Retro Sheffield: Remembering the City’s Cafés and Coffee Spots of the 60s–70s

Where would the world be with­out its dai­ly caf­feine injec­tion, giv­ing weary work­ers the shot in the arm they need?

Cafes and cof­fee hous­es have been part of life in the UK for hun­dreds of years, pro­vid­ing patrons with that vital boost.

These nos­tal­gic pho­tos take us back to the 60s and 70s, show­ing some of the most pop­u­lar spots at which to grab a cup­pa and a bite to eat back then.

From busy work­ers mak­ing a pit stop on their morn­ing com­mute, to cus­tomers seek­ing a more leisure­ly drink, per­haps while perus­ing the papers or meet­ing a friend, they catered for every­one.

The cafes pic­tured include one in an old cin­e­ma, anoth­er with­in Sheffield’s lost Vic­to­ria rail­way sta­tion, and a third at the city’s Play­house the­atre.

Most of these cafes have long since closed, but some are still going strong all these years lat­er.

All the pho­tos are shared cour­tesy of Pic­ture Sheffield.

Do these images bring back any mem­o­ries”>mem­o­ries for you? Is your favourite old cafe pic­tured in this retropho­to gallery?