Before the likes of Amazon, huge shopping complexes like Meadowhall, we used to get the bus into the city centre for our shopping desires and to fulfil our retail kicks.
These photos will transport you back to the high streets of the 1960s and beyond in Sheffield, and the shops we had back then.
There were a lot more department stores in those days, but in this gallery we take a look at some of the smaller shops that had their very own following that is fondly remembered even to this day.
Do you remember shopping in any of these stores and smaller businesses over the years?
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9. Shops
Peter Robinson, C & A and Horne's menswear can be seen through the top of the Hole in the Road in the 1970s
10. Menswear
Colvin menswear shop, on Pinstone Street, Sheffield city centre, in March 1973 | Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
11. 'Meat purveyor'
H. Savage butchers shop, on London Road, Sharrow, Sheffield, in February 1977. To the left is Thrift Shop, 'fancy goods' suppliers, and to the right is a womens clothes store | Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
12. High Street
High Street, Sheffield, in 1976, with shops including the shoe seller Freeman Hardy Willis, tailors Hector Powe, and Saxone Shoes | Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers Ltd