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 Gateplaceholder image
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

26 nostalgic photos from the 1970s of popular shops, pubs and nightclubs in the city centre

These were some of the places where the people of Sheffield used to shop, eat and enjoy a drink or night on the town during the 1970s

Let’s take a look back down memory lane with some of these memory-inducing pictures of Sheffield in the 1970s.

They were the places where Sheffielders went to eat, drink, shop and socialise in the city during the course of the decade.

In this gallery of nostalgic images, you can relive the memory of the much-loved and missed Redgates department store, often referred to as a ‘Yorkshire Disneyland’ by many.

There are even some celebrity appearances in various places in Sheffield contained within; from a TV personality to a hugely successful English rock band.

Do you remember the very trendy and glamorous Josephine’s or how about the much-missed The Gaumont cinema?

How many places do you remember from this era in time? Which ones would you like to see return?

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