Sheffield History Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 What do we know about this place, the businesses, the buildings etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Phart Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 That's Waingate I think, 1960s judging by the car, downhill heading towards The Wicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boginspro Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 A lot of character was lost from the area with their demolition, I used the tool shop a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheffield History Posted May 14, 2020 Author Share Posted May 14, 2020 Yeah I thought it was Waingate but just can't place whereabouts.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boginspro Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 From a bit further up with a nice pair of Leylands coming up. https://picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;t04449&pos=22&action=zoom&id=34735 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Phart Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 From google maps, the hole where the shops used to be, as it looks today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tozzin Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 15 hours ago, Sheffield History said: What do we know about this place, the businesses, the buildings etc? I used to buy detachable shirt collars from Colvin’s , I think Sugarmans sold TVs, radio’s etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnstone Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 On 14/05/2020 at 13:48, tozzin said: I used to buy detachable shirt collars from Colvin’s , I think Sugarmans sold TVs, radio’s etc. The SUT shop was managed in the '60's by a friend of mine by the name of Malcom Suiter SUT eventually became part of what is now National Express. For many years the ticket office was in Pond Street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 It looked better then , to what it does now ; this is how you destroy character.! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snozzle Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 On 26/11/2020 at 16:41, martin said: It looked better then , to what it does now ; this is how you destroy character.! It certainly did ! The more recent photo could easily be mistaken for 1980's Moscow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Yes it’s Waingate, just before Ladies Bridge, the tool shop was owned by Hindley. They together with Hawley Tools in Button Lane were the main suppliers of builders and joiners tools when I was an apprentice in 1959. Both these businesses offered a discount on production of your Union Book. Hindley disappeared, I think in the 1960,s and Ken Hawley moved from Button Lane to premises off the Moor. Ken died a couple of years ago but imparted a wealth of lifetimes knowledge on tools to the Kellam island museum, where there is a museum section named after him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake's Grandad Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Used to buy two tone stay press trousers from Colvins:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJC Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 On 14/05/2020 at 11:04, boginspro said: A lot of character was lost from the area with their demolition, I used the tool shop a lot. Please correct me if I am wrong, but isn’t it cheaper to demolish than to pay business rates in respect of empty un-let property? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boginspro Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 On 27/12/2020 at 07:37, DaveJC said: Please correct me if I am wrong, but isn’t it cheaper to demolish than to pay business rates in respect of empty un-let property? I am not sure what you mean here, I don't recollect these shops being unlet until they were due for demolition. In my time in Sheffield, before Meadowhall and the general demolition of some of our fine buildings and markets there were virtually no empty shops in Sheffield. Also the last time I saw Sheffield there were more empty shops and offices than I had ever seen and many of the occupied shops did little for the City's reputation. If you advocate pulling empty building down instead of trying to fill them you would demolish half the city. but in my opinion the council should be doing a lot more to attract reputable small traders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveontheisland Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Colvins I shopped at Colvins for Levi's and Stay pressed trousers Two tone or plain. It was a great shop for young people in the late sixties and seventies. If you go to successful town centers or cities, these are the type of shops you find. Hopefully we will recover from the problems of the last few years but these will not be part of the rejuvenation. This area is at the moment the most run down area of town and in need of some decent planning. Owners of these buildings would have needed to get permission to demolish and in fact it was the council that ordered the buildings to go and be replaced by the monstrosity that replaced them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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