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Haymarket Sheffield City Centre Was Haymarket really this busy back in the day? It looks packed! Is this normal shopping day or do you think it was a special occasion?

Yes that's the Yellow Lion pub and the Norfolk Market Hall in the background.

Another great photo here of Angel Inn on Button Lane, Moorhead, Sheffield City Centre

When going shopping actually meant “going shopping “ no online, the only online was your moms washing line. Such happy, happy days.

Fitzalan Square, Sheffield in the late 1950's

Back in the early fifties, at home my Mother always bought the large green block of Fairy Soap, I can’t ever remembering any other soap until I was well into my teens, no perfumed soap for us, I can always remember a block seemed to last forever and the Mother saved the noggins that were left and she put them in a saucepan with some water then put them on the stove, after a couple of hours it was rendered down to something that resembled slime, she then put it on a shelf in the “ coal ‘ole” and when washing day arrived she fetched it out and dipped her fingers in and transferred an amount into the wash tub and away she went with the Peggy tub, this practice still went on even when she acquired her first Acme washing machine, she was very reluctant to change but eventually she succumbed to wash powder, Omo, Daz, Persil plus Landry bleach, so all in all the mundane washing day saw its own innovations over the years, today the young mothers “ don’t know their born” washing in, powder in receptacle ( always use powder as it stops the horrible smell in the washer) softener close the door and the timer does it’s job, no kitchen filled with a warm damp haze with the smell of Fairy Soap, happy days.

Thanks...that's what became Uncle Eric's chain of shops!

Derelict ancient timber framed shops, bottom of Snig Hill, Sheffield prior to demolition in 1900, Pack Horse Hotel in background. Definitely interested in hearing and learning more about the Pack Horse Hotel Looks like a terrific building!

Same buildings at the bottom of Snig Hill with added colour. This one is from a postcard posted in 1905. In hindsight (long hindsight) Sheffield could have been as interesting as York.

Looks like Clough Road and Charlotte Road, those are the spires of St. Mary's Church in the background. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/

This one is described as a motor mishap 1907.

One of my all time favourite places in Sheffield and now, like so much else that's worth keeping, just a warm and pleasant memory. Opened in 1969 by brothers John and Alan Capes and Joe Mlongo it was, and always remained, a place of utter coolness and welcome where you'd linger and browse for ages just to stay with the vibe that was all around. First went there in September 1972 looking for a book for my girlfriend at the time; and came back, and kept coming back for the next 45 years - time's a weird thing for sure!. Bought loads of stuff over the years, records, books and CDs and heard more jazz than I thought possible - because Alan and Jo (especially) where jazz hounds of the highest order. They briefly had a second shop on South Road in Walkley but were closed a lot of the times I'd be passing by. Gutted that they were forced to close but I'm not going to get into a rant about all of that. I feel lucky that I was able to spend so much time there and experience what is becoming more and more difficult to find. Devonshire Green is so much the poorer now that you've gone. Thank you guys. And what about all those other funky places which were only a stone's throw from Rare and Racy? Georgina Purse's bookshop on West Street - i hear that she's now in Western Scotland; or Alan Hill Books right at the end of West Street near the dual carriageway and who also had a great shop in Broomhill (now Richer Sounds)? Sadly passed on. Or, Jack's Records on Division Street just along (Hi Ian) - The Frog And Parrot with the legendary parrot on the perch outside - permanently inebriated thanks to the generosity of the locals. A parrot in rehab, no less. Mr.Kites (now The Green Room, with none of its ambience) - what a cool place to meet friends, get a beer and a bowl of chilli. The Washington - an outstanding ale house with an endless supply of great sounds just across the green. Sheffield - we never had it so good and we just never thought it was all going to be gone someday. Everything falls apart, that's for sure. John continues to sell books, maps & prints (and has since 1999) from Church Street, Staithes, Saltburn by the Sea - visit him online at johncapes.co.uk

I care equally for both aspects of Sheffield's heritage.