Sunday, 18 May 2025

Cinema Dainties - Hillsborough Sheffield

 At the end of March I received this email from a reader of my website and blog

"I live by Middlewood shops and there's a new coffee shop opening on Middlewood Road next to the Mermaid Kebab shop. Interestingly they uncovered this sign when they've been doing up the shop. 

A little googling I came across your website and thought it might be of interest. Would love to know if you know any more about it. "


I replied that my first thought was that the shop was tied in with the Park Cinema on Middlewood Road

But when I did a search on the British Newspaper Archive for Cinema Dainties and it appears that they were sweetmeats - copy attached from the 1914 newspaper Pictures and the Picturegoer


But I am wondering if the shop may also have served teas snacks etc for the patrons on the Park and used the term Cinema Dainties as a shop name as it was a known brand.

If anyone can add to this blog please contact me

   


Thanks again for taking the time and the trouble to contact me

 

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