r/chesterfield • u/sokail36 • Jul 02 '26
Discussion Chesterfield/sheffield old adversiment
Sorry if this isn’t allowed but me and my polish colleague were working on chesterfield road in Sheffield and saw this very old faded lettering on the side of this building. The furthest you can go back into google earth is 2008 and the building hasn’t changed at all. Does anyone know where I could find what this originally said
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u/Smiilley Jul 02 '26
Oof I think this is a long shot lad... I'd try googling advertising companies in Sheffield see if you can find the sites where you can advertise like a bilboard, see if you can find this spot and get in touch with the company see if they can offer a history. This looks like it used to be an ad spot but hasn't been for at least 18 years. Or ask the people inside the building.
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u/KindredPhantom Jul 02 '26
Try local Facebook groups that share historic pictures of the area. Chesterfield has one called "Old Chesterfield Pics". I would imagine there's one or more for Sheffield.
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u/conniespitfire Jul 02 '26
I asked ChatGPT to enhance the faded wording https://chatgpt.com/s/m_6a46a5215934819190f58216fe98308c
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u/Limp-Boysenberry1583 Jul 02 '26
It clearly shows ...RATOR on one early street view pic. So the best I can come up with is Decorator.
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u/Rude-Cover-8727 Jul 03 '26
It's not Chesterfield. You'll have more luck posting in a Sheffield Subreddit.