Now and Then: Photos of Fargate today and in 60s show Sheffield city centre street's transformation

The scene from the early 1960s shows Davy’s Cafe, a popular eating place, and Barratt’s shoe shop, among other long-gone premises, as drivers wait at the zebra crossing on the bustling street.

Fast-forward 60 years and things look very different, with electronic billboards nestled among the trees on the now-pedestrianised thoroughfare.

While most of the shop fronts have changed, many of the buildings pictured remain the same in these very different eras, including, in the distance, the old Telegraph & Star building just off High Street, Sheffield, at the bottom of Fargate.

There could be many more changes in store as Fargate awaits a long-overdue revival, with £15.8m of Government funding secured in an attempt to breathe new life into the street.

Plans include converting an empty shop into a multi-storey events building, creating new access to flats in disused offices, and building pocket parks.