The Co-op opened shops around the city, and set up its first branch in Sheffield city centre in 1929, on the corner of Exchange Street and Waingate, on part of the former site of Sheffield Castle. In 1962, this moved to a new site named ‘Castle House’, in tribute to the site of the old store.
The Co-op in Castle House on Angel Street/Castle Street closed earlier this summer but these retro pictures will take you back to a very different era, before the advent of self-checkouts, online shopping and mobile apps.
1. Staircase
The famous spiral staircase in the Brightside & Carbrook Co-op Store, Castle House, Sheffield, in 1964 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
2. Restaurant
Do you remember the restaurant in the store? - pictured here in 1964 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
3. Knitting
Browsing the knitting patterns in the Brightside & Carbrook Store, Castle House, Sheffield, in 1986 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
4. Castle Street
A view of Castle Street, Sheffield, looking towards the 'new' Castle Market building and Brightside & Carbrook department store on the right, August 1964 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers