Now and Then: Photos of Fargate today and in 60s show Sheffield city centre street's transformation
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The scene from the early 1960s shows Davy’s Cafe, a popular eating place, and Barratt’s shoe shop, among other long-gone premises, as drivers wait at the zebra crossing on the bustling street.
Fast-forward 60 years and things look very different, with electronic billboards nestled among the trees on the now-pedestrianised thoroughfare.
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Hide AdWhile most of the shop fronts have changed, many of the buildings pictured remain the same in these very different eras, including, in the distance, the old Telegraph & Star building just off High Street, Sheffield, at the bottom of Fargate.
![This early 1960s picture shows Fargate without the trams. Davy's Cafe, a popular eating place, is pictured three doors below Barratt's shoe shop](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmNmM2IwNzk2LWVkOGYtNDliYS1hN2ZkLWUzODhiZjc3OWM3ZTozYTNkYmM5Ni04NmE1LTQ1NjYtYjQ0Yy0xZjE0NmZjNjIwYzI=.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65)
![This early 1960s picture shows Fargate without the trams. Davy's Cafe, a popular eating place, is pictured three doors below Barratt's shoe shop](/img/placeholder.png)
There could be many more changes in store as Fargate awaits a long-overdue revival, with £15.8m of Government funding secured in an attempt to breathe new life into the street.
Plans include converting an empty shop into a multi-storey events building, creating new access to flats in disused offices, and building pocket parks.