Lady’s Bridge is the oldest bridge to cross the River Don in Sheffield. It is also the name of the album released by Richard Hawley in 2007.
Read about the Bridge HERE
Listen HERE to the album track Tonight The Streets Are Ours.
Bonus song fact: Tonight The Streets Are Ours featured in the opening scenes of Banksy’s film Exit Through The Gift Shop.
This photograph was taken on Saturday 1st July 2017. Sadly on that day after 48 years of trading the shop closed their doors for the last time.
Inside Rare & Racy Vol I HERE
Inside Rare & Racy Vol II HERE
Inside Rare & Racy Vol III HERE
Inside Rare & Racy Vol IV HERE
Inside Rare & Racy Vol V HERE
Inside Rare & Racy Vol VI HERE
Inside Rare & Racy Vol VII HERE
Rare & Racy shop front HERE
The Rare & Racy website is HERE
Sadly after 48 years of trading Rare & Racy closed their doors for the last time on Saturday 1st July 2017.
Follow the links below to Postcard Cafe see more photographs inside Rare & Racy
Inside Rare & Racy Vol I HERE
Inside Rare & Racy Vol II HERE
Inside Rare & Racy Vol III HERE
Inside Rare & Racy Vol IV HERE
Inside Rare & Racy Vol V HERE
Inside Rare & Racy Vol VI HERE
Rare & Racy shop front HERE
The Rare & Racy website is HERE
I do not know the names of the photographers responsible for the two images featured in this photograph. If anyone knows the identity of the people responsible please leave a note in the comments. I will be happy to credit them here.
482 London Road, Sheffield, S2 4HP
Last week on what may well be his last visit to Rare & Racy Phlegm erased his previous painting on the shop front and replaced it with a skull and crossbones. Yesterday, sadly after 48 years of trading Rare & Racy closed it’s doors for the last time
The erased artwork can be seen HERE and on the previous blog post on this site HERE
1969 – 2017
Today is the day when after 48 years of trading Rare & Racy will finally close it’s doors for good. If you read this early today then do drop by to wish them well. The reasons for closure are well documented and for many it is a very sad day. Rare & Racy has been one of the rare and precious jewels in Sheffield’s cultural crown. A place for books, music and and artworks by local artists it is a place held dear by many and will be greatly missed.
Follow the links below to Postcard Cafe see more photographs inside Rare & Racy
Inside Rare & Racy Vol I HERE
Inside Rare & Racy Vol II HERE
Inside Rare & Racy Vol III HERE
Inside Rare & Racy Vol IV HERE
Inside Rare & Racy Vol V HERE
Inside Rare & Racy Vol VI HERE
Rare & Racy shop front HERE
The Rare & Racy website is HERE
More photos of Rare & Racy on Postcard Cafe HERE
Photograph taken 25 March 2012.
I recently came across this image in my archives. I always thought it was an interesting image and not sure why it wasn’t published back when it photographed. The irregular light pattern was created by reflected sunlight from windows opposite the artwork. Created by Kid Acne in 2012 the building on which this was painted has long since been demolished.
The Grey Squirrel is not a native species to the UK. After it was introduced in the 19th Century it gradually displaced and grew to out-number native Red Squirrels. On Little Bits of Sheffield it has for one day displaced the usual less animated content and is dedicated to Victoria over on Neo Watercolour.
The photograph was taken at the Botanical Gardens on 30 March 2017.
Listen to: Driving Away From Home by It’s Immaterial
As it winds through Sheffield the River Don features a series of weirs. These are a legacy of it’s industrial past. They were used to impound water which was used to power mills, hammers and grinding wheels. Walk Mill weir supplied the Upper and Nether Walk mills and wheels. Click HERE to read more about the River Don
