Sheffield retro: 25 fascinating photos capture forgotten city as it looked 100 years ago
Sheffield retro: 25 fascinating photos capture forgotten city as it looked 100 years ago.
These stunning photographs capture Sheffield as few people will remember it.
They depict life in the city 100 years ago, featuring defunct taverns, businesses, swimming pools, and movies.
This retro photo gallery transports you back to 1926 and 1927, capturing scenes from Sheffield’s city centre to the suburbs.
Barker’s Pool is seen before its most famous landmark, City Hall, was completed, as well as during the early days of the now-demolished Regent Cinema.
Other nostalgic images include the long-lost Victoria railway station, shops on The Moor, and the old Hillsborough Baths, which now houses a Wetherspoons pub.
These fascinating black-and-white photographs also depict binmen at work, life on the factory floor, and youngsters at play in 1920s.
While few people today have memories that go back this far, these photos may remind you of Sheffield, where you grew up, or provide insight into the lives of your parents, grandparents, or great-grandparents.
The photos are shared courtesy of Picture Sheffield.
1. Snig Hill
Snig Hill, Sheffield city centre, in around 1926 | Picture Sheffield/C. and A.G.Lewis Ltd, Nottingham
2. Slaughterhouses
The Shambles slaughterhouses, which backed onto the River Don, with the entrance off Waingate, Sheffield city centre, seen in 1926 | Picture Sheffield
3. Lost cinema
In 1926, the Central Picture House stood on The Moor in Sheffield’s city centre. It opened in January 1922, was damaged during the Sheffield Blitz in 1940, and dismantled in 1961.Kevin Wheelan/Picture Sheffield
4. Privies
Privies on Sambourne Square, at the intersection of Edward Street and Scotland Street, Netherthorpe, Sheffield, in 1926 | Picture Sheffield
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