After yesterday’s photo of the old Bennett’s shop front, here’s a picture of another shop just a few doors down on The Wicker, this one still in full health though. I’m not sure when the Sheffield Space Centre first moved to these premises, but it was sometime in the 80s as I recall.
I would visit regularly, browsing their wonderful stock, and buying copies of American horror movie magazines like Fangoria or special effects stuff like Cinefex. For a while a harboured a vague dream of becoming a special effects makeup artist in the vein of Tom Savini of Rick Baker or something. I went to work in an office instead…
I particularly like the Batman social distancing poster in the window. 🙂
Olympus OM-2n, Zuiko Auto-S 50mm f/1.8 & Fujichrome Velvia 100.
Taken on 2 August 2020
Steel City Snapper photography 
With all the awkwardly placed street signs nearby this is a particularly tricky shop front to photograph! My shot is taken from the other side…
I last visited the Sheffield Space Centre in 2018 when they were celebrating their 40th anniversary! I posted two volumes of images from that day. If you are interested I’ll put a couple of links below…
Best wishes, Mr C 🙂
Vol 1. https://postcardcafe.wordpress.com/2018/08/28/sheffield-space-centre-volume-1/
Vol. 2 https://steelcitystatic.wordpress.com/2018/08/28/sheffield-space-centre-volume-2/
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Thanks Mr C. Where were they located before they moved to The Wicker? I only became aware of them at that point – mostly because the bus route into town took me past. It was probably mid-late 80s that I first visited.
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I believe they were somewhere near where Broadfield Road joins Queens Road/Chesterfield Road.
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