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.
9. Sheffield has one of the country's longest railway tunnels
The Totley Tunnel - seen here in 1973 - is the fourth-longest mainline railway tunnel in the UK, extending for three-and-a-half miles. It runs between Totley and Grindleford. It opened in 1893. Photo: Sheffield Newspapers Limited
10. Sheffield's grandest theatre burned to the ground
The Surrey Theatre, on West Bar, was built in 1851 and was said to be the finest venue outside London, complete with an underground museum, upper ballroom and marble statues. However, just 14 years after it opened it was destroyed by a fire. A play that reproduced the Great Fire of London - complete with a real on-stage blaze - went wrong. After a performance on March 25, crews failed to damp the theatre down and the flames reignited. Photo: Picture Sheffield