Sheffield retro: 27 photos show 60s and 70s pubs, shops and other buildings before they were lost forever
Sheffield retro: 27 photos show 60s and 70s pubs, shops and other buildings before they were lost forever.
From bars to schools, these photographs depict well-known Sheffield buildings from the 1960s and 1970s that have since been lost to time.
They were all demolished in the name of progress, and new modern buildings have sprung up in their place.
The locations depicted include a prominent hotel where celebrities of the day, like David Bowie, formerly stayed, which has since been replaced with luxury flats. This retro photo gallery depicts how much Sheffield has evolved between the 1960s and 1970s.
Cinemas, businesses, and homes are among the properties shown here, ranging from Sheffield’s city core to former suburbs such as Heeley, Stocksbridge, and Hillsborough.
Some were destroyed by fire, while others were demolished to make way for new constructions or larger roadways.
1. Victoria Vaults
Victoria Vaults (previously Victoria Hotel), at the crossroads of Langsett Road and Woodland Street, near to the ancient Toll Bar House, as seen in the early 1960s. It closed in the early 1970s and was dismantled for road widening. | Image Sheffield
2. Hallam Tower Hotel
Sheffield’s Hallam Tower Hotel, on Fulwood Road in Broomhill, was photographed in 1965, the year it opened.
It eventually became known as the Hallam Tower Post House Hotel, Forte Crest Sheffield, Posthouse Sheffield, and Holiday Inn Sheffield West. It closed in 2004 and was eventually demolished, with luxury apartments built in its place. | Photo: Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
3. Fulwood Road shops
In October 1966, shops on the north side of Fulwood Road in Broomhill, Sheffield, included Ellen Summers, a tobacconist; Sine Electrical Co. Ltd; Percy W. Collins, a pastry cook; and The Lampost, a pet store.
4. Heeley Coliseum
Heeley Coliseum in London Road in Sheffield, photographed soon before it closed permanently in January 1961 and was demolished.
It opened on October 28, 1913, after being erected for £4,000 and seats 600 people. Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers Ltd.
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