The Pinstone Street store of Sugg Sport in Sheffield, showing the three story shop unit with a variety of sports and electrical goods on display in the window in 1960. The business was a great success and was a leading supplier of football, cricket and fishing equipment. The company continued trading until 2002. To the right is the old Cambridge Arcade. (Photo by Paul Walters Worldwide Photography Ltd./Heritage Images/Getty Images)placeholder image
The Pinstone Street store of Sugg Sport in Sheffield, showing the three story shop unit with a variety of sports and electrical goods on display in the window in 1960. The business was a great success and was a leading supplier of football, cricket and fishing equipment. The company continued trading until 2002. To the right is the old Cambridge Arcade. (Photo by Paul Walters Worldwide Photography Ltd./Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Sheffield retro: 16 of the best photos looking back at the 1960s

By Jane Salt
Published 31st Aug 2024, 07:00 GMT

Retro takes a step back in time with these nostalgic photos of all things Sheffield in the 1960s.

Featuring famous faces, old buildings and much more, these fantastic black and white images of old Sheffield will take you back in time.

Sheffield born former British tennis player Roger Taylor playing an exhibition match at Bramall Lane in 1961. He achieved success at several Grand Slam tournaments, reaching the semi-finals at Wimbledon in 1973

9. Exhibition match

Sheffield born former British tennis player Roger Taylor playing an exhibition match at Bramall Lane in 1961. He achieved success at several Grand Slam tournaments, reaching the semi-finals at Wimbledon in 1973 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers Ltd

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Violet May pictured in her record shop in Sheffield in the1960s

10. Record shop

Violet May pictured in her record shop in Sheffield in the1960s Photo: Sheffield Newspapers

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Sheffield Boys Football Team pictured in 1965

11. Football

Sheffield Boys Football Team pictured in 1965 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers Ltd

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A tram on rubber wheels leaves the Sheffield Queen's Road Depot en route for the Crich Tramway Museum, October 27, 1960

12. Tram

A tram on rubber wheels leaves the Sheffield Queen's Road Depot en route for the Crich Tramway Museum, October 27, 1960 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers

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