It was the year that started with the ‘winter of discontent’.
It was the year when Sheffield’s Wednesday’s epic FA Cup battle with Arsenal went to four replays, Argentina star Alex Sabella was lining up for Sheffield United, and we went to the polls for a general election.
That was 1979 in Sheffield.
Back in those days, all the pictures that we took for The Star were in black and white. But those of us who were there remember very clearly that the 70s happened in colour!
Now we have transformed 38 of our pictures from that year into colour using technology. They are sure to bring memories flooding back
We think it has breathed new life into the pictures, which show everyday life in the city as well as exciting special events.
You can see the pictures in the gallery below.
If you have pictures that you would like us to publish in our retro columns, please email them to us.
5. Canal trip
Youngsters from the Beighton Play Scheme aboard Princess Katharine leaving the Sheffield Canal Basin for a trip down the South Yorkshire Navigation Canal -.13 August 1979 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
6. Strike
Strikers from the Access Equipment Factory, Parkway Industrial Estate, Sheffield...May 11th 1979. Sheffield Newspapers Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
7. Wards
Wards Brewery 1979 and Wine shop. Sheffield Newpapers Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
8. Coach and horses
The old Royal Mail coach called in at Sheffield on a trip from London to Edinburgh - August 30, 1979. Picture shows the coach outside the Town Hall, about to start off, with the Lord Mayor of Sheffield Coun George Armitage and the Lady Mayoress, Mrs Armitage Photo: Sheffield Newspapers