madannie77 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 On 16/08/2011 at 09:00, vox said: John Mace Ltd., Exchange st, Sheffield, and Branches. Phone 24671. Cropped from a September 1952 photo of a tram on Exchange Street: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJE638 Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 In the late 1960's I worked for a firm of Accountant who did the financial accounts for Maces. When completing the account's, we always used to ask business owners if they had any dead stock - meaning any that they were not expecting to sell because of age, damaged etc. I still smile today when I remember that when we asked one of the female manages at Maces, she provided us with a list of all the dead animal's/birds etc. that they had had during the previous 12 months. We were always careful how we asked that question in future years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorntons girl Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 I loved Maces, a big part of my childhood. It was a treat to go there and look at the animals and see the parrot, it was a proper treat and a day out to go there! It was cramped, a bit smelly and always busy, but it was full of animals and surprises! I can still smell it in my memories. We need a pet shop in town now, its a shame the one on the bottom of the moor as gone, it wasnt as good as Maces though/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lysander Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 I seem to remember you entered the shop and then went down stairs into a cellar which, as Thorntons girl says, was cramped and had a special odour which couldn't be mistaken for anywhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorntons girl Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Hi Lysander, I remember that we went up stairs, not down, the ground floor was where they sold sawdust and big bags of materials. It was only a small shop but it was always packed with families all eager to see the latest new animals. I do miss it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lysander Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Could be...I just remember there were stairs involved. I doubt, today, they would be allowed to sell animals under such conditions but, hey, we knew how to live with simple pleasures and without too many rules and restrictions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Worrall Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Hi, I remember Mace's, but am I right in thinking that the original shop was in the Pond Street area - somewhere in the area behind the GPO, what is now Sheffield Hallam University? I think Michael Mace went to Hurlfield between 1964-69? Paul 'Wazzie' Worrall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voldy Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Hi Paul, The post on January 16th by madannie77 clarified where the 'original' ( at least to most of the earlier posters) shop was located and I can remember getting two budgerigars there in the late 30's. Whether that shop under the old Norfolk Market Hall was their first location I don't know, but maybe someone can confirm or clarify their very first trading spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neddy Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 1911, John Mace, bird specialist and naturalist 76 Blonk Street house 24 Royal Exchange Buildings, Lady's Bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreman87 Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 We had a green cock budgie (that lived to make 13yrs) from there, also a black and white rabbit that made 11yrs) a grass snake, and, over the years, several tortoises. Maces (and the Rag Market) was always part of any trip into town with mum in the early 50s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 https://www.ebay.co.uk/ Exchange Street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 John Mace Ltd., Hereford Street. s17124 Hereford Street, premises include Peter Worth, Estate, and Insurance Agents, No 26, Jn. Mace Ltd., Pet Stores, No 28, H. Thomas, Horse Flesh Dealer, No 30, William Marsden and Son, Bakers. March 1965. John Mace Ltd., 235 London Road. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;t14434&pos=24&action=zoom&id=152263 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;t14295&pos=43&action=zoom&id=151878 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;t14421&pos=45&action=zoom&id=152247 Exchange Street and Castle Market showing (centre) No. 15 John Mace Ltd., pet supplies, left. May 1995. s01974 John Mace Ltd., 15 Exchange Street. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;t13640&pos=76&action=zoom&id=151444 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;t12494&pos=41&action=zoom&id=101781 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;t14296&pos=44&action=zoom&id=151879 Painting depicting Mace's Pet Shop, part of the old Norfolk Market Hall. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s22438&pos=54&action=zoom&id=25033 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 On 30/07/2023 at 07:33, Ponytail said: https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;t12494&pos=41&action=zoom&id=101781 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;t14296&pos=44&action=zoom&id=151879 I do not think these two photographs are Exchange Street? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 518 London Road, junction of Broadfield Road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 John Mace, corn chandler, house 190 Warminster Road. (1925 dir.). John Mace, corn merchant, Norfolk Market Hall arches, 6, 7 & 8 Exchange Sreet. (1925 dir.). John Mace Ltd., corn merchants, Norfolk Market Hall arches, 6, 7, 8 & 9 Exchange Sreet. (1957 dir.). John Mace Ltd., pet stores, 26 Hereford Street, (1957 dir.). John Mace Ltd., corn merchants, 518 London Road, (1957 dir.). John Mace Ltd., corn merchants, Wharf Street, (1957 dir.). John Mace Ltd., poultry food dealers, 54 Effingham Street, Rotherham, (1957 dir.). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 1 hour ago, SteveHB said: I do not think these two photographs are Exchange Street? Definitely not Exchange Street, Castle Market period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 7 minutes ago, Ponytail said: Definitely not Exchange Street, Castle Market period. Could be somewhere near the canal basin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Maces Pet Stores Ltd., 773 Chesterfield Road, (1965 dir.). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 54 minutes ago, SteveHB said: Could be somewhere near the canal basin. Maltravers Street https://www.picturesheffield.com/t11659 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 6 hours ago, SteveHB said: Maltravers Street https://www.picturesheffield.com/t11659 Well done, please let Mark Goodwill at Picture Sheffield know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackey lad Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Remember buying a Hamster from Maces ( best shop in the world) . When I got it home it'd had about 5 babies in the carrying box . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tozzin Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 On 29/07/2023 at 20:50, SteveHB said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/ Exchange Street I remember going into Maces under the old Market Hall, you went down wide stone steps that I seem to remember turn gracefully to the right, the aroma that hit you was mainly a mix of if all kind animal feeds, placed around the cellar were sacks with the all types of feed, the sacks were rolled down to expose the goods within, it was here I looked at the caged birds and other pets, it was here I bought a Grass Snake, I’m sure it cost me half a crown, a pure silver one at that, it was a terrible shame when some idiots decided to demolish the Market Hall. Why don’t these architectural vandals ever get prosecuted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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