This retro photo gallery celebrates the cafes and coffee bars around Sheffield during the 60s and 70s.
They provided us with our daily caffeine fix back then, but they were also a vital part of the city’s social fabric, bringing people together over a cuppa and a bite to eat.
From catching up with friends to important business meetings, or simply a much-needed pit-stop during your busy day, they were there when you needed them.
The businesses pictured in this retro photo gallery range from much-loved independent cafes to well-known chains.
The nostalgic images show some of the most popular places to eat and drink, not just in the city centre but out in the suburbs, including Tinsley, Sharrow, Burngreave and Grimesthorpe.
Do you remember dining at the Golden Egg, or grabbing a cuppa at the Cosy Cafe before hopping on your train across the road at Sheffield Midland Railway Station?
Even if you didn’t drink at these cafes, these photos will take you back to a lost era, when Sheffield’s streets looked very different.
Do these photos bring back any happy memories for you, and what cafe or coffee shop do you miss most?
5. Cosy Cafe
Cosy Cafe, Sheaf Street, opposite Sheffield Midland Railway Station, in 1963 | Picture Sheffield Photo: Picture Sheffield
6. Landers
Businesses on Attercliffe Road Sheffield in March 1977, looking towards Banners department store, including Landers Bread Ltd, grill and coffee bar; Marcway Models; R.C. Hopkinson Ltd, grocers; Wm. Timpson Ltd; R Westons Chemist Ltd; M C Hitchens; and Ernest Burgess Ltd, tailors | Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers Ltd Photo: Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
7. Mustard Seed
The Mustard Seed restaurant and coffee bar, on Norfolk Street, Sheffield city centre, in 1972 | Picture Sheffield Photo: Picture Sheffield
8. Sternhall
Sternhall restaurant and coffee lounge, on Glossop Road, Sheffield, in March 1978 | Picture Sheffield Photo: Picture Sheffield