Sheffield retro: 35 nostalgic photos show famous streets before they were pedestrianised

These photos take you back to the days before some of the city’s most famous streets were pedestrianised.

They show buses and trams rattling along The Moor and Fargate, and cars parked at Barker’s Pool and what is today Tudor Square.

Fargate was closed to motor vehicles in 1973, with The Moor following suit in 1979.

Tudor Square, as it is now known, was only fully pedestrianised in 1991, as part of preparations for that year’s World Student Games. This prominent feature of Sheffield’s theatre land, beside the Lyceum and later the Crucible, had previously been used as a car park.

The road in front of City Hall at Barker’s Pool, meanwhile, was closed to motor traffic in 1989. The public square is today the scene of many demonstrations and is, of course, home to the annual Remembrance Sunday commemorations.

These nostalgic pictures take us back through the years along these streets from the 1970s all the way to the early 1900s, when The Moor was still known as South Street.

It’s not just the traffic which has changed.

These fascinating images show the many businesses which have come and gone over the decades, including the Cole Brothers and Roberts Brothers department stores, and Woolworths.

This retro gallery also captures some vanished landmarks, including the long-forgotten Crimean Monument at Moorhead, and the shops at Barker’s Pool which were demolished to make way for the war memorial.

Do you remember the days when cars ran along The Moor and Fargate, and are there any other Sheffield streets you would like to see pedestrianised?

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