But The Moor has experienced huge changes over the years, as this retro photo gallery shows.
Many stores have come and gone as shopping habits have changed. There are few constants other than Sheffield’s famous Atkinsons department store at the foot of The Moor, with the business having celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2022.
These photos, from the 1960s, 70s, 80s and 90s, show lost shops ranging from those which have disappeared more recently, like Debenhams, BHS and Woolworths, to those which vanished long ago including the old Pauldens and Roberts Brothers department stores.
All the images featured in this retro photo gallery are shared courtesy of Picture Sheffield.
These photos, from the 1960s, 70s, 80s and 90s, show lost shops ranging from those which have disappeared more recently, like Debenhams, BHS and Woolworths, to those which vanished long ago including the old Pauldens and Roberts Brothers department stores.
![The bandstand on The Moor, Sheffield city centre, in March 1990, with Dunn & Co, GT News, Zing Vaa Chinese Restaurant, and Visionhire.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmViOWI0ODU1LTIyOGYtNGE2MC04NWFkLTBmYjhhOTBkZDNiYjpiNjQ3Yzg3My0zN2M1LTQ5ZGEtOTNhMS0zMmFhMGY0MTZhNjE=.png?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
9. Dunn & Co
The bandstand on The Moor, Sheffield city centre, in March 1990, with Dunn & Co, GT News, Zing Vaa Chinese Restaurant, and Visionhire.Photo: Picture Sheffield
![Debenhams department store at the top of The Moor, Sheffield city centre, in 1983](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmQ1YzQzMzIzLWNhNzctNDM4ZS1hY2U1LWExNzc1M2FiYjE2MDoyMzNlMWRmYS02NjMwLTQwZTMtYjJhNi1jODNhOGIwMDFmNjU=.png?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
10. Debenhams
Debenhams department store at the top of The Moor, Sheffield city centre, in 1983Photo: Picture Sheffield
![The Moor, Sheffield city centre, seen from Young Street, in March 1963, showing Milletts Stores](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjIxMWI4NTQwLTUyOTctNDU2OS1iODFjLWI2ZTlhNGYyMzA0NTpkYzhmNjk4YS03M2NlLTQwNzEtOTZkZS01OGRmNDM3MGEyNTQ=.png?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
11. Milletts Stores
The Moor, Sheffield city centre, seen from Young Street, in March 1963, showing Milletts StoresPhoto: Picture Sheffield
![Temporary shops on The Moor, Sheffield, between Young Street and Thomas Street, in 1965. Isidore Newman tailors, Thorntons confectioners, Theatrical Supplies, and Sharp's of Sheffield fruiterers. Thorntons was founded in Sheffield in 1911 but announced in 2021 that it was closing the last of its shops.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjA5NzY5MTNhLTYxMzctNGYzNS05MDU1LTFmOTEzMDJjZTQyMjo0NGRlYzM5Ny1mZTA2LTRjODItOWE3OS1iOTJmODUyOTRlYjI=.png?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
12. Thorntons
Temporary shops on The Moor, Sheffield, between Young Street and Thomas Street, in 1965. Isidore Newman tailors, Thorntons confectioners, Theatrical Supplies, and Sharp's of Sheffield fruiterers. Thorntons was founded in Sheffield in 1911 but announced in 2021 that it was closing the last of its shops.Photo: Picture Sheffield