From the location of Tina Turner’s last concert to unrealised plans for a monorail and the fate of the most opulent theatre outside London, here are 9 gems from the archives.
5. The stone 'bollards' on High Street have a special name
They might look like mere bollards - but these six metre-high pieces of stone are actually a work of public art called the Ali Babas. They were carved by Victoria Brailsford into shapes reminiscent of baskets. Photo: Chris Etchells
6. Tina Turner played her last-ever gig in Sheffield
Tina Turner's 50th anniversary tour finished at what is now the FlyDSA Arena on May 5, 2009 - this turned out to be her last live concert. Photo: Miguel Villagran/Getty Images
7. Sherlock Holmes' creator was a medic in Sheffield
In 1878 Arthur Conan Doyle came to Sheffield to work as an assistant to Dr Charles Sydney Richardson on Spital Hill, Burngreave. The surgery was in the building on the corner of Spital Hill and Hallcar Street. Photo: Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
8. Sheffield City Hall's organ has more than 4,000 pipes
The Grand Henry Willis III Organ at Sheffield City Hall has 4,037 pipes and 75 stops, making it the biggest instrument of its kind in the city. Photo: Dean Atkins