In Sheffield in 1979, as these retro photos show, bathers were making a splash in Longley Park, Wards Brewery was still booming and crowds gathered for a rock festival in Weston Park. It was also the year of the so-called ‘Boxing Day Massacre’, as Sheffield Wednesday beat Sheffield United 4-0 in the clubs’ first league meeting since 1971.
Sledging in Bingham Park, a horse-drawn carriage at Fargate and a boat trip down the canal for a group of excited youngsters are among the other moments captured in these evocative black and white photos from 1979, which are sure to bring memories flooding back for those of a certain age.
9. Tandem
Ted and Pat James on the Motebcana tandem, at James Cycles, Sheffield, in 1979 Photo: Dennis Lound
10. Big parade
The Boys Brigade Founders Day parade, on Cambridge Street, Sheffield. on October 18, 1979. Photo: ©Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
11. Young fundraisers
Pupils at Beck School, Sheffiel,d wth their display of tinned foods for the Telegraph and Star Old Folks Fund, raised by a Christmas concert at the school, on December 14, 1979 Photo: Stuart Hastings
12. Wards Brewery
Oaul Simpson, operations manager at Wards Brewery, Sheffield, in 1979 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers Ltd