Thursday 27 January 2011

Sheffield 1960

A brief interruption to the 1968 series of pictures comes in the form of these two lovely colour snaps of Sheffield city centre from 1960, and in glorious Kodak colour too.



The first picture is taken from the top of the pre-pedestrianised Fargate, looking up towards Barker's Pool.



This picture is looking back towards the point of view of the first photograph, from outside City Hall. On the right is the lovely old (and not so long demolished) Gaumont cinema. You can smell the pre-Clean Air Act atmosphere, ripe with factory smoke, Players cigarettes, Boots perfume and mentholated lozenges. We must fast forward in time for the next post though...
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5 comments:

  1. Dan C27 January 2011 at 09:37

    Great pictures, but 25 years or so is stretching 'not so long demolished', surely?

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  2. Between Channels27 January 2011 at 16:33

    Built in the late twenties, demolished in the mid eighties. Yes, you're probably right - though the Gaumont has a place in my heart as it was the second cinema I ever visited. Outstandingly plush compared to the multiplexes we have today. I guess my memories of watching 'Ghostbusters' in that glorious place have compressed time a little!

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  3. Lucy4 February 2011 at 12:30

    These are gorgeous photos, especially the second one.

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  4. Between Channels6 February 2011 at 06:05

    Thanks Lucy, glad you like them - I'm trying to root out some more late 50s / early 60s images.

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  5. Jase Heeley8 March 2012 at 19:42

    Great images. These immediately reminded me of my Dad's old Kodachrome slides of the Sheffield Christmas lights, taken in 1971 and viewable here, if you're interested: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7705990@N06/4146235016/in/set-72157608275626523/

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