Moor foot

Image: © David Lally Taken: 7 Aug 2011

Once a busy thoroughfare this section of The Moor was pedestrianised when the Manpower Services building was constructed in about 1977. The brickwork and some windows of that building is just visible through the foliage. The penultimate shop on the left (next door to the Yorkshire Bank) was the first location for a Virgin Records shop in Sheffield. It opened in 1973 (if I remember rightly) and many hours browsing through its racks was spent by the photographer. The listening facilities were excellent for the time with four decks feeding good quality headphones. Interestingly, considering Richard Branson's (who no one had heard of at the time) later business venture, the seating for this area was provided by cast-off airliner seats. The chaotic nature of this area sometimes led to confusion with the headphones swapped around with their cables tangled. One very memorable day this led to me taking a minute or so to find the correct pair and so being plunged into the middle of "Bittern Storm over Ulm" from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrest_(Henry_Cow_album) in an instant I was hooked. I sat in delighted amazement, mesmerised, for the remaining 21 minutes or so of the LP's side. I bought the album and rushed home so I could play the rest.

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