It was the year of 1972 – coal miners walked out in their first national strike for almost 50 years; more than one million people were registered unemployed for the first time since the 1930s, and Mastermind was broadcast on BBC 1 for the first time.
We have dug into our archives to transport you back more than half a century to Sheffield – is there anywhere, or anyone, you recognise?
![How much has Sheffield's Fargate changed since 1972?](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjVjYjU0ZTAwLTNhYzMtNDFjMC1hMzk2LThlOTkwMTIyYjU3YToxMTAxZWYwMC1lOGRiLTQ5ODItODRhZC0wYmE3NWZhZjkxY2Q=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
5. Fargate
How much has Sheffield's Fargate changed since 1972? Photo: sheffield newspapers
![Rt.Rev Gordon Fallows with Ted Horton of Frickley Colliery in 1972](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjBmNmYzNzY0LTBmN2QtNGZlOC05YWIxLTQ1OTE1NDI4ZDdjMTplMmFiNTg4Yi04OTc2LTQ2MzAtOThkZi01MDNjMjE2YzI2NmE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
6. Frickley Colliery
Rt.Rev Gordon Fallows with Ted Horton of Frickley Colliery in 1972 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
![New Disco at Bailey's, 1972, Cavendish.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjQxNWFlOGU1LTc1OWEtNDExYS04ZmQ4LWFjNTI3NmNiZmMxNzpjMzlmZTBiNC02NjNhLTQ4ZjQtYTA1My05NTA0ZjkzYmZlYWQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
![Police on the streets of South Yorkshire during the miners' strike of 1972.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjU4Zjc3ZGI5LTU2NjAtNDkwMy1iMjcxLWYxM2NlNmYxNDc0NDphYjcxZGJmZS04MzA2LTQ2ZjYtODhlMy01ODIyMzI1Y2YzOGY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
8. Policing the streets
Police on the streets of South Yorkshire during the miners' strike of 1972. Photo: Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
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