The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament – CND – had a huge surge in membership in Sheffield and across the UK.
Here, we look through the archives at some pictures of protesters from the past.
5. Coffin campaign
RIP Yorkshire - CND campaigners hold up a coffin in April 1984 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
6. City Hall rally
A CND rally at the City Hall, Sheffield, in December 1983 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
7. On the march
Marching against the bomb in Sheffield in April 1982 as part of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
8. Gas mask
Patrick Clements dressed in fall-out gear at a CND conference in 1983 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers