Experience the sights and sounds of the international market livening up Pinstone Street in Sheffield city centre for the bank holiday weekend. Sign up for newsletters from The Star Take a tour of the stalls selling delicious-looking cuisines - and imagine the mouth-watering aromas that go with them - while virtually mingling with shoppers in the warm spring sunshine. The council’s Welcome to Sheffield website states Market Place Europe has returned with another edition of the popular...
They showcase the best of what the St Johns Shopping Centre had to offer during the 1990s, a decade when shoppers spent hours looking around the shops for bargains. The photos take you up and down the escalator to put the shops you (prpbably) visited back in the day into focus. The images are a mix from the YEP archive and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. They also run heritage blog The Secret Library Leeds, which...
Sheffield city centre is undergoing a major transformation, with a new hotel, a huge food hall and a clutch of exciting independent shops opening soon. Fargate is undergoing a major overhaul too, while the old Cole Brothers department store and the former Kingdom nightclub are both set for a new lease of life. These pictures show how much Sheffield city centre has changed since the 1980s and 90s, with some areas barely recognisable. Lost pubs, old cinemas and much-missed shops all feature in...
Edinburgh Council is exploring options to keep the Royal Mile’s tourist information open after its closure was announced by VisitScotland. The organisation plans to shut its 25 ‘iCentres’ across the country due to “significant” changes in the tourism landscape. The Edinburgh branch, located at 249 High Street adjacent to the City Chambers, operates within a leased space provided by the council and shares facilities with its customer hub. It’s winding-up is part of a phased two-year closure...
The iconic building in Norfolk Street, directly opposite the Crucible Theatre, was celebrated as the home of Sheffield Methodism since the start of the 20th century. But the original intention saw it designed not just as a place of worship but also as a concert venue. Before the launch of Sheffield City Hall in 1932, the Victoria Hall was the leading concert venue in the city, with many leading national orchestras playing concerts there. Just days after the Sheffield Blitz in December 1940, an...
Age UK Sheffield is opening up a new flagship charity shop in Banner Cross, Sheffield, this week. From Thursday, May 2, this new site, at 882 Ecclesall Road, adds to the charity’s existing three sites on Abbeydale Road, in Bradway and in Broomhill. Age UK Sheffield is an independent, local charity that works hard to address poverty, social isolation and loneliness experienced by older people in the city. Any retail proceeds help it to deliver its services. It provides benefit entitlement...
Phil Woodland, aged 55, took over the business from his father Keith ten years ago
China Mini Market and Ji The Chicken Shop have opened on Smithford Way
A revamp of Sheffield city centre is set to run into a third year after costs more than doubled to £33.6m. Phase 2 of works under the Future High Street Fund project are unlikely to start before 2025, council documents show. Follow the latest from Sheffield United with The Star’s free football newsletter High Street, Castle Square, Hartshead Square, George Street and Mulberry Street are all in line for an upgrade. The authority says the work is ‘essential’ because it will improve links between...
With around 90 traders selling everything from meat and fish to perfume and jewellery, Sheffield’s Moor Market is a great place to bag a bargain. It is just over a decade since the market opened on The Moor, replacing the old Castle Market at the other end of Sheffield city centre. When we visited at around lunchtime on a Tuesday in April, there was a steady flow of shoppers, with queues at many stalls, and it was hard to find a table in the food hall there. Get a bespoke headline round-up, as...
The alleged gang fight Melbourne's Highpoint Shopping Centre on Thursday is the second within a week at the mall and comes just days after the Westfield Bondi Junction mass killing.
Mystery surrounds proposals for a £50m arena in Sheffield city centre. Former Sheffield MP Richard Caborn put forward plans for a new 4,000 seat venue that could host concerts, exhibitions, conferences and even World Snooker in 2022. The bus station on Pond Street and a site off Dixon Lane near Park Square roundabout were earmarked as possible locations. And it was suggested it could be erected in 18 months using off-site construction methods. Mr Caborn said he brought the people behind the Abba...