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WE’LL MISS THEM WHEN THEY’RE GONE
(JUNE 4th – 28th – 2026)

And so, the doors at 21 Chapel Walk are soon to softly open…

The opening exhibition, WE'LL MISS THEM WHEN THEY'RE GONE, reboots a display held on The Moor, Sheffield back in 2012.

Exploring the history of record shops in the city, from Bradleys to Virgins, it includes original 78 RPM sleeves, old and new record shop bags, related ephemera from lost Sheffield vinyl retailers, alongside prints by designer Simon Robinson responding to the imagery of these old sleeves. And much more...

An ode to vinyl, the art and obsession of record collecting, and a tribute to those who have worked the counters, priced the wax, and built communities of music wherever they may be.

The ground floor will also open its racks for the first time to curated selection of used vinyl for sale drawn from some of the best collections the city has to offer, with a real focus on Sheffield artists and labels past/present to carry the legacy forward.

We also offer a call out to the Sheffield community to come down with anything relating to the history of Sheffield record shops: bags, prints, receipts, photographs, posters…

If suitable, Memory Dance can scan the items on site and hand back a digital file, and we can also hang them in the venue for the duration of the exhibition. And if it is of interest, we can arrange for the items to be deposited into the Sheffield Music Archive for long-term preservation.

Credits:

Curated by Memory Dance and Sheffield Music Archives, With thanks to Simon and Nick Robinson at the SMA, ST33 website, Easy On The Eye, Snapshot CIC, Cheryl Bailey at Sheffield Archives.

Music
The Caretaker - Selected Memories From The Haunted Ballroom

#sheffield #archive #records #music

MEMORY DANCE (21 Chapel Walk, Sheffield, S1)

R E C O R D S - G A L L E R Y - C I N E M A

Right. It’s happening….

Memory Dance is taking over a refurbished Victorian unit down Chapel Walk in Sheffield city centre and turning it into a record shop, gallery space, and basement cinema.

The space will be rooted in, and be a champion of, Sheffield/Yorkshire/Northern cultural heritage; specifically sound, moving image, design and photography.

Used vinyl. Exhibitions. Artefacts. Happenings. Screenings.

100% DIY.

Opening in June (hopefully).

Summer programme details coming soon.

Tell all your friends.

#sheffield #archive #music #film #photography #design

MUSIC - The All Seeing I - Pickled Eggs & Sherbert (1997)

MEMORY DANCE (21 Chapel Walk, Sheffield, S1)

R E C O R D S - G A L L E R Y - C I N E M A

this video content is called young men in a q for a jungle day dance. surely some lasses were dancing. who knows.

Either way.

Lee Gamble/others on tunes.

Memory Dance is taking over a refurbished Victorian unit down Chapel Walk in Sheffield city centre and turning it into a record shop, gallery space, and basement cinema.

The space will be rooted in, and be a champion of, Sheffield/Yorkshire/Northern cultural heritage; specifically sound, moving image, design and photography.

Used vinyl. Exhibitions. Artefacts. Happenings. Screenings.

100% DIY.

Opening in June (hopefully).

Summer programme details coming soon.

Tell all your friends.

ROSE'S HOUSE (Naomi Abel-Hirsch, 2026)

TEASER VIDEO DROP...

I found a note within one of the Rose's Repartee's magazines advertising a self released VHS called, 'Making Up With Martine Rose.'

We all thought it lost until Martine herself dug it out from the back of a rarely visited cupboard. I digitised the tape. And here we are....

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Over the last couple years been working the archive for this amazing short film landing and premiering @sheffdocfest in June.

Check...

The story of Martine Rose, who in 1979 bought a rundown terraced house in Sheffield and transformed it into one of the UK's first dedicated safe spaces for trans people.

At a time where there was little support for trans lives, Martine renovated the property herself, creating a place built on care and community. Through previously unseen archival material and warm, engaging interviews, Rose's House uncovers a remarkable and largely forgotten chapter of local queer history. We meet Martine and hear how this one house became a lifeline to many. Moving between past and present, the film traces both what has changed and what endures in the lives of trans people in Britain, painting a vivid portrait of one person's quiet determination to make space for others. Full of warmth and charm, this is a piece of Sheffield history making its premiere on the Sheffield screen.

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Sat 13 June 12:45 - 14:19
Showroom - Screen 2

Sun 14 June 15:30 - 17:04
Curzon - Screen 1

#sheffield #archive

ROSE'S HOUSE (Naomi Abel-Hirsch, 2026)

Over the last couple years been working the archive for this amazing short film landing and premiering @sheffdocfest in June.

Check...

The story of Martine Rose, who in 1979 bought a rundown terraced house in Sheffield and transformed it into one of the UK's first dedicated safe spaces for trans people.

At a time where there was little support for trans lives, Martine renovated the property herself, creating a place built on care and community. Through previously unseen archival material and warm, engaging interviews, Rose's House uncovers a remarkable and largely forgotten chapter of local queer history. We meet Martine and hear how this one house became a lifeline to many. Moving between past and present, the film traces both what has changed and what endures in the lives of trans people in Britain, painting a vivid portrait of one person's quiet determination to make space for others. Full of warmth and charm, this is a piece of Sheffield history making its premiere on the Sheffield screen.

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Sat 13 June 12:45 - 14:19
Showroom - Screen 2

Sun 14 June 15:30 - 17:04
Curzon - Screen 1

#sheffield #archive

Memory Dance (May, 2026)

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Shirley and Roland (Unfinished Documentary)

Met up with Shirley Cameron this morning, for the first time in AGES.

I spent a few years with Shirley Cameron and Roland Miller in organising and digitising their archives. They enjoyed a long and celebrated international career of over 40 years in the arts. Their Sheffield home is a living archive of sculptures, posters, photography, artefacts, and sound recordings alongside a hundred hours of video tapes and films.

I started to make a documentary using this archive, but life got in the way. It remains unfinished. Here's a fragment in which Shirley describes coming to Sheffield and deciding to move here. (Editor - Katie Senior)

I really wanna finish this film. One day. It's a wild story. Editors Hit me up!

#sheffield #archive

Various Artists - Somebody's Knocking (MEMDANCE07)

Spring 2026

For the next Memory Dance instalment we move from the profane and wicked (Avril A) to the sacred...

Brewing up a wee comp/mixtape of UK private press and rare (mainly Northern) Christian music: 1963-1987.

Hushed vocals, wonky psych rock, charity shop chorals, and some wobbly synth folk like this from a small Sussex recording studio.

Memory Dance does not actively endorse faith of any shape.

We are a secular organisation.

But we have always enjoyed religious music from all creeds.

And so here we are.

Quiet music for noisy times.

Coming soon.

Various Artists - Somebody's Knocking

(MEMDANCE07)
Spring 2026

For the next Memory Dance instalment we move from the profane and wicked (Avril A) to the sacred...

Brewing up a wee comp/mixtape of UK private press and rare (mainly Northern) Christian music: 1963-1987.

Hushed vocals, wonky psych rock, charity shop chorals, and some wobbly synth folk like this little tease from St.Helens, Merseyside.

Memory Dance does not actively endorse faith of any shape.

We are a secular organisation.

But we have always enjoyed religious music from all creeds.

And so here we are.

Quiet music for noisy times.

Coming soon.

Tuesday Club Archive (2007, 2009)

With Mary Anne Hobbs @maryannehobbs_ recently marking 20 years since the monumental Dubstep Warz show, we're diving into some of the history as captured here in Sheff city.

First up a clip from Skream @skreamizm first set at The Tuesday Club (possible first gig in Sheffield?) in 2007, playing in Room 1 ahead of DJ Zinc @djzinc.

Then Benga @iambenga playing in Room 2 in 2009, also ahead of DJ Zinc, with one of the early plays of his track "On A Mission", which later became a track for Katy B @katyb

Originally filmed on MiniDV tape and from the archives of @reelsteelcinema

@tuesdayclubuk #dubstep @skreamandbenga #sheffieldissuper

Tuesday Club Archive (2007, 2009)

With Mary Anne Hobbs @maryannehobbs_ recently marking 20 years since the monumental Dubstep Warz show, we're diving into some of the history as captured here in Sheff city.

First up a clip from Skream @skreamizm first set at The Tuesday Club (possible first gig in Sheffield?) in 2007, playing in Room 1 ahead of DJ Zinc @djzinc.

Then Benga @iambenga playing in Room 2 in 2009, also ahead of DJ Zinc, with one of the early plays of his track "On A Mission", which later became a track for Katy B @katyb

Originally filmed on MiniDV tape and from the archives of @reelsteelcinema

@tuesdayclubuk #dubstep @skreamandbenga #sheffieldissuper