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120 pp full colour.

Some of the pub buildings have now been demolished; some have been redeveloped, whilst some are standing derelict. For example The Adelphi Hotel on Arundel Street, where the Crucible Theatre now stands, was where both Sheffield football clubs originated. Today, the public houses have disappeared and only exist within these photographs.

Time Gentleman, Please also charts the changes and development of the city. For example the Bull and Oak and the Brown Cow public houses in the Wicker were demolished to make way for the Parkway to Shalesmoor relief road, The Golden Ball (aka Turnpike) on Attercliffe Road was demolished in the early 1990s to make way for the Don Valley Stadium and the Huntsman on Barnsley Road disappeared to make way for a new apartment development.                        
The book contains pictures of public houses that called time as far back as the 1960s such as the Hare and Hounds, Uppergate Road, Stannington Village as well as pubs that have only closed recently, such as The Enfield Arms, Attercliffe that was demolished in 2008.

The book also shows how wider events have had an impact on the public houses of Sheffield. Marples (aka London Mart and Commercial Hotel), which stood at Fitzalan Square, did not have a choice about being demolished. On December 12 1940, during the Sheffield Blitz, a German bomber scored a direct hit and flattened the pub, killing over 75 people. Similarly the Rose Inn on Penistone Road had to become a makeshift mortuary during the Great Sheffield Flood of the 1860s.

This fantastic full Colour A4 landscape book is packed with memories of public houses of Sheffield that now belong to the past and is an intriguing insight into how the city has changed and developed. The book features public houses from all over Sheffield.

ISBN 9781905278206

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