Sheffield History Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Interesting photo here of Atkinsons on the Moor under construction! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartshome Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 It certainly is! I worked there after leaving school 1968, and the area looked different then to this photo. Now! the surroundings appear different again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antony Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 Wow, that’s cool. So have Atkinsons been in there since day 1? I do wonder how much longer they’ll survive…… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lysanderix Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 Their original store was destroyed during the War and the replacement has always been occupied by Atkinsons. I too wonder how long they will survive ,given they are the only departmental store left out of Sheffield’s once abundant range…..when visitors came to our City to enjoy its shopping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
History dude Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 Well they do now have a monopoly on being the only department store present! Plus they have a good online presence too. They often come up in my Google search for products. They did have a good hardware department, I used to get loads of stuff from there. Hopefully they still do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 Temporary display/premises, north side of the Moor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 The Moor showing Atkinsons Emporium. 1939. y09947 Image from The City of Sheffield Commercial Handbook and Illustrated Guide, 1939 (Local Studies 914.274 S) Advertisement for John Atkinson (Service Store) Ltd., Leopold Street, Central Store (The Moor), No. 215 The Moor and High Court. 1956. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;y14191&pos=2&action=zoom&id=99899 John Atkinson Ltd., department store and Tuckwood's Stores, provisions department, No. 29 Fargate. 1948. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s10658&pos=48&action=zoom&id=13788 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 23 minutes ago, SteveHB said: Temporary display/premises, north side of the Moor The Moor, temporary window dispays belonging to John Atkinson, left, former premises (Blitz damaged) belonging to Burton Montague, right. 1953. s18040 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 John Atkinson, draper, Nos. 76 - 84 South Street, Moor. 1905. s02734 South Street, Moor, was renamed The Moor, Feb. 1922. John Atkinson Ltd., The Draper, 76, 80, 82, 86, 88 and 90, South Street, Moor. u04919 Advertisement for grand display of Autumn Goods by John Atkinson, the Draper, 76, 80, 82, 86, 88 and 90, Sheffield Moor, Prince Street and Eldon Street. Copied from pamphlet celebrating Zion Congregational Church, Attercliffe Cenenary Bazaar. Tues, Wed, Thur, 4th: 5th and 6th December 1900. See also M.P. 4401 (b) S (Local Studies Library Miscellaneous Papers) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 J. Atkinson Ltd., No 76-90 The Moor, after air raid. December 1940. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s01242&pos=45&action=zoom&id=5100 Top Floors. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s01240&pos=43&action=zoom&id=5098 Site of the new John Atkinson Ltd., department store, Nos. 78 - 82 The Moor. y02936 John Atkinson Ltd., department store, Nos. 78 - 82 The Moor showing (extreme right) junction with Holy Green. 1976. s44663 Sign reads 'Meet Father Christmas in the Eskimo Ice Cave and visit the toy department.' Also shows the entrance to J. Sainsbury Ltd., which was situated on the 1st floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 Atkinsons of Sheffield: A Potted History 15/01/2020. https://app.legalrss.co.uk/article/feed/atkinsons-of-sheffield-a-potted-history/ John Atkinson, "The best services that can be provided by all who are responsible." 7th September 2022. By David Poole. https://sheffielder.net/tag/john-atkinson/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartshome Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 2 hours ago, Ponytail said: John Atkinson, draper, Nos. 76 - 84 South Street, Moor. 1905. s02734 South Street, Moor, was renamed The Moor, Feb. 1922. John Atkinson Ltd., The Draper, 76, 80, 82, 86, 88 and 90, The Moor. u04919 Advertisement for grand display of Autumn Goods by John Atkinson, the Draper, 76, 80, 82, 86, 88 and 90, Sheffield Moor, Prince Street and Eldon Street. Copied from pamphlet celebrating Zion Congregational Church, Attercliffe Cenenary Bazaar. Tues, Wed, Thur, 4th: 5th and 6th December 1900. See also M.P. 4401 (b) S (Local Studies Library Miscellaneous Papers) THIS! was a most stunning store! When first starting work at the new store, we had a training session. At the first of which we were given the history info of the original store, and shown photographs of the interior. Wow! it was beautiful! it had a style not unlike Liberty's in London, with balcony views. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Various John Atkinson Advertisements through the Years. Advertisement for John Atkinson's, draper, Sheffield Moor. 1889. y12274 Image from Sheffield and Neighbourhood (page 211) (printed and published by Pawson and Brailsford, Sheffield, 1889 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 914.274 S). Programme of Music in the Parks, season 1908 (page 15): Advertisement for John Atkinson, draper, Nos. 76 - 90 The Moor. Novelties for Whitsuntide. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;y15384&pos=80&action=zoom&id=153891 Sheffield Aviation Week advertisement. March 1914.y06301 Image from Sheffield Daily Independent, 30 Mar 1914. Advertisement for John Atkinson, draper, The Moor. 1914.y03918 Image from Sheffield Independent's War Album 'Our Boys at the Front', part 1, 1914 (Local Studies 940.5341 SST) Advertisement for John Atkinson, department store, Nos. 76 - 90 The Moor. 1916.y05266 Image from Sheffield Telegraph Year Book 1916 (page 166) (Local Studies 032.74 S). Advertisement for John Atkinson Ltd., household appliances, The Moor. 1939y09946 Image from The City of Sheffield Commercial Handbook and Illustrated Guide, 1939 (Local Studies 914.274 S) Advertisement for 'A Festival of Autumn Fashion' staged by John Atkinson Ltd., Edmund Road Drill Hall. 1956.y14192 This consisted of three entirely seperate parades daily: 2.30pm Fashion for out-of-doors. 6.00pm Fashion in the home. 8.00pm Fashion for special occasions. Held in the Fashion Theatre, First Floor, Edmund Road Drill Hall, Sheffield. Image from Homes and Trades Exhibition, Edmund Road Drill Hall, 3-13 Oct 1956 programme (Sheffield Local Studies Library: PAMP 1444 S) Advertisement for Atkinson's (John Atkinson Ltd.), the complete home furnishers. 1956. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;y14181&pos=63&action=zoom&id=99984 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartshome Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Found this photo from 1922, you see the Liberty style I mentioned! Wish we had something like this now! Heartshome 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Published: May 9 1882 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Purses and wallets at the ready? Don't forget to save some for the new year's sales ... Christmas Bazaar: December 10 1892 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartshome Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 2 hours ago, SteveHB said: Purses and wallets at the ready? Don't forget to save some for the new year's sales ... Christmas Bazaar: December 10 1892 Oh!! I would LOVE to have seen what there 'Christmas Bazaar' was like! I would imagine a great spectacle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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