Sheffield retro: Corner shops and the people who ran them between the 1960s and 90s

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00:00They are hubs of the community, stocking all life's daily essentials and handily placed whenever you need them.

00:08These photos look back at corner shops around Sheffield over the years, from the 1960s to the late 1990s.

00:16They also show some of the popular characters who ran them back then,

00:20friendly faces who would look out for their customers and were often the best source of local gossip.

00:27Many of the shops pictured have been lost over the years,

00:30with corner shops facing tough competition from supermarkets and the advent of online shopping.

00:36But others have clung on in the face of adversity, really proving their worth when the COVID pandemic hit.

00:43All the photos featured are shared courtesy of Picture Sheffield.

00:56For more information visit www.picture-sheffield.com