Wind the clock back further and there are so many famous shops which have been lost over the years, from Redgates at the top of The Moor, the fondly remembered toy shop which was like a magical world for generations of children, to C&A and Woolworth. In fact, Atkinsons department store, at the bottom of The Moor, stands out as one of the few constants in the city centre during decades of change.
We’ve had a look through the archives to bring you these nostalgic photos of some of Sheffield's favourite and most-missed shops which have disappeared for good. As the mad Christmas shopping rush begins, this photo gallery will help take you back to a different era on the high street, long before the days of Amazon.
9. Sexy Rexy
Sexy Rexy's clothes shop on Pinstone Street in Sheffield city centre was synonymous with style in the 1970s. Two models posing outside the store in this photo were showing off the latest fashions of the day Photo: JPI
10. Walsh's
Bargain hunters scour the shelves during a sale at Walsh's department Store, on High Street, Sheffield, on January 7, 1976 Photo: Julia Armstrong
11. Redgates
A model railway at Redgates in Sheffield city centre, a toy store so beloved by generations of Sheffield children that there's a plaque to remember it on the building that replaced it at the top of The Moor/Furnival Gate Photo: Submitted
12. C&A
Sheffield's former C&A store on High Street. It later became a Primark before that moved to The Moor. C&A used to be a mainstay of the British high street and the chain still has many stores elsewhere in Europe Photo: National World