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John Banner founded the Sheffield business in 1873. The shop moved to Attercliffe Road in 1894, this was a busy shopping street, serving the thousands of people who lived in the surrounding area, and was replaced by the building shown in the picture in 1934. It was the first building in Sheffield to have escalators. With the local population having dwindled with the local housing being demolished in the '70s, so did the business, and it finally closed in 1980 however the building itself is still standing today. John Banner was born in 1850, he was a coal-miner as a twenty year old and then became a draper and set up his shops. He died July 7th 1930 aged 80 years old, his sons (Harold, Ernest, John & Cyril) then ran the business. After WW2 the business was sold. Bought by Hurst & Sandler and subsequently acquired by United Drapery Stores.

  • John Banner department store cheques.

These cheques were a type of credit system that offered consumers on limited budgets the option of buying a variety of goods on credit and the interest charged on them was a shilling to the pound. The cheques were obtained from ticket agents (the "Tally Man") that visited your home. You could only use these cheques at the Banner department store and the tokens were received as change.


John Banner Ltd, Sheffield
JB001.jpg
Material Brass
Filename JB001
Description John Banner LD Sheffield ½d (halfpenny)
Rev. blank with countermarked JB in oblong
Size (mm) 25 scalloped
Source © malj1 collection
Notes Watchit.jpg JB001 varieties
JB001a.jpg
Material Bronze
Filename JB001a
Description John Banner LD Sheffield ½d (halfpenny)
Rev. blank with countermarked JB in oblong
Size (mm) 25 scalloped
Source © malj1 collection
Notes
JB001b.jpg
Material Zinc
Filename JB001b
Description John Banner LD Sheffield ½d (halfpenny)
Rev. blank
Size (mm) 25 scalloped
Source © malj1 collection
Notes different 2
JB002xx.jpg
Material Bronze
Filename JB002xx
Description John Banner LD Sheffield 1d
Rev. blank with countermarked JB in oblong
Size (mm) 32 scalloped
Source © malj1 collection
Notes larger size
JB002.jpg
Material Bronze
Filename JB002
Description John Banner LD Sheffield 1d
Rev. blank with countermarked JB in oblong
Size (mm) 29 scalloped 7.5g
Source © malj1 collection
Notes
JB003.jpg
Material Brass
Filename JB003
Description John Banner LD Sheffield 1d
Rev. blank with countermarked JB in oblong
Size (mm) 29 scalloped 7.1g
Source © malj1 collection
Notes Watchit.jpg JB003 varieties
JB004.jpg
Material Brass
Filename JB004
Description John Banner LD Sheffield 3d
Rev. blank with countermarked JB in oblong
Size (mm) 22 octagonal
Source © malj1 collection
Notes
JB005x.jpg
Material Zinc
Filename JB005x
Description John Banner LD Sheffield 6d
Rev. blank with countermarked JB in oblong
Size (mm) 18 scalloped
Source
Notes
JB005.jpg
Material Aluminium
Filename JB005
Description John Banner LD Sheffield 6d
Rev. blank with countermarked JB in oblong
Size (mm) 19.3 scalloped
Source © malj1 collection
Notes Watchit.jpg JB005 varieties
JB006.jpg
Material Aluminium
Filename JB006
Description John Banner LD Sheffield 1/- (one shilling)
Rev. blank with countermarked JB in oblong
Size (mm) 22.3 scalloped
Source © malj1 collection
Notes
JB006a.jpg
Material Zinc
Filename JB006a
Description John Banner LD Sheffield 1/- (one shilling)
Rev. blank with countermarked JB in oblong
Size (mm) 22.7 scalloped
Source © malj1 collection
Notes
JB007.jpg
Material Aluminium
Filename JB007
Description John Banner LD Sheffield 2/- (two shillings)
Rev. blank with countermarked JB in oblong
Size (mm) 27.5 scalloped
Source © malj1 collection
Notes
JB008.jpg
Material Zinc
Filename JB008
Description John Banner LD Sheffield 2/- (two shillings)
Rev. blank with countermarked JB in oblong
Size (mm) 27 scalloped
Source © malj1 collection
Notes
JB008x.jpg
Material Aluminium
Filename JB008x
Description John Banner LD Sheffield 2/6 (two shillings & sixpence)
Rev. blank with countermarked JB in oblong
Size (mm) 30.8 scalloped
Source © malj1 collection
Notes
JB009.jpg
Material Brass
Filename JB009
Description John Banner LD Sheffield 10/- (ten shillings)
Rev. blank with countermarked JB in oblong
Size (mm) 20.5 square
Source © malj1 collection
Notes
John Banner Ltd, Sheffield - Decimal issues
JBD001.jpg
Material Yellow plastic
Filename JBD001
Description John Banner Ltd - 5p
Rev. not transferable
Size (mm) 23
Source © malj1 collection
Notes
JBD002.jpg
Material Dark olive green plastic
Filename JBD002
Description John Banner Ltd - 10p
Rev. not transferable
Size (mm) 27
Source © malj1 collection
Notes
JBD003.jpg
Material Red plastic
Filename JBD003
Description John Banner Ltd - 50p
Rev. not transferable
Size (mm) 30 heptagonal
Source Sheffield Museums Trust © unknown
Notes
File:JBD004.jpg
Material colour nk plastic
Filename JBD004
Description John Banner Ltd
Rev. £1 ?
Size (mm) nk
Source
Notes £1 logically should exist but not seen
JBD005.jpg
Material Cream plastic
Filename JBD005
Description John Banner Limited
Rev. £2
Size (mm) 38
Source Sheffield Museums Trust © unknown
Notes