I'm new to the forum so I don't know if this has been discussed before. My sister and I were talking about the brass weighing scales in the old Flower market on Pond Street. As I remember, this was a market hall and the scales were fantastic- polished to death! My sister is 10 years older than me and every time she took me into town on a Saturday, we used to sit in the seat to get weighed. There was always a crowd waiting. I've never seen anything like this anywhere else and often wondered what happened to them. They disappeared when the whole area was redeveloped. Their existence is a lovely childhood memory. Anyone got a photograph of them? I'd like to show it to my sons.

i remember the weigh scales too!! i got weighed in that seat every time my nan took me to town. it was sixpence!!!

i remember those scales very well like a previous reply said there was always plenty stood around it waiting to get on i think it was thrupence a go, it must have closed in the late 60s early 70s i heard a few years ago they are now in a museum they must be worth a small fortune, it must have taken a good few tins of brasso to get them that shiny. the trouble with things like the weighing scales they will never come back i know we must have progress but somethings should be left alone

Glad to know that people do remember them. I'm all for looking forwards but things like that were brilliant. I bet they would still draw a crowd if they were stationed at the top of Fargate today. I wonder if anyone has come across this type of thing in other areas of the country.

There is a picture of them somewhere on picturesheffield.com

I remember the brass chair scales in the old rag and tag market in the late 40's it was at the entrance to the rag and tag at the bottom of diixon lane cost was a penny

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I remember the brass chair scales in the old rag and tag market in the late 40's it was at the entrance to the rag and tag at the bottom of diixon lane cost was a penny

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I remember the scales as a little girl. If the lady with the scales guessed your weight correctly, you paid her a penny, if she didn't get your weight right, you didn't pay...

Funny thing, that... she never seemed to get it wrong. ;) lol