Firvale Creamery, on Barnsley Road, Sheffield, in the 1940s or 50s. It was located close to the Workhouse/Hospital and the nearby Sunbeam Cinema. Tramps used to leave their few possessions at the shop before going to the Workhouse so that they wouldn't be confiscated by the staff there. They would redeem them the next day before carrying on with their journey. There were 100 jars of sweets displayed in mobile stands, and vending machines, jars of sweets and Walls Ice Cream in front of the shop. Mr Latham was known by the children as 'Mester Creamery Man'.Firvale Creamery, on Barnsley Road, Sheffield, in the 1940s or 50s. It was located close to the Workhouse/Hospital and the nearby Sunbeam Cinema. Tramps used to leave their few possessions at the shop before going to the Workhouse so that they wouldn't be confiscated by the staff there. They would redeem them the next day before carrying on with their journey. There were 100 jars of sweets displayed in mobile stands, and vending machines, jars of sweets and Walls Ice Cream in front of the shop. Mr Latham was known by the children as 'Mester Creamery Man'.
Firvale Creamery, on Barnsley Road, Sheffield, in the 1940s or 50s. It was located close to the Workhouse/Hospital and the nearby Sunbeam Cinema. Tramps used to leave their few possessions at the shop before going to the Workhouse so that they wouldn't be confiscated by the staff there. They would redeem them the next day before carrying on with their journey. There were 100 jars of sweets displayed in mobile stands, and vending machines, jars of sweets and Walls Ice Cream in front of the shop. Mr Latham was known by the children as 'Mester Creamery Man'.

Sheffield retro: 23 photos to bring back sweet memories of ice cream and ‘spice’ sellers down the decades

By Robert Cumber
Published 6th Jun 2023, 04:45 BST
These photos of ice cream sellers and sweet shops in Sheffield down the years are enough to leave anyone with a sweet tooth drooling.

This retro photo gallery, stretching back more than 100 years, features several of the businesses which have given us our sugar fix over the decades. Some have been lost, while others are still going strong.

The nostalgic images show ice cream being sold from vans and at shops around the city. They also show sweets – still referred to by some Sheffielders as ‘spice’ – being manufactured.

Manufacturng sweets at A. L. Simpkin and Co. in Hillsborough, Sheffield, in October 1973.

21. Simpkins

Manufacturng sweets at A. L. Simpkin and Co. in Hillsborough, Sheffield, in October 1973. Photo: Picture Sheffield/Sheffield newspapers

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Ivy Clow (later Yates) outside Thornton's Chocolate Kabin on the corner of Howard Street and Union Street in Sheffield city centre in 1920.

22. Thornton's

Ivy Clow (later Yates) outside Thornton's Chocolate Kabin on the corner of Howard Street and Union Street in Sheffield city centre in 1920. Photo: Picture Sheffield

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Old houses and sweet shop at the corner of Towngate Road and Top Road in Worrall, Sheffield.

23. Worrall

Old houses and sweet shop at the corner of Towngate Road and Top Road in Worrall, Sheffield. Photo: Picture Sheffield

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