Do you recognise any of these Sheffield residents from way back in 1960?Do you recognise any of these Sheffield residents from way back in 1960?
Do you recognise any of these Sheffield residents from way back in 1960?

10 pictures to take you back to Sheffield in 1960

It was the year that John F. Kennedy first announced his plans to run for the US Presidency, Joanne Woodward received the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Elvis Presley returned home after completing his military service in Germany, and the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 4 into orbit.

Musically, Jonny Kidd and the Pirates, Cliff Richard and the Shadows and Eddie Cochran all topped the charts, while film fans flocked to cinemas to watch Psycho, Spartacus, The Magnificent Seven and Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. But do you recognise any of these faces taken in Sheffield in 1960?

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