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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13. Young Rascals
Young Rascals clothes shop on Pinstone Street, Sheffield, in 1975, with a poster advertising the chance to 'Meet the Wombles'. Photo: Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers | Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers
14. Lotus
Shops on Cambridge Street, Sheffield city centre, viewed from Pinstone Street, in August 1973, including Lotus and Delta shoe shop, Suede Centre, Bargain Beauty, and Leicester Temperance Building Society | Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
15. 'Smallest shop in Sheffield'
Florence Thackeray inside the 'smallest shop in Sheffield', at 44 Upper Hanover Street, in September 1977 | Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
16. 70s fashion
Jackson the Tailor, Fargate, Sheffield, in January 1978 | Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers Ltd