Sheffield SPCK/SSG: 1 Year On
A year ago I posted on the closure of several SPCK shops where under the management of the SSG/Brewers staff had been sacked by e-mail from many shops including the Sheffield store.
Signs last February stated that the store would re-open on the 18th (link) however to the best of my knowledge this re-opening never happened and according to the spckwatch blog the landlords changed the locks to the shop because of unpaid rent (link).
So one year on what has become of the SPCK/SSG shop located outside Sheffield’s Cathedral?
Walking up to the shop you see the shop sign (with a variety of letters missing) still containing the SPCK name, the door is closed with no sign of life and no sign of anyone having been anywhere near the shop in a while.
The window displays remain as they probably were when the staff were sacked by the Brewers and the only addition since my last visit is a scrawl of graffiti on a window and a sign promoting the CLC bookshop 5 minutes up the road.
The staff tribunals cancelled last year don’t appear to have been rescheduled (that I can find) and the store, full of stock yet closed and unwelcoming stands as a reminder to the damage the Brewers have caused not just to the unpaid staff who were unfairly dismissed but also to all those across the country who no longer have access to Christian resources.
Here are some photos from my visit on the 13th February 2009


