hillsbro Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 When I was at college in the late 60s, the one thing I remember was a shop at Moorfoot, where we bought fancy dress for Rag Week. If this was in a single-storey building, it can be seen in this photo and also this one (click Zoom to enlarge).I also used to visit Bardwell's down Aizlewood Road, it was much more of a treasure trove than the new shop on Abbeydale Road. Yes - Norman Bardwell's shop was indeed a treasure trove. Norman sadly died aged 89 in 2007 - see this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazjea Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 What about Harraps. The very strange shop on Howard St That sold creams for skin conditions, and had examples of corns, verucas, and other bits of dried skin displayed in the window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 What about Harraps. The very strange shop on Howard St That sold creams for skin conditions, and had examples of corns, verucas, and other bits of dried skin displayed in the window. Yes indeed, and the shop has its own thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grafikhaus74 Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Mustard Seed cafe where the Town Hall egg-box used to be? And Jack Archer Sports on Bramall Lane? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 The Liverpool-born Robert Stewart established a tailoring business in Sheffield in the 1880s. Around the turn of the century he was joined in business by his son (also Robert) and by 1905 they had moved to the Pinstone Street premises... That's very interesting hillsboro; I knew a little about Stewart and Stewarts and the family that owned the shop but not the early history. Robert Stewart senior retired to the Lake District and died in 1930, aged 79. I would guess that the shop closed in the early 1960s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switchblade Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 J.G. Graves was one of Sheffields greatest benefactors, as a child I was often taken to by my mother to the JG Graves department store which was in the vicinity of the Hallamshire Hospital. You can still see 'Graves' pocket watches for sale on Ebay (See photo) Like the one I have (dated 1900) that my late grandfather used as an Engine Driver The 'Graves Art Gallery', 'Graves Park' and the numerous 'Graves Trust' houses are this great mans legacy in Sheffield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanes teeth Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Favourites for Levis,Loon Pants,Afghan coats,scoop neck T-shirts were South Sea Bubble,Western Jean Company,Pippys,upstairs at Virgin Records and Sexy Rexy.Strangely my first pair of Levis came from Roberts Brothers and they always had loads of Ben Shermans in the (proper) January sales.Do you remember the smell of brand new Levis? And then putting them on,stiff as a board(ooo-er)and having to sit in the bath with them on to soften them up and shrink them.I tried to smell a pair of Levis in Coles the other day but the OH said people would think I was weird! I don't think they smell the same now anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 J.G. Graves was one of Sheffields greatest benefactors, as a child I was often taken to by my mother to the JG Graves department store which was in the vicinity of the Hallamshire Hospital... That's right - it was on Durham Road, between Glossop Road and the Children's Hospital - here's a photo. I remember seeing the building (or at least, the left-hand part as seen in the photo, with the name J.G. Graves in the stonework) when going to school in the early 1960s, though it can't have survived much longer than this. J.G. Graves had one of the first large mail-order businesses. - here's a brief profile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switchblade Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 That's right - it was on Durham Road, between Glossop Road and the Children's Hospital. I remember seeing the building (or at least, the left-hand part as seen in the photo, with the name J.G. Graves in the stonework) when going to school in the early 1960s, though it can't have survived much longer than this. J.G. Graves had one of the first large mail-order businesses. - Thanks for the link, truly a great man in the history of Sheffield. I actualy bought two more JG Graves watches (circa 1901/2) so that all three of my sons would have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrypond Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 The shop above Virgin was part of the Virgin record shop.I remember seeing Gong play a free gig on the waste land at the side of the shop in Virgins very early days.Other shops down there were Lewis Leathers,Bensons carpets,a music shop(Fox's?)and I think a Thorntons. The music shop was Hudsons. I lived in the music/record shops at that end of town in the early 70's: Cranes, Hudsons, Curtis, Johnson Electrics, Musical Sounds, Virgin, Bradleys, Carlsboro, Pecks, Canns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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