About the Business
Present-day Turveys is actually an amalgamation of S.A.Turvey Ltd and Greaves & Harvey Ltd. Greaves & Harvey Ltd, retailers of household goods, was incorporated in January 1935 on Corporation St, while S.A.Turvey Ltd was founded at about the same time and traded as furriers and milliners at Moorfoot, Sheffield. Sarah Anne Turvey, having been recently widowed needed to make a living so took the lease on a small shop and commenced the fur trade she had learnt from her father. No sooner had she become established when war broke out and shortly after her premises were destroyed in the blitz and all her stock lost. She was determined to carry on and by the end of the war had progressed so well she had secured the prestigious premises at 47, Fargate, Sheffield. When one considers the privations of wartime Britain, the shortage of supplies and rationing, this was an enormous achievement. Her son, Norman (Nat to his friends) returned from the war and took over the business.
Location & Hours
45 Sheffield Road
