only_me Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Next to the adelphi on the main Attercliffe road is a large building that says Burtons on top. These days its a car body panel centre (Bodicar) Just got to wondering if anyone knows what year it stopped being Burtons tailors? The building appears to have been actually built for the burtons group maybe 1920s-1930s. Found some history here http://www.arcadiagroup.co.uk/about/brandhistory/burton.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hank Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Possibly ot, but Montague Burton lived at Nether Edge for a time - either Raven Road or Violet Bank Road. Anybody confirm this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 I'm not familiar with Attercliffe Road but the 1973 Kelly's Directory shows Montague Burton at 582-596 Attercliffe Road (on the corner of Staniforth Road) and so this branch must have survived at least as long as this. They were not there in the mid-1920s as I happen to have the 1925 directory which shows five smaller businesses at 582-596. Moshe Osinsky (later known as Sir Montague Maurice Burton) certainly had the headquarters of his business in Sheffield and so it's quite likely that he lived at Nether Edge as hank suggests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenia Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 The upper floor was a dance hall and roller skating rink in the 60s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Womersle Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 I worked for them in the 1950's. At the time the head office was at Hudson Road in Leeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Star Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Had a look at the Sheffield archives, and they don't have one picture of the Attercliffe Burtons, but they have a load of the building which is now Primark, and apparently this was a Burtons! You can't imagine a Burtons needing such a large store these days, can you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
only_me Posted June 11, 2009 Author Share Posted June 11, 2009 Attercliffe must have been a very busy place in the day. Both Burton buildings are within a stone throw of each other. I am presuming of course both shops were open at the same time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Womersle Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 There were two in Rotherham as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegaso Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 only me burtons menswear was at the junction of staniforth rd and attercliffe rd, the adelphi was further down attercliffe. my mum joyce sykes and her aunty gladys green were usherettes there when I was little and my dad used to take me to the pictures and I was allowed in the room where the ice cream fridges were and always got a free tub - brilliant!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mature5011 Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 I worked for the ministry of works from 1965 to 1972 and worked in both these buildings. The one on the corner of staniforth rd used the upstairs for DHSS am sure it was still a Burtons downstairs at the time and the one near the adlephi was also used by a goverment department again could have been DHSS or Unemployment as it was near to the old labour exchange further down the common opposite where the Police station is now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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