These photos take you back to a golden age for the British high street, long before internet shopping changed the face of retail.
They capture scenes on shopping streets around Yorkshire during the 60s and 70s, including many of that era’s most popular brands.
A family shopping trip back then might have included stops at British Home Stores for some new school trousers, Saxone or Dolcis for fresh footwear, Mothercare for nappies, and, if you were lucky, Woolworths for pick ‘n’ mix.
This retro photo gallery features all those once iconic British shops, plus many more that have been lost over the years.
There are also some that you’ll probably only recall if you’re from Yorkshire, like Vallances, in Leeds, which helped a generation of pop pickers broaden their musical horizons; or Sheffield’s beloved Redgates toy shop, which was affectionately dubbed the Yorkshire Disneyland.
Popular department stores of the day included Marshall & Snelgrove, Cole Brothers, Lewis’s, Walsh’s and Cockaynes, while John Collier, Peter Robinson, Richards and Wallis were among the leading fashion outlets.
What were your favourite shops in the 60s and 70s, and were there any that you particularly hated being dragged to as a child?
13. Suggs
Sugg Sport, on Pinstone Street, Sheffield, in 1960. The business was a leading supplier of football, cricket and fishing equipment, and continued trading until 2002. To the right is the entrance to the old Cambridge Arcade. | Getty Images Photo: Paul Walters Worldwide Photography Ltd./Heritage Images
14. Lewis's
Customers queue for the sale at Lewis's department store, in Leeds, on December 29, 1975 | YPN
15. Cole Brothers
Fargate, Sheffield city centre, in 1962, showing shops including Cole Brothers department store | Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
16. Dolcis
Shops on Briggate, Leeds, in November 1967, including H Samuel, Timpson and Dolcis | YPN