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10 pictures showing Sheffield's changing sweet tooth over the years

By Julia Armstrong

Published 24th May 2021, 16:45 GMT

Here’s a selection box from Picture Sheffield showing how the city’s sweet tooth was satisfied in days gone by.

Some of these producers and sellers of sweets, chocolates and ice creams are long gone, others fondly remembered and some still with us, such as Thornton’s - a household name which began as a Sheffield business - Granelli’s and Zaika.

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Ye Olde Sweete Shop, Chesterfield Road, Woodseats in the 1920s. Ref no: s00878 Photo: Picture Sheffield

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Zaika Kebab And Sweets Ltd, Attercliffe Road/Shortridge Street, pictured in 2013. Ref no: c04602 Photo: Picture Sheffield

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10 pictures showing Sheffield's changing sweet tooth over the years

Here’s a selection box from Picture Sheffield showing how the city’s sweet tooth was satisfied in days gone by.

9 of the best places in Sheffield to go for Sunday lunch – according to our readers

9. Woodseats wonders

10. New flavours

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