up Staniforth Road.

I forgot all about the corner shop till you reminded me, I must have been in there thousands of times on my way home from school (huntsmans gardens) Do you remember the chip shop on there, my auntie used to own it Margaret and Eric Holland ?

sorry i don't remember the chip shop. i lived on shirland lane from about 1965 until about 1975, we moved when i was 11. i used to go to huntsmans gardens school as well. mr sanderson was the headmaster when i was there

think it was up the side of banners can't remember the rd.

It Is called "shortbridge street" there was a post office next to banners,
it is now called "Momentoes picture framing".

Yes every post brought back the shopping experience of the late 60's early 70's especially around Whitsuntide, when we used to go for 3/4 white socks, and new dresses and cardigans. Up the wooden escalator.
But how many of you out there can remember Sheffield "Rag and Tag market and I used to be given sixpence to buy a bag of winkles....and I used to use a pin to get them out,, yukkkkk when I think about it now.

Hi soulmate, your auntie and uncle were very nice people me and my family were good friends of theirs when we lived in Attercliffe.I remember everytime we used to go in the chip shop Margaret would put some chips on a fork and pass them over to us while we were waiting to be served and when i went in to hospital when i was 14 they sent me a present and a get well card in fact I still have the card in my mothers loft.We have happy memories of our time down there oh and the shop on the corner belong to the Newitts we still keep in touch with those.

There was another shop in Sheffield. where money was put into a container thing, and a chain was pulled like an old toilet flush and a catapult device would fire the container down a wire..as a little kid a was amazed to see these objects flying about above my head..I remember a glass fronted box/office up in the air where all these money containers went and returned....But I can't remember what this store was called...can anyone help?.

My Missus re'cons it was "Woolworths" but not sure.

hi there, it was blanchards , as it was only banners and blanchards that my parents used. and they gave you your change in there own tokens not money , that was so that you had to come back to spend it lol.

I remember a glass fronted box/office up in the air where all these money containers went and returned....But I can't remember what this store was called...can anyone help?.

The general grocers at the bottom of Grammar St/Langsett Rd also had this compressed air system, I just can't remember the name of them at this moment, dont think it was the Co-op, or was it Burgins?

nope it was blanchards !!

nope it was blanchards !!

No, Blanchards were down near the Infirmary, and the shop we're referring to was either the Co-op or Gallons who were next door to Skeltons pet shop at the bottom of Grammar St.

Their over-head pneumatic delivery systems (in both these shops) certainly did entrance the kids.

There was another shop in Sheffield. where money was put into a container thing, and a chain was pulled like an old toilet flush and a catapult device would fire the container down a wire..as a little kid a was amazed to see these objects flying about above my head..I remember a glass fronted box/office up in the air where all these money containers went and returned....But I can't remember what this store was called...can anyone help?.

My Missus re'cons it was "Woolworths" but not sure.

There was one on wires on Heeley Bottom, roughly opposite the end of Broadfield Road I think, but I could only have been about three at the time.

I'm pretty certain that Banners were the first in the UK ( or was it Outside London?) to have escalators.

Don't you mean '' moving staircases '' PT ? :hihi:

There was another shop in Sheffield. where money was put into a container thing, and a chain was pulled like an old toilet flush and a catapult device would fire the container down a wire..as a little kid a was amazed to see these objects flying about above my head..I remember a glass fronted box/office up in the air where all these money containers went and returned....But I can't remember what this store was called...can anyone help?.

My Missus re'cons it was "Woolworths" but not sure.

I think she is right, as I remember Woolworths in The Haymarket having this system. It was most likely made by Lamson Paragon.

Banners also had a lift which had clanging metal open work doors you could see straight out as the inner doors were the same as the outer and if you didn't shut them both properly the lift wouldn't move:)

I think she is right, as I remember Woolworths in The Haymarket having this system. It was most likely made by Lamson Paragon.

Our local co-op used to be like that

i loved banners at christmas,blanchards on infirmary road and laceys on west bar had shoots for money too:D

i remember my mum getting shoppers cheks from a woman who used to come to our house every friday she used to take me to banners /blanchards/ and laceys to kit me out i could never understand why we didnt pay7 with money those were the days eh

I always remember going to Banners for my whitsuntide dress, which was always a frilly affair that I never wore again.

I believe the old wooden escalator fitted in Banners was one of the first in the country and was quite an innovation when it was installed.

Maybe someone out there, knows more about it?
the banners store was the very first store in the uk to have the wooden escalator and it is the only existing one left in the uk/europe!possibly the world! the outside of the building is also under a preservation order as it was either the first or second building to be built by panels being attached to a steel skeleton like the liver insurance headquarters in liverpool ...sheffield has still got some unique buildings even though the council destroys any construction with a history

I remember Arnold he used to shine the apples with his coat sleeve, the road was Baltic road and the cart was at the bottom of the road, remember the bakery on Baltic road?

I kept the horse and jockey in the early eighties,opposite corner from where arnold had his barrow,knew him well,he'd pop in for a drink and leave sally i think tending the fruit and veg barrow

Oh yes Banners!! I remember all the little wooden drawers they had behind the counter, and the lift! They had one of those with the metal consertina doors and a lift attendant that operated a large lever to choose which floor to go to. My mum always tells a story about my Gran having all the assistants looking for me and I was in the changing rooms laughing at them!!

I once dismantled all the mannequins in Banners when I was little :-) we used to go there, Hitchens and Corona fashions every Saturday in the 1970's and early 80's.

Just discovered this topic.
in the 1950s it was vogue to remove the Yorkshire range (cast iron coal fireplace with oven at the side) and replace with a tiled fireplace.
My granddad used to make and fit these and for a while, his showroom was the whole of the basement in Banners on Attercliffe.
his own shop was opposite the 'Horti' (Sheffield Horticultural and Floral Institute) at the top of Staniforth Road.
he taught me how to make them for what good that is now!

We moved into a house in 1964 that still had a Yorkshire Range in the kitchen, it was massive and filled the whole of one wall. My dad took it out with the help of Mum shovelling up the debris but it all got too much for her when he finally got the thing free from the wall and the ceiling fell in on her head!

At the same time we "flushed" all the 6 panel doors with hardboard (it really was the rage in those days) and boxed in the spindled banister at the top of the stairs!

Oh how I wished that range was still there and the six panel doors and the spindled bannister when we sold that house for my Mum 4 years ago!!

Still we will still continue to "improve" our homes, we never learn do we?

We moved into a house in 1964 that still had a Yorkshire Range in the kitchen, it was massive and filled the whole of one wall. My dad took it out with the help of Mum shovelling up the debris but it all got too much for her when he finally got the thing free from the wall and the ceiling fell in on her head!

At the same time we "flushed" all the 6 panel doors with hardboard (it really was the rage in those days) and boxed in the spindled banister at the top of the stairs!

Oh how I wished that range was still there and the six panel doors and the spindled bannister when we sold that house for my Mum 4 years ago!!

Still we will still continue to "improve" our homes, we never learn do we?

The Fireplace shop had a yard at the top of Station Road, Darnall and all the old Yorkshire ranges were taken there for scrap. I must have smashed hundreds of these and they are worth a fortune these days - story of my life!

Funny old world! I went to school on Station Road when I was little - Darnall Church School. Sadly the Church is no longer there I believe and it was a lovely church.

Haven't been back but I have looked on Google street view and some of the school bulidings are still standing.

Those were the days, when we had separate playgrounds for boys and girls! The boys played football and the girls did hand stands up against the wall or played hoola hoop or whip and top!

Funny old world! I went to school on Station Road when I was little - Darnall Church School. Sadly the Church is no longer there I believe and it was a lovely church.

Haven't been back but I have looked on Google street view and some of the school bulidings are still standing.

Those were the days, when we had separate playgrounds for boys and girls! The boys played football and the girls did hand stands up against the wall or played hoola hoop or whip and top!

I also went to Darnall C of E from 1957 to 63, when were you there?

Same time 57 to 63, how odd! I was Jennifer Ward, what is your name?

yes you were in my class, this Stephen Ward !

Well I never! It would be nice to have a web chat, but maybe not in this public place. jenny@jrassociates.biz

I have to go out now so if you email me I will reply later.

J xx

Shortridge St.

Just discovered this topic.
in the 1950s it was vogue to remove the Yorkshire range (cast iron coal fireplace with oven at the side) and replace with a tiled fireplace.
My granddad used to make and fit these and for a while, his showroom was the whole of the basement in Banners on Attercliffe.
his own shop was opposite the 'Horti' (Sheffield Horticultural and Floral Institute) at the top of Staniforth Road.
he taught me how to make them for what good that is now!

Bet my mam got her fireplace from there I remember it was from a shop [showroom according to mam when she showed the neighbours]at darnall

that was taken over by british home stores

About twice a year my old granny used to get a shopping cheque and pay for it in weekly installments. We would catch the number 5 bus from Magnet Southey to Newhall Road, and then to Banners. If there was any money left on the cheque after she had bought her "stays, and bloomers", I went to the record department. They sold cover versions of popular hits at half the price of proper ones. Saw my first West Indian bus conductor on the No. 5 route around 1955, when I was only 5. Me gran said I screamed and cried when he asked any more fares please.

I had to chuckle over this thread, it brought back some forgotten memories of when I was a youngster. Me mam used to take me to Banners to fit me out with clothes etc. I remember once She bought me a pair of brown checked Hipsters, a Green Satin Paisley shirt a pair of Winklepicker boots and a Plastic Beatles Wig. I felt like the Mutts Nutts, I couldn't wait to go out on the pull .......... Needless to say I didn't. Happy days ...........

my mum used to take me to banners for whit clothes afte check man had been.then it wud be dont tell your dad check man been o the good old days as they say lol x

Had a part time job there as a schoolboy , evenings - weekends - " Jacksons " supermarket in the basemant. circa 1971 - I still have a banners metal cheque .

I was one of only a few lads working with a gang of girls , interesting ....

I recall - Chris Crapper, Noreen Goodall , Adele Crump , Tanya , Mr Bloor ( deputy manager- nasty bugger )

Still have my letter of reference from Banners .

The wooden escalators often had a mind of their own - funny though .
We were told it was yhe first shop in Europe to have them .

I remember my Mum buying me my first sheepkin coat from Banners.

I got mine from there too for my 16th birthday,I think it was 25 quid:o

Worked in banners early seventies, in butchers department.remember the meat having to be wrapped in some sort of cellophane,then sealed in tray by a hot wire.think it was one of the first vac-pacs.

There was another shop in Sheffield. where money was put into a container thing, and a chain was pulled like an old toilet flush and a catapult device would fire the container down a wire..as a little kid a was amazed to see these objects flying about above my head..I remember a glass fronted box/office up in the air where all these money containers went and returned....But I can't remember what this store was called...can anyone help?.

My Missus re'cons it was "Woolworths" but not sure.

I lived in Pitsmoor and my mother used to send me to the Coop,B&C on Nottingham St. and they had one,used to go mainly for bread,I am not sure if any other Co ops had one, they used to give you a little ticket for the dividend,and to this day I remember her dividend No 53926

I kept the horse and jockey in the early eighties,opposite corner from where arnold had his barrow,knew him well,he'd pop in for a drink and leave sally i think tending the fruit and veg barrowhi my very first job on leaving school was the that bakery never forget i was 15 and very niave and baker used to swear like trouper i thinkis name was harold j

I got mine from there too for my 16th birthday,I think it was 25 quid:oohyes the banners checks i remember them if you had a banners check you were rich and could hold your head up high but yes like most never was aloud to tell dad where we been oh the good times

I dont know if this is true or not make your own minds up

I remember my Grandma telling me Banners were prosecuted in the 1950's for selling tins of dog food with no labels on in a discount basket to Sheffields newly arrived immigrant community which was then used for human consumption.

I dont know if this was just chinese whispers and she got the end of it or it was indeed true

Does anyone know if it was true?

I dont know if this is true or not make your own minds up

I remember my Grandma telling me Banners were prosecuted in the 1950's for selling tins of dog food with no labels on in a discount basket to Sheffields newly arrived immigrant community which was then used for human consumption.

I dont know if this was just chinese whispers and she got the end of it or it was indeed true

My parents used to tell me they were sold tins of Kit-e-Kat as Salmon, but not sure where this originated.

My parents used to tell me they were sold tins of Kit-e-Kat as Salmon, but not sure where this originated.

I have never heard of that one,but what I did enjoy is going up on the escalator it was the first time I had seen one

My dad said that there were air raid lights for spotting the german planes on the roof at Banners and if I'm not mistaken didn't these feature in their adverts?

BTW.....what the cause of their demise and who owns the building now?

There was another shop in Sheffield. where money was put into a container thing, and a chain was pulled like an old toilet flush and a catapult device would fire the container down a wire..as a little kid a was amazed to see these objects flying about above my head..I remember a glass fronted box/office up in the air where all these money containers went and returned....But I can't remember what this store was called...can anyone help?.

My Missus re'cons it was "Woolworths" but not sure.


Blanchards on Langsett Road.

i don't remember one, we lived just before you got to Chippingham st going up so there may have been one further up over the bridge. we lived across from Hewitts shop on the corner of Shirland lane and Chippingham st
HI DEBBIE 22. i went to school with david hewitt huntsmans gardens. he was in my class along with phil milburn gary swan jane nicklin jane shipley. wonder if you remember any of these?.no post office up shirland lane.think one up side of banners.main one on cliffe side of station pub still there.best chippie in sheffield ainleys up side of hewitts shop.margaret nd eric owned it nd mrs mallaband worked there.happy days.

I kept the horse and jockey in the early eighties,opposite corner from where arnold had his barrow,knew him well,he'd pop in for a drink and leave sally i think tending the fruit and veg barrow
hi soton owl. i used to go in horse nd jockey around that time.and remember arnold bullimore fruitman.his family had a barrow round the other side of banners opp burgesses. i used to play darts for h+j thur nights with steve clark jack mcormack ian sutcliffe nd a bloke called fazal.im also a season tkt holder at hillsborough.

Oh yes Banners!! I remember all the little wooden drawers they had behind the counter, and the lift! They had one of those with the metal consertina doors and a lift attendant that operated a large lever to choose which floor to go to. My mum always tells a story about my Gran having all the assistants looking for me and I was in the changing rooms laughing at them!!

lift attendant only had one arm. he used to chase us as kids when we messed about on the lift.xmas was magical with trees all round the roof lit up. went to see father xmas there.got a plastic fire engine ace.

There was another shop in Sheffield. where money was put into a container thing, and a chain was pulled like an old toilet flush and a catapult device would fire the container down a wire..as a little kid a was amazed to see these objects flying about above my head..I remember a glass fronted box/office up in the air where all these money containers went and returned....But I can't remember what this store was called...can anyone help?.

My Missus re'cons it was "Woolworths" but not sure.

Woolworths had one but not as long as Banners did, the other thing I also remember about Banners was that old lift with the metal concertina doors. Some years later when I worked at Greaves on Sidney Street they had similar lifts but with an inner door as well and if you were deft enough when somebody went down in lift just as it hit ground floor and you pressed button to bring it back up again it used to bounce and come back up with occupant still inside. By the time it came back up we were back at bench working, we used to have people going up and down like yoyos. If anybody tried those stunts now I think they'd be sacked:hihi::hihi:

Woolworths had one but not as long as Banners did, the other thing I also remember about Banners was that old lift with the metal concertina doors. Some years later when I worked at Greaves on Sidney Street they had similar lifts but with an inner door as well and if you were deft enough when somebody went down in lift just as it hit ground floor and you pressed button to bring it back up again it used to bounce and come back up with occupant still inside. By the time it came back up we were back at bench working, we used to have people going up and down like yoyos. If anybody tried those stunts now I think they'd be sacked:hihi::hihi:

hiya, i think the co-ops had them installed, but i remember some others had the vacuum tube type, and i remember going toi banners with my mum and dad and us using the escalator , some years later my mates and me went to the skating rink across the road and when we finished skating i suggested we go on the escalator and after a while we were goin g to the top floor when we were half way up there was the manager waiting for us to give us a talking to, we were around 10 or 11 at the time. this was 1948/9.

[QUOTE=Timbuck;101380]There was another shop in Sheffield. where money was put into a container thing, and a chain was pulled like an old toilet flush and a catapult device would fire the container down a wire..as a little kid a was amazed to see these objects flying about above my head..I remember a glass fronted box/office up in the air where all these money containers went and returned....But I can't remember what this store was called...can anyone help?.

My Missus re'cons it was "Woolworths" but not sure.[/QUOT

I think it was Blanchards on Infirmary Rd

Woolworths had one but not as long as Banners did, the other thing I also remember about Banners was that old lift with the metal concertina doors. Some years later when I worked at Greaves on Sidney Street they had similar lifts but with an inner door as well and if you were deft enough when somebody went down in lift just as it hit ground floor and you pressed button to bring it back up again it used to bounce and come back up with occupant still inside. By the time it came back up we were back at bench working, we used to have people going up and down like yoyos. If anybody tried those stunts now I think they'd be sacked:hihi::hihi:

Should have shut David Fish in it and kept him there the bald git....

[QUOTE=Timbuck;101380]There was another shop in Sheffield. where money was put into a container thing, and a chain was pulled like an old toilet flush and a catapult device would fire the container down a wire..as a little kid a was amazed to see these objects flying about above my head..I remember a glass fronted box/office up in the air where all these money containers went and returned....But I can't remember what this store was called...can anyone help?.

My Missus re'cons it was "Woolworths" but not sure.[/QUOT

hiya the one i remember like the one you described was in the co-op on division st and one on upper hanover st had one too.

lift attendant only had one arm. he used to chase us as kids when we messed about on the lift.xmas was magical with trees all round the roof lit up. went to see father xmas there.got a plastic fire engine ace.

Happy memories you have just brought back to me, i used to go in there as a kid and had my fair share of run-ins with the lift man, i lived on Shortridge Street and at Xmas time Banners was like going into another world, all the expensive toys that you knew your parents could never afford to buy you but it was just a magical place to visit in the late 50s:hihi:

My parents used to tell me they were sold tins of Kit-e-Kat as Salmon, but not sure where this originated.

There is a joke about about kit kat sandwiches,after eating them they broke their neck trying to lick their backside. hope you like that one

My late wife said she used to get her school clothes there on a credit system.Is this right?I,m not from Sheffield.

My late wife said she used to get her school clothes there on a credit system.Is this right?I,m not from Sheffield.

hi this is true when i was young it was posh if you had a banners cheque for your clothes and allother house hold waresj

there used to be a lady outside banners who you could get the cheqs off called mrs stanniforthi still have some some weremy mother used to get them for xmas

HI RMBC did steve clark live on attercliffe and hang around with the barrat family and the graysons if so i used to go to school with them at hartly brook

My late wife said she used to get her school clothes there on a credit system.Is this right?I,m not from Sheffield.

We use to have a guy come to the house,a Mr Wood, and he used to give my mother a cheque, I had a brother and sister and we all went to Banners mainly for Whitsontide new clothes,and Mr Wood would call on a friday evening and mother would pay him so much a week till it was paid off

I can remember my mum taking me there in the 60s with provident vouchers to get my whitsunday clothes

I can remember my mum taking me there in the 60s with provident vouchers to get my whitsunday clothes

hi,i remember going to banners with my mum to get my whitsunday clothes,we also had provident vouchers,can you remember banners having their own type of money??some of it was funny shaped coins.also remember that the assistants used to put cash etc ect in plastic capsule things and it used to go whoosing off round the store.i loved banners it reminds me of "grace brothers"on the are you been served program

Ha ha ,yes it was like grace brothers.

I remember it well. As for Whit Sunday clothes I think they were the only new clothes we had every year. Mom used to make most of mine otherwise but Whit Sunday was the whole kit and caboodle, even vest and pants and little white lace gloves!! They were then my Sunday best for going for a walk with my dad while dinner was cooking!

I was another one who remembers been lost in Banners, was really
scary as everyone looked so big! loved the wooden escalators and the
food departant too :)

yes i remember the tokens you used to get and the rickety old lifts

Saxon ... We lived on Fearnehough st was in my teens in the mid sixties and yes attercliffe was really buzzing then especially at xmas and we always shopped in banners and my cousin Gary Wilson Leary was a manager there - I always remember the brass money tubes on rails!

Think she is right about Woolworths having the tube cash system and it was further down Attercliffe nearer the church and I remember there was a drapers shop but cannot remember the name of the people who owned it - I do know they used to go to the Weslyn Church across the road and I think they had been missionaries at some stage and had an adopted daughter called Joan :-)?

All I remember about the esculator was pressing the red button under the brass flap and stopping the thing! I was so scared and was crying even before anyone told me off!

So you could buy groceries at Banners also? Can anyone remember what was on all the floors?

I left the UK in 1971 and possibly shopped at Banners as late as 1969 but even then it was changing but it was after that when the groceries department was installed.

I think that floor coverings plus other things? were on the bottom floor (basement) can not remember what was on the ground floor but the 1st floor I think was ladies wear - Gran used to get her corsets and pinnies from there - but apart from that can not remember even where the toys where?

I left the UK in 1971 and possibly shopped at Banners as late as 1969 but even then it was changing but it was after that when the groceries department was installed.

I think that floor coverings plus other things? were on the bottom floor (basement) can not remember what was on the ground floor but the 1st floor I think was ladies wear - Gran used to get her corsets and pinnies from there - but apart from that can not remember even where the toys where?

By the Mid 1970's, I remember that a food-hall had opened in the basement. I can't remember who ran it, was it a "Jacksons" or something?

By the Mid 1970's, I remember that a food-hall had opened in the basement. I can't remember who ran it, was it a "Jacksons" or something?

The food hall was indeed Jacksons and was installed in there around 1967/68. Banners were going through a tricky period and invited Wm Jacksons bakery (who owned the Grandways supermarket chain), to take over the basement at a peppercorn rent, in an attempt to increase footfall into the store. Jacksons used their own name rather than the Grandways brand, as they didn't feel that the location suited the Grandways corporate image. Jacksons, in more recent times, sold off their supermarket business to Sainsburys.

I'm going waaaaaaayyyyy back now, but does anyone remember someone working at Banners in the late 1950s called Jackie Youd? She would have been in her mid teens.

I can remember Christmas shopping at Banners in the 1950s, the entire length of Attercliffe Common was alive and bustling, I think Banners was one of the first department stores in Sheffield, I was always fascinated when our money was put in a little brass cylinder, which then whisked off with a hiss of compressed air, then it would arrive back with the change in it. How times have changed.

There was another shop near ther canal bridge at the bottom of Staniforth Road but I cant remember the name. This had the compressed air cylinders - probably early fifties.