Sheffield History Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Christmas in Sheffield City Centre Watch here 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdnn4iuUmGU #sheffield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartshome Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Nice, but not like Sheffield used to be at Christmas. We were so well known for our displays, coach loads of people travelled to our wonderful 'CITY LIGHTS', glorious from one end of town to the other. There were fantastic Grotto's in the stores, always a Santa's Forest somewhere! Loads of open street stalls selling everything you can think of, the smashing smell of MULLED WINE wafting around, sometime even real Reindeer. The experience all lifted with the sound of a Sally Army band playing Carols, and groups of children singing. The PEACE GARDENS as they were then were gloriously decorated. Such happy times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheffield History Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 I remember going to see Father Christmas and loving it Debenhams was the first one I went to and of course the C&A on Angel Street? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lysandernovo Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 I well remember the gloomy immediate post war Christmases where the City had but a solitary Christmas tree outside the Town Hall. Most Department stores had trimmings with many having Santa's "grotty"( as my Mum called them) Grottos. We always knew we were nearing the magic season when the Co Op milk had fancy bottle tops and the pavement outside Boots was widened with a wooden construction...so busy was the place that spilling on the busy road was an accident waiting to happen....A time of joy and of hopes for a better future! Happy Christmas everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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