Sheffield retro: 23 nostalgic photos taking you back to shops of the 80s and 90s, from Suggs to Woolworths
Sheffield retro: 23 nostalgic photos taking you back to shops of the 80s and 90s, from Suggs to Woolworths.
These photographs transport you back to the days before internet shopping, when the retail scene was vastly different.
They feature shops from the 1980s and 1990s, demonstrating how drastically our high streets have evolved over the last quarter-century.
Do you remember shopping at Sugg Sports, Woolworths, Dixons, or Debenhams?
This retro photo gallery depicts the lost stores and many others in Sheffield during the 1980s and 1990s.
They also demonstrate how different some of the city’s major shopping districts looked back then, such as The Moor, which had old brick trams at the top, and Fargate.
These vintage photographs take you on a shopping journey through the city center, with much-missed establishments like Redgates toy shop and C&A.
They also take you into the suburbs, including Hillsborough and Parson Cross, and show the early days of Meadowhall and Crystal Peaks retail malls.
Do these photos bring back memories for you?Which shops from the 1980s or 1990s would you reopen if you could?

1. The Moor
The Moor, Sheffield city centre, in 1983, showcasing the brick trams and stores including Woolworths, left, and Debenhams, right | Photo Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers Limited Photo:
Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers Limited

2. Middlewood Road
Shops on Middlewood Road, Hillsborough, Sheffield, circa 1996, included Sugg Sport. Photo: Picture Sheffield.

3. High Street
High Street, Sheffield city centre, in July 1991, with Spoils Kitchen Reject Shop and C&A in the distance | Picture Sheffield Photo: Sheffield

4. Redgates
Redgates toy shop, Furnival Gate, Sheffield city centre, 1987. The popular store was popularly dubbed as the ‘Yorkshire Disneyland’. Picture Sheffield.
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