The year was 1981 and it was another 12 months of unrest as Margaret Thatcher continued her residency in Downing Street.
January started with the death of Princess Alice – last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria – at Kensington Palace aged 97 but a more memorable royal event saw millions watch the wedding of Charles and Diana at St Paul's Cathedral. More than 30 million viewers watched the wedding on television – the second highest television audience of all time in Britain.
It was also the year when Labour MPs Shirley Williams, Roy Jenkins, Bill Rodgers and David Owen – known as the Gang of Four – announce that they were forming the SDP or Social Democratic Party and Margaret Thatcher spent four days visiting U.S. President Ronald Reagan in Washington DC.
Peter Davison replaced Tom Baker as Doctor Who and Bucks Fizz won the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Making Your Mind Up.
5. Mi Amigo
A 1981 ceremony in Endcliffe Park to honour the American air crew who were killed when the World War Two Mi Amigo bomber crashed on its way home from a mission on February 22, 1944
Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
6. Holy Week
Youngsters plant prayers at the Easter cross in Fargate in 1981
Photo: Frank Travers
7. Street scene
The Manor Post Office and Fairleigh ladies hair stylist pictured in 1981
Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
8. High Street, Sheffield, July 17, 1981 Crazy Daisy Nightclub can be seen below GT News
High Street, Sheffield, July 17, 1981
Photo: Sheffield Newspapers