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Since 1883

Six generations of one family,trading since 1883,and in furniture since 1955.

Black-and-white photograph of two women standing in a shop doorway, one in a light dress and one in a dark dress. The sign above the window reads '…ey Ltd. Furs Gloves Millinery'. A hanging flower basket is in the window.
S. A. Turvey Ltd, Sheffield: furs, gloves, millinery.
Then and now
Then
Black-and-white photograph of two women standing in a shop doorway beneath a sign reading '…ey Ltd. Furs Gloves Millinery'.
S. A. Turvey Ltd, Sheffield: furs, gloves, millinery.
Now
The Turveys Fine Furniture showroom on Sheffield Road, Rotherham: a white two-storey building joined to a long brick and grey-clad showroom with the name along the front.
Turveys Furniture, 45 Sheffield Road, Rotherham.
  1. 1883The family settles in Attercliffe, Sheffield, and the family trade begins.
  2. 1890sSamuel Turvey’s tobacco shop, the Key of Havannah, on High Street, Attercliffe.
    Directory advertisement for Samuel Turvey, Key of Havanna Cigar Warehouse, 835 High Street, Attercliffe, Sheffield: foreign and British cigar merchant and dealer in all classes of tobaccos, meerschaum pipes and fancy goods, with an oval emblem of a man holding a large key, sitting on a globe between the letters S and T. Opposite Golden Ball, Attercliffe.
    An 1890s advert for the family’s tobacco shop, 835 High Street, Attercliffe.
  3. 1906Samuel Turvey marries Sarah Ann Aston.
  4. 1909Sarah Ann trades as a furrier on Devonshire Street.
    A small newspaper notice headed 'Furrier': 'Furs of the choicest and cheapest at S. A. Turvey's, 108, Devonshire street.'
    S. A. Turvey’s, 108 Devonshire Street, Sheffield: 1909.
  5. 1928S. A. Turvey, Furriers, on Ecclesall Road.
    The front-page masthead of the Sheffield Independent, Friday 5 October 1928, with a small advertisement beside the title: 'Come and see our fur collars and cuffs, wonderful value, from 19/11 per set. S. A. Turvey, Furriers, 22, Ecclesall Road.'
    Sheffield Independent, 5 October 1928.
  6. 1931Samuel Turvey senior and his wife celebrate their diamond wedding.
    Newspaper cutting headed 'Diamond Wedding. Congratulations to Sheffield couple', reporting that Mr and Mrs Samuel Turvey of 38 Chippingham Street, Sheffield, married at Old Swinford Church, Worcestershire, on 2 July 1871, celebrated their diamond wedding, with portrait photographs of the couple. They have nine children, all living.
    Sheffield Independent, 3 July 1931.
  7. 1935Greaves and Harvey, Limited is formed.
  8. 1936Widowed, Sarah Ann runs the shop on her own.
  9. 1940Bombed out, and open again the next day.
    Newspaper advertisement: 'Keep warm in the new year! A fur coat by easy payments privately and confidentially arranged by S. A. Turvey, 22, Ecclesall Rd. Sale commences Jan. 3rd, 1940. Tel. 23541.'
    S. A. Turvey, 22 Ecclesall Road, Sheffield: January 1940.
  10. 1941-45Her son Norman is a prisoner of war.
    Sepia photograph of four young soldiers in battledress and side caps standing in a row on bare ground in front of a wooden hut with paned windows.
    Norman Turvey, third from left, during the war.
  11. 1946Norman marries Ina Peat, after four years of letters while he was a prisoner.
  12. 1947Norman and Ina’s son, Neil, is born.
    Black-and-white photograph of a man in a pinstripe suit and a woman in a suit and hat holding a baby wrapped in a white shawl, standing on a lawn in front of a stone church.
    Norman and Ina Turvey with baby Neil.
  13. 1950S. A. Turvey Ltd on Fargate: furs, gloves and millinery.
    Newspaper advertisement headed 'Furs remodelled and renovated', with a drawing of a woman in a fur jacket, lists of furs and coats, and the name S. A. Turvey Ltd, 58 Fargate, Sheffield. A faint circular mark sits in the lower middle.
    S. A. Turvey Ltd, 58 Fargate, Sheffield: furs remodelled and renovated.
    Newspaper advertisement headed 'Spring Millinery', with drawings of three women in hats, each with a price, and the name S. A. Turvey Ltd, 58 Fargate, Telephone 23541, Sheffield.
    S. A. Turvey Ltd, 58 Fargate, Sheffield: spring millinery.
  14. 1955Norman Turvey buys the firm and turns it to furniture.
    Newspaper advertisement headed 'Fur Fashions', with drawings of two women in long fur coats: new season's garments, expert remodelling and renovations, established 35 years, keen prices, guaranteed quality. S. A. Turvey Ltd, 58 Fargate, Sheffield and 11-15 Corporation Street, Rotherham.
    S. A. Turvey Ltd, 58 Fargate, Sheffield and 11–15 Corporation Street, Rotherham: fur fashions.
    Black-and-white photograph inside a shop: a moustached man in a dark suit kneels beside a small child holding a baby doll, with two women and two more children standing behind and a boxed train set in front. Signs read 'Lift and stairs to all floors' and 'Lingerie, Furs, Baby Linen, Skirts, 1st Floor'.
    Norman Turvey in the shop, 1950s.
  15. 1960s-70sA second shop at 4 Main Street, Mexborough.
    Newspaper advertisement with a drawing of a buttoned swivel armchair on a five-legged base, the Vono Penthouse chair, and a large T monogram beside the name Turveys, Corporation Street, Rotherham.
    Turveys, Corporation Street, Rotherham: the Vono Penthouse chair.
  16. 1969Norman dies, and Neil takes over at 21.
    Colour photograph of a young man with dark hair, in a dark suit and tie, sitting back in a round orange armchair with a blue cushion, smiling, in a room with a slatted wooden shelf and trailing plants.
    Neil Turvey when he took over the business, 1969.
  17. 2000The showroom moves to 45 Sheffield Road, Rotherham.
  18. TodayNeil and his son Alec, the sixth generation.

On the first night of the Sheffield Blitz, 12 December 1940, the shop’s stock was destroyed. The next morning the business was trading again, from 50 London Road.

The shop was Sarah Ann Turvey’s. She was the furrier, and it traded under her initials. Widowed in 1936, she ran it on her own, and when the Blitz took it she rebuilt it. By 1950 she was on Fargate, selling furs, gloves and millinery.

Her son Norman came home in 1945 after four years as a prisoner of war. In 1955 he bought Greaves and Harvey, Limited and turned the family business to furniture. He died young, in 1969, and his son Neil took it on at just 21. Neil moved the showroom to 45 Sheffield Road in 2000. Six generations on, Neil and his son Alec still run it, and the name above the door is still ours.

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