These photos of traders and their shops, pubs and restaurants on London Road during the 1980s and 1990s show how much it has changed over the years. While it has lost none of its vibrancy, many familiar businesses have been swept away by time and replaced by new traders. These images are bound to bring back memories of some of the shops which have been lost and the friendly faces who used to run them, but there are shops and pubs which have stood the test of time, perhaps most famously the furniture seller Ponsford, which has been trading for more than 125 years.
All the pictures in this photo gallery are courtesy of Picture Sheffield: https://www.picturesheffield.com.
![H. Ponsford Ltd, furniture dealers, Nos.577-609 London Road, Heeley, Sheffield, pictured in 1987. The business has been running since 1893](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjRiZjkyMTBhLTI2NDgtNDc2NS05NjNmLWQ5YzlmYzMyM2VlMzo4MDM4ZWZkZC1jMmZiLTRlOWYtODM2NS0xMzI4NTdhNzc2NDg=.png?crop=3:2&width=640)
13. Ponsford
H. Ponsford Ltd, furniture dealers, Nos.577-609 London Road, Heeley, Sheffield, pictured in 1987. The business has been running since 1893 Photo: Picture Sheffield
![Shops on London Road, Sheffield, in June 1997, showing (right to left) Kung Heng and Co, continental grocer (No.169) and Wavelength Music](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjIxYjMxNDg5LTBiMzgtNGIwNC04MWIzLTkzMTNmNGE3MmEwZjpkYjI2N2I5OC01MTUwLTQ1M2UtOTg5Yi1jYTYxYmNhMWRiNzI=.png?crop=3:2&width=640)
14. Kung Heng and Co
Shops on London Road, Sheffield, in June 1997, showing (right to left) Kung Heng and Co, continental grocer (No.169) and Wavelength Music Photo: Picture Sheffield
![Shops on London Road, Sheffield, in September 1987, showing (right to left) Local Trading Company, upholsterers sundries (No.207); Sayer's (No.205); the Curry Centre (No.203); Yun Stores Ltd, butchers (No.201) and T. and B. Arnold, bakers and confectioners (No. 199)](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjdmYzkwNjFkLThiNzItNGQ4OC05MzE1LTE1NjM2YTU5N2YzYjpjN2UxOWIyZC00MWYwLTQxNGMtOTFlNC0yMzRmYTM1NjRlYzA=.png?crop=3:2&width=640)
15. Sayer's
Shops on London Road, Sheffield, in September 1987, showing (right to left) Local Trading Company, upholsterers sundries (No.207); Sayer's (No.205); the Curry Centre (No.203); Yun Stores Ltd, butchers (No.201) and T. and B. Arnold, bakers and confectioners (No. 199) Photo: Picture Sheffield