janebquick   10 #61 Posted October 29, 2015 My sister worked in the record shop in the basement of Banners and I can remember standing in the booths next to the lift listening to all the records back in the early 60s  She had 'very high' back combed auburn hair Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
PeterR   10 #62 Posted November 1, 2015 (edited) My sister worked in the record shop in the basement of Banners and I can remember standing in the booths next to the lift listening to all the records back in the early 60s  She had 'very high' back combed auburn hair  Hi janebquick, I had a Saturday job at Banners in Attercliffe, 1960/2. Could well have been working in 'menswear' upstairs whilst you were listening to the records Met my late first wife, Margaret Johnson, there. She was on 'children's clothing'. Peter. Edited November 1, 2015 by PeterR Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
goldenfleece   11 #63 Posted January 6, 2018 If I could borrow a TARDIS I would love to go back and film these lost record stores....What a day of filming that would make!!!!  I guess modern record shops are light years away from these old emporiums? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
mike-s   13 #64 Posted January 6, 2018 I used to supply most of these shops back in the 70s/80s, brilliant days. There is a really good site called britishrecordshoparchive.org well worth a look. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Crosser   10 #65 Posted July 16, 2018 Violet Mays?  Isn't that where they used to make records out of ashtrays Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
DarrellW Â Â 10 #66 Posted July 17, 2018 Violet May moved into 30 Broad Street after Waddilove and Co.(Plumbers) moved out.They had been in those premises since 1885. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
St Petre   85 #67 Posted July 23, 2018 (edited) I'd forgotten about Curtis's. It's lovely to remember sitting on the bench in Pecks listening to a record (maybe a whole side) and then asking to buy a 'fresh' one :-) For some reason I felt Bradleys and Wilson Peck's were the more friendly record shops. It was only when Rare & Racy opened its doors and started selling second-hand records that the world really opened up, though...I remember getting some albums by some of the old Bluesmen there, having seen them supporting British acts at the City Hall. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee and others... Yes Curtis's, used to be on Angel Street next to the ABC cinema. They had at least one more store, perhaps on the Moor ? Edited July 23, 2018 by St Petre Spell Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
zakes   68 #68 Posted July 29, 2018 Old record shops  Could this Young lady have been a former shop-assistant at Curtis’s on Angel Street? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Lenlunn   10 #69 Posted July 30, 2018 I am sure that there was one on the right hand side of Dixon Lane as you were going downhill. I'd always thought it was Canns but aparently not. I know someone will know.  you are right,it was phillip cann the music man first record i bought there was kay starr wheel of fortune, thats a long time ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
choogling   14 #70 Posted July 30, 2018 Cannes on Dixon lane were the first to have sterio listening booths, and then Boots on Fargate had them downstairs.  Both in the mid 50s  stereo didn't become popular/widespread until the mid sixties, even the Beatles first records were in mono. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
zakes   68 #71 Posted October 20, 2018 Further to my post ( 68 ). Some info. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
madnightowl   0 #72 Posted April 4, 2020 My dad used to own the record shop next to the Leadmill when it first opened. It was called Rat Records and his name was Nick. He later opened another one on Abbeydale Road called Tangerine Records. I used to love hanging out at Rat Records when I was a kid and being the boss's son lol 😂 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...