However, all of the 15 destinations that we have listed here have now closed, or changed, for many different reasons.
Ranging from great swimming pools to fantastic wildlife parks and theme parks, we have put together a gallery of pictures of some of the best known places where residents used to go back in the 80s and 90s.
They are all either within Sheffield, or outside the city in areas which were considered close.
How many of them did you visit, and which ones would you like to see return?
You can look at more nostalgic pictures here.
13. Superbowl, Halifax Road
Superbowl, on Halifax Road, was a popular leisure venue, with bowling with Quasar light gun games also at the site. It closed to make way for the Kilner Way retail park Photo: Stuart Hastings
14. Traditional heritage museum,Ecclesall road,pictured is Janet Alton Museum Secretary in a old fashioned office from a city Cutley firm.
Sheffield Traditional Heritage Museum opened in 1985, at 605 Ecclesall Road, was staffed entirely by volunteers and contained a variety of walk-through displays, including a replica kitchen from the 1920s and a variety of shops from Sheffield's past. But it closed in 2011, when the University of Sheffield, which owned the building housing the museum, said it could not afford the "very significant capital investment" needed to maintain it. Photo: Paul Chappells
15. Finningley Air Show
The air show at RAF Finningley was a popular destination for Sheffield families once a year, before the RAF base closed in the mid-1990s Photo: Colin Drury
16. American Adventure
The American Adventure theme park near Ilkeston was popular in the 80s and 90s with Sheffield families and just a trip down the motorway away. Opening in 1987, it shut 30 years later Photo: Brian Eyre